Destroy vs Killing - What's the difference?
destroy | killing |
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
Devastatingly attractive.
That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 471:
an instance of someone being killed
(informal) A large amount of money.
As verbs the difference between destroy and killing
is that destroy isto damage beyond use or repair
while killing is . As an adjective killing is
that literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.As a noun killing is
an instance of someone being killed.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 angelkilling
English
(wikipedia killing)Verb
(head)- This work is killing me.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Livia found her ‘killing ’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
Noun
(en noun)- He made a killing on the stock market.