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# destroy

«destroy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (destroy, destroys, destroyed, destroying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#m1)

2) To destroy can mean to completely beat someone in a game (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#m2)

3) To destroy someone's hopes or plans means to end them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it is often God (or Israel, at His command) who destroys, as a punishment or to clear a land of wickedness; Abraham pleads that God not destroy Sodom. Interpretation: Tradition notes Abraham's bargaining over Sodom as a model of pleading for mercy and justice, since the judge of all the earth must do justice. In the primary lessons: In stories fires, storms, floods and wars destroy houses and forests; villains try to destroy things. In science, habitats can be destroyed by cutting down forests, which harms animals. In everyday life, people safely destroy old papers with personal information. Phrases: «completely destroyed», «destroy evidence», «destroyed by fire».

### examples

- And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city. (Torah NUM.24.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x1)
- Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.' (Torah GEN.18.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x2)
- Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.' (Torah GEN.18.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x3)
- They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them; (Writings PSA.106.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x4)
- The LORD said unto me: Go up against this land, destroy it.' (Prophets 2KI.18.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x5)
- Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself? (Writings ECC.7.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x6)
- The fire destroyed the old barn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x7)
- The storm destroyed many homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x8)
- Cutting down rainforests destroys animals' habitats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x9)
- The dog destroyed my slippers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x10)
- Bacteria are destroyed by boiling water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x11)
- Our team destroyed them 10–0! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x12)
- The news destroyed his hopes of winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x13)
- Shred old letters to destroy your details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x14)
- Shall we never be able to destroy him? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/#x15)

### note

Regular: destroyed, destroying (keep y after a vowel). Noun: destruction. Adjective: destructive. «Destroy» is stronger than «damage»: damaged things can be fixed; destroyed things usually cannot.

### In the corpora

- [Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.477/)
- [(22-19) He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.635/)
- [And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.886/)
- [Also in Horeb ye made the LORD wroth, and the LORD was angered with you to have destroyed you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.274/)
- [For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.285/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «destroy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.