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destruct
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb destruct has 2 senses
- destruct(v = verb.creation) Array - destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" is one way to destroy, destruct
- destruct(v = verb.creation) destroy - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" is one way to undo, unmake
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
destruct, v. & n. US esp. Astronaut.
--v.
1 tr. destroy (one's own rocket etc.) deliberately, esp. for safety reasons.
2 intr. be destroyed in this way.
--n. an act of destructing.
--v.
1 tr. destroy (one's own rocket etc.) deliberately, esp. for safety reasons.
2 intr. be destroyed in this way.
--n. an act of destructing.
Etymology
L destruere (as DESTROY) or as back-form. f. DESTRUCTION
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