early 13c., from Old French destruire (12c., Modern French détruire) "destroy, ravage, lay waste," from Vulgar Latin *destrugere (source of Italian distruggere), refashioned (influenced by d [..]

to ruin or make useless.

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring suga [..]

to kill or ruin completely

Dispose of any behind the scenes resources this entire Applet is using (e.g. inside the native GUI (Graphic User Interface) ). This does not delete the current application object, but it does dispose [..]

(v) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of(v) destroy completely; damage irreparably(v) defeat soundly(v) put (an animal) to death

To deallocate the memory of a referent (first triggering its DESTROY method, if it has one).

To deallocate the memory of a referent

When a card is destroyed, it is removed from play and placed in the appropriate trash.

In reference to any card on the battleground, the action of taking it from the battleground and placing it in it's owner's graveyard.

''The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.'' (intransitive) To cause destruction. ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked.'' [..]