Killed vs Destroy - What's the difference?
killed | destroy |
(kill)
(metallurgy, of steel) deoxidized
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
As verbs the difference between killed and destroy
is that killed is past tense of kill while destroy is To damage beyond use or repair.
As an adjective killed
is deoxidized.killed
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* (English Citations of "killed")Derived terms
* must have killed a ChinamanAdjective
(-)destroy
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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.
