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Destroy vs Pulldown - What's the difference?

destroy | pulldown |

As a verb destroy

is
to damage beyond use or repair
.

As a noun pulldown is

.

destroy

English

Verb

  • To damage beyond use or repair.
    • The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
  • To cause destruction.
    • ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
  • To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
    • ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
  • To put down or euthanize.
    • Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
  • (colloquial) To defeat soundly.
  • (computing) To remove data.
    • The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.

    Synonyms

    * annihilate * break * demolish * kill * ruin * waste * See also

    Antonyms

    * build * construct * create * make * raise * repair

    Derived terms

    * destroyable * destroyer * destroyer escort * destroying angel

    Related terms

    * destruct * destructible * destruction * destructive

    pulldown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (juggling) A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand.
  • *
  • * Luke Holman, Hardest, most tech trick on the net, May 12 2004 via Google Groups
    • For example, the 11 ring pulldown didn't stick in my head because I don't really juggle rings, and I have no conception of how hard it is.