Meaning of "destroy"

destroy •

v.
• • 1. to ruin: sumira, sirain, puminsala, pinsalain
  • 2. to demolish: magwasak, wasakin, maggiba, magiba, gibain, igiba, lansagin
  • 3. to pull down: magpaguho, buwagin
  • 4. to exterminate, to wipe away: pumuksa, puksain, lumipol, lipulin

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consumed

v.
• • 1. to use up: maubos, umubos, ubusin, gumamit, magamit, gamitin
  • 2. to burn up, to destroy: tumupok, matupok, tupukin, lumamon, lamunin
  • 3. to spend, waste (time, money, etc.): magsayang, sayangin, mag-aksaya, aksayahin

demolish

v.
• • to pull or tear down, to destroy: maggiba magiba, igiba, gibain, magwasak, mawasak, wasakin

exterminate

v.
• • to annihilate, to destroy completely: lumipol, malipol, lipulin, pumuksa, mamuksa, puksain

ruin

n.
• • 1. a building, wall, etc., that has fallen to pieces: guho
  • 2. destruction, very great damage, overthrow: wasak, pagkawasak, malaking pinsala (kasiraan)
  • 3. a fallen or decayed condition: pagkagupo, pagkawasak

v.
• • to destroy, spoil, to bring to ruin: sumira, sirain, magwasak, wasakin, iwasak, iguho, magguho

wipe

v.
• • 1. to rub in order to clean or dry: magkuskos, ikuskos, kuskusin, magpunas, ipunas, punasan, magpahid, ipahid, pahiran
  • 2. to take away, off, or out by rubbing: pahirin
  • 3. to wipe out sometimes means to destroy or to bring to an end: magwasak, mawasak, iwasak, wasakin, lumipol, malipol, lipulin

overturn

v.
• • 1. to turn upside down: tumaob, mataob, itaob
  • 2. to overthrow, destroy the power of: magbagsak, ibagsak
  • 3. to upset, fall down, fall over: bumagsak, mabagsak, matumba

puksa

v.
• • mamuksa', puksain (mang-:-in) to destroy, to exterminate, to overcome. Kailangan nating puksain ang mga ipis. We need to exterminate the cockroaches.

wasak

v.
• • magwasak, wasakin (mag-:-in) to destroy completely, to tear down. Wasakin mo ang pintuan. Smash down the door.

giba

v.
• • maggiba', gibain (mag-:in) to destroy, to demolish, to ruin. Giniba ng bagyo ang bahay. The typhoon destroyed the house.

sira

n.
• • a tear (as in clothing), a defect sira'

adj.
• • destroyed, broken

v.
• • sumira' (-um-) to destroy, to break, to rip, to tear. Sumira siya sa aming usapan. She broke our verbal agreement. manira', sirain (mang-:-in)

v.
• • Huwag mong sirain ang laruan. Don't break the toy.

distrunka

Sp
• • magdistrunka, distrunkahin (mag-:-in)

v.
• • to break, destroy, locks. Hindi ko madistrunka ang sara ng pinto. I can not destroy the lock of the door.