destruct
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
- (intransitive) To self-destruct.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*strew-
Gloss
strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autodestruct English
- biodestructible English
- constructible English
- constructional English
- constructionism English
- constructive English
- constructivism English
- constructivist English
- destructible English
- destructibleness English
- destructively English
- destructiveness English
- destructivity English
- destructor English
- obstruct English
- self-destruct English
- constructio Latin
- constructus Latin
- construere Latin
- construo Latin
- cōnstructiō Latin
- destructio Latin
- destructio, dēstructiōnem, dēstructiō Latin
- destructivus Latin
- destruo Latin
- dēstruō Latin
- instrumentalis Latin
- obstructio Latin
- strava Latin
- strues Latin
- *strew- Proto-Indo-European
- *straupijaną Proto-Germanic
- *strawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *streuną Proto-Germanic
- デストラクタ Japanese
- strȳnd Old English
- misconstruen Middle English
- *strowō Proto-Italic
- стройи Old East Slavic