Destroy vs Intrude - What's the difference?
destroy | intrude |
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
* I. Watts
As verbs the difference between destroy and intrude
is that destroy isto damage beyond use or repair
while intrude is to thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass. destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
Synonyms
* annihilate * break * demolish * kill * ruin * waste * See alsoAntonyms
* build * construct * create * make * raise * repairDerived terms
* destroyable * destroyer * destroyer escort * destroying angelintrude
English
Verb
(intrud)- to intrude''' on families at unseasonable hours; to '''intrude on the lands of another
- Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.