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destroy | terminator |

As a verb destroy

is
to damage beyond use or repair
.

As a noun terminator is

one who finishes.

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

    terminator

    English

    (wikipedia terminator)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who finishes.
  • (biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
  • (electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
  • (astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a planet.
  • (science fiction) An artificial intelligence machine, created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film (The Terminator) ).

    • Synonyms

    * (astronomy) grey line