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Grade 5
(de-stroy) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to ruin or damage something completely.

Example Sentence

Godzilla tried to destroy the city.

More Example Sentences

He used the hammer to destroy the old table.

Synonyms

ruin; wreck; demolish

Antonyms

build; create; construct

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Rhymes

  • boy
  • boye
  • broy
  • choi
  • choy
  • cloy
  • coy
  • coye
  • croix
  • croy
  • doi
  • floy
  • foie
  • foy
  • foye
  • goy
  • hoi
  • hoy
  • hoye
  • joy
  • joye
  • knoy
  • kroy
  • loy
  • loye
  • moy
  • moye
  • neu
  • oi
  • oie
  • oy
  • oye
  • ploy
  • roi
  • roy
  • roye
  • scheu
  • sgroi
  • soy
  • stoy
  • toy
  • toye
  • troy
  • woy
  • yoy

  • alroy
  • annoy
  • bolshoi
  • deboy
  • decoy
  • dejoy
  • deploy
  • destroy
  • elroy
  • employ
  • enjoy
  • flournoy
  • laboy
  • lacroix
  • lafoy
  • lavoy
  • malloy
  • mccloy
  • mccoy
  • mckoy
  • mcroy
  • mcvoy
  • polloi
  • quemoy
  • savoy

  • illinois
  • redeploy
  • unemploy

  • underemploy
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