7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
verb destroy completely; damage irreparably
verb defeat soundly
originFrom Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”).
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