Endanger vs Destroy - What's the difference?
endanger | destroy |
To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
* 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
* Burke
* 1877, Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs
(obsolete) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
* Francis Bacon
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
In lang=en terms the difference between endanger and destroy
is that endanger is to put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to while destroy is to put down or euthanize.As verbs the difference between endanger and destroy
is that endanger is to put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to while destroy isto damage beyond use or repair
. endanger
English
Alternative forms
* endaunger (obsolete) * indangerVerb
(en verb)- I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not
- All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.
- If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys.
- He that turneth the humours back endangereth malign ulcers.
Synonyms
* See alsodestroy
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.
