Molest vs Destroy - What's the difference?
molest | destroy |
To annoy intentionally
To disturb or tamper with.
* Hooker
To sexually abuse, especially a minor
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 molest and destroy
is that molest is to annoy intentionally while destroy isto damage beyond use or repair
. molest
English
(Child sexual abuse)Verb
(en verb)- They have molested the church with needless opposition.
- The woman who molested the child she was babysitting has been arrested.
Derived terms
* molester * molestfulExternal links
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*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.