To destroy is to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its powers and functions so that restoration is impossible: Fire destroys a building. Disease destroys tissues.
To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more. That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos.
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To destroy is to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its powers so that restoration is impossible: Disease destroys tissues. To demolish is to destroy something organized or structured by smashing it to bits or tearing it down: The evidence demolished the attorney's case.
Days of intense rain and catastrophic flooding have submerged communities in Washington. A video from the town of Deming captures a house floating down the Nooksack River.
To destroy is the opposite of to construct or to build. When you destroy something, you cause destruction, when you build something, you are involved in its construction.
