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What is the verb for destructibility?

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destroy

(intransitive) To cause destruction.
(transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
(transitive) To put down or euthanize.
(transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
(colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
Synonyms:

ruin, wreck, devastate, demolish, spoil, smash, torpedo, waste, ravage, total, desolate, dismantle, fell, level, pulverise, pulverize, raze, sink, trash, blast, crash, decimate, dynamite, gut, wrack, bomb, break up, cream, explode, knock down, nuke, pull down, scourge, smite, take, tear down, blow up, break, break down, maim, maraud, mutilate, overcome, ravish, spoliate, vaporise, vaporize, blow sky-high, blow to bits, blow to pieces … more

Examples:

“The flood and strong winds would completely destroy the building.”

“Though professed, he was not a priest when the persecutor strove to destroy his hopes of religious life.”

“According to activists, emissions from nearby factories will slowly destroy the environment.”

destruct

(transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
(intransitive) To self-destruct.
Synonyms:

demolish, wreck, ruin, devastate, raze, decimate, pulverise, pulverize, level, dismantle, tear down, wipe out, destroy, shatter, annihilate, total, smash, desolate, waste, wrack, vaporize, cream, extinguish, nuke, vaporise, pull down, rub out, do in, lay waste, dynamite, crush, blight, dash, overturn, blast, nix, torpedo, scotch, banjax, trash, dish, topple, queer, defeat, scupper, overthrow, blow a hole in, put out of commission, disrupt, lay in ruins … more

Examples:

“He plotted to destruct the evidence to protect his secret.”

“This path dependency has created a foreign policy where the U.S. props up unsavoury governments which they destruct only years later.”

“What he wanted to do was destruct and destroy things, that was his way of interacting I suppose.”

destructure

To destroy the structure of something
To dismantle

destroyed

simple past tense and past participle of destroy
Synonyms:

destroi

Obsolete spelling of destroy

destructures

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destructure

destructs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destruct
Synonyms:

demolishes, wrecks, ruins, devastates, razes, decimates, pulverises, pulverizes, levels, dismantles, tears down, wipes out, destroys, shatters, annihilates, totals, smashes, desolates, wastes, wracks, vaporizes, creams, extinguishes, nukes, vaporises, pulls down, rubs out, does in, lays waste, dynamites, blights, crushes, blasts, overturns, dashes, torpedoes, scotches, nixes, banjaxes, overthrows, trashes, defeats, scuppers, topples, dishes, queers, breaks up, does for, puts the kibosh on, tumbles … more

destroys

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destroy
Synonyms:

ruins, wrecks, devastates, demolishes, spoils, smashes, torpedoes, wastes, ravages, totals, desolates, dismantles, fells, levels, pulverises, pulverizes, razes, sinks, trashes, blasts, crashes, decimates, dynamites, guts, wracks, bombs, breaks up, creams, explodes, knocks down, nukes, pulls down, scourges, smites, takes, tears down, blows up, breaks, breaks down, maims, marauds, mutilates, overcomes, ravishes, spoliates, vaporises, vaporizes, blows sky-high, blows to bits, blows to pieces … more

Examples:

“The tank has a turret that can be used like the water cannon, except that it destroys whatever it hits.”

“The radiation treatment destroys the tumor cells and suppresses the function of the stem cells in preparation for the transplant.”

“In terms of his legacy, a victory gains him nothing and defeat destroys him.”

destroyeth

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of destroy

destructured

simple past tense and past participle of destructure

destroyest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of destroy
Examples:

“Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, castest them down and destroyest them.”

destructed

simple past tense and past participle of destruct
Synonyms:

Examples:

“News releases have indicated that an additional technology will allow the disk to be prematurely destructed if copyright violations are detected.”

“However, the skull was superficially destructed so that several skull bones were visible through the disrupted bindings.”

“Other caves are either unreachable or destructed owing to natural calamities as well as by man-made destruction.”

destructuring

present participle of destructure

destructing

present participle of destruct
Synonyms:

Examples:

“They went astray from the predestined path thus destructing the overall wholeness of the planet.”

“The idea of building and destructing walls and barriers is a theme common throughout the works in Concrete Horizons.”

“He opined that these are baseless. Tribals are living by making use of Minor Forest Produces and we are not destructing the forest.”

destroying

present participle of destroy
Synonyms:

Examples:

“All four forms of malaria debilitate the patient by destroying human hemoglobin and are characterized by a cycle of fever, chills, and sweating.”

“After lunch I set to work putting the finishing touches on my birthday cake, unfortunately destroying my chocolate ganache in the process.”

“However, analysts say heavy promotions and free prepay cards and handsets are destroying value in the sector.”

destroiing

present participle of destroi

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