destroy

• vt. 破壊する；消滅させる；破滅させる

de-、取り去る、破壊する。-破壊する、構築する、語源的には構造、破壊と同じ。

destroy

destroy: [13] As in the case of demolish, to destroy something is almost literally to ‘unbuild’ it. The word comes via Old French destruire from *dēstrūgere, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēstrūere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous state, and strūere ‘pile up, build’ (source of English construct and structure). Its past participle, dēstructus, has produced English destruction [14], destructive [15], and the verb destruct (recorded once in the 17th century but revived in the 1950s by backformation from destruction).
=> construct, destruction, structure

destroy (v.)

early 13c., from Old French destruire (12c., Modern French détruire) "destroy, ravage, lay waste," from Vulgar Latin *destrugere (source of Italian distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from Latin destruere "tear down, demolish," literally "un-build," from de- "un-, down" (see de-) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Related: Destroyed; destroying.

1. They can 't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.

彼らが私たちを追い払わない限り、真理は消えない。

2.Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases.

カエルは作物を破壊し、病気を媒介する害虫を食べる。

3.After the killing，he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence.

人を殺した後、彼は場所を鎮めて火して罪証を破棄した。

4.The dispute could destroy Australia 's hard-won reputation for industrial stability.

この紛争は、オーストラリアの労使関係を安定させることで容易ではない名声を台無しにする可能性がある。

5.Criticizing will only destroy a relationship and create feelings of failure.

批判非難は関係を破壊し、敗北感を与えるだけだ。