destroy Copy link Outline 1. perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to ruin in any way)2. ēverto, ti, sum, 3 (strictly to overturn)3. destruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to demolish a structure)4. pĕrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to d. completely)5. intĕrimo, 3 (esp. to d. life)6. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (strictly to blot out7. exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (strictly to extinguish8. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (strictly, to spoil completely)9. consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to use up completely)10. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (to make away with)11. exscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (to rend to pieces12. disturbo, disjĭcio (violently to disarrange and break up)13. pessumdo (as one word or two), dĕdi, dătum, 1, irr. (to d. utterly)14. in pass. • destroy: 1. perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to ruin in any way): to d. crops (of the atmosphere), p. fruges, Cic.: utterly to d. the state, civitatem penitus p., Cic.: v. to ruin. 2. ēverto, ti, sum, 3 (strictly to overturn): completely to d. (or overturn) states, civitates funditus e., Cic.: Scipio d.'d Carthage, Scipio Carthaginem evertit, Cic.: utterly to d. virtue, virtutem penitus e., Cic. 3. destruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to demolish a structure): to d. a ship, a building, navem, aedificium d., Cic. Join: destruere ac demoliri, Liv.: v. to demolish. 4. pĕrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to d. completely): Troy was d.'d, Troja perempta est, Virg.: sensation being utterly d.'d, sensu perempto, Cic. 5. intĕrimo, 3 (esp. to d. life): to d. life, vitam int., Pl.: to d. oneself, se int., Auct. B. Afr.: v. SUICIDE (TO COMMIT). 6. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (strictly to blot out: hence esp. of total destruction of cities, etc.): Jove has often d.'d cities, Jupiter saepe urbes delevit, Cic.: Carthage must be d.'d, delenda est Carthago, Cato: the enemy being dispersed and almost d.'d, hostibus dispersis ac paene deletis, Caes.: to d. (a nation) almost to extermination, d. prope ad internecionem, Liv. 7. exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (strictly to extinguish: hence quite to destroy): the nobility d.'d many people, nobilitas multos mortales exstinxit, Sall.: Cic.: to d. the odour of garlic, odorem allii ex., Plin. 8. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (strictly, to spoil completely): they d. themselves and the house with fire, domum et semet igni corrumpunt, Sall.: Tac. 9. consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to use up completely): to d. one's patrimony by extravagance, patrimonium per luxuriam c., Cic.: to d. houses by fire, aedes incendio c., Liv.: v. to consume. 10. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (to make away with): our ancestors utterly d.'d Carthage and Numantia, majores nostri Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt, Cic.: Hor.: to d. any one with the sword, aliquem ferro t., Cic. 11. exscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (to rend to pieces: hence to d. utterly): to d. Pergamus, Pergama ex., Virg.: Tac. 12. disturbo, disjĭcio (violently to disarrange and break up): v. to demolish. 13. pessumdo (as one word or two), dĕdi, dătum, 1, irr. (to d. utterly): to d. the state, rempublicam p., Sall. 14. in pass.: pĕreo, intĕreo, 4, irr.: v. to perish.
DESTROY Copy link • DESTROYperdere (to destroy, to ruin): destruere (to destroy an artificial structure; also alicujus fortunam: tyrannidem): demoliri (to destroy a firm, solid structure, tectum; partem muri). (The words are found in this connection and order.) destruere et demoliri: disjicere (to destroy by violent separation of its parts; e.g., arcem, moenia, munitiones): dissipare (nearly = disjicere, especially in Cic., who does not use disjicere. statuam, Cic., ; turres, Vitr.; rem familiarem, Cic.; reliquias reipublieae, Cic.): disturbare (to separate violently, and so disarrange the parts, etc., ; e.g., tecta, opera, porticum). (The words are found in this connection and order.) disturbare et dissipare (Cic.): diruere (e.g. tecta, muros, urbem, monumentum): evertere (to overthrow; throw down; PROP., urbem, statuam; IMPROP., rempublicam, virtutem, amicitiam): excidere (to destroy by cutting or hewing; not necessarily implying total destruction, urbem, vicos, agrum, exercitum): (The words are found in this connection and order.) excidere et evertere: exscindere (to destroy utterly; especially of cities, urbes, Numantiam, Cic., Mil., 33, 90; 6 Rep., 11; Planc., 41, 97; 4, Phil., 5, 13. Scheller and even Freund maintain, erroneously, that it is poetical and post- classical; Vid: Krebs): vastare locum: vastitatem inferre loco (to lay waste, urbem, urbi): pervertere (to quite overthrow, spem, consilia; domum, tecta, arbusta, defensionem; also aliquem; all Cic.): concidere (to cut to pieces; e.g., hostes, also to destroy utterly, naves, Liv.; auctoritatem Senatus; aliquem): tollere (remove out of the way): rescindere: interscindere: dissolvere: interrumpere (all, e.g., a bridge, pontem): delere (destroy utterly; blot out, urbem, omnia, haec, sepulcrum, aedificium, religionem): exstinguere (to put out a light; figuratively to deprive of its power and existence; e.g., potentiam, spem, vitae societatem, alicujus salutem). (The words are found in this connection and order.) exstinguere et (funditus) delere: perimere et delere: conficere (to put an end to anything): subvertere (subvert, imperium; leges et libertatem): consumere (e.g., aedes incendio: exercitum fame; opes, fortunas, etc.; by anything, aliqua re e.g., ferro, flamma). To destroy utterly, funditus destruere; a or e fundamentis disjicere; funditus (PROP.) evertere (PROP.); ab stirpe exstinguere; stirpitus or radicitus extrahere; tollere atque extrahere radicitus (to root up, IMPROP.; e.g., desires); exstinguere et funditus delere; perimere et delere omnino (annihilate): perimere: interficere (to destroy life = kill): to destroy (= kill) a whole body, ad internecionem delere, redigere, adducere, caedere; occidione caedere or occidere (especially with the sword; enemies): the intention of destroying, etc., consilium evertere, tollere, etc. (so Nep., consilium Lysander iniit reges tollere): fire destroys everything, ignis cuncta disturbat et dissipat: there is nothing that time does not destroy, nihil est, quod non conficiat vetustas: to destroy all anybody’s plans, alicui conturbare omnes rationes or omnia consilia pervertere: to destroy plans, consilia disjicere, frangere and (Velleius) corrumpere: to destroy hope, spem exstinguere (Cic.); spes corrumpere: it is a sad thing to see all one’s last hope destroyed, miserum est nee habere ne spei quidem extremum. The Nervii, when they saw this hope destroyed, Nervii hac spe lapsi or dejecti, de hac spe depulsi, ab hac spe repulsi, etc. To be utterly destroyed, interire: funditus or ab stirpe interire: concidere (e.g., auctoritas senatus; fides publica, public credit, etc.): exscindi (of towns): deleri, etc.: consumi totumque deleri: ad internecionem venire; ad internecionem perire (to be utterly cut off; perire by a pestilence, etc.): the soul and all sensation is destroyed by death, animi hominum sensusque morte restinguuntur (Cic.). To destroy one’s self, mortem or necem sibi consciscere; manus sibi inferre. ☞ Interficere se is not wrong; Sulpic. ap. Cic., Ep., se ipsum interfecisse; and Cic., 3, Orat., 3, 10, Crassum suapte manu interfectum; Liv., 31, 18, 7, seque ipsi interficiunt. Vid: to commit SUICIDE.