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destruct

 
Dictionary: de·struct   (dĭ-strŭkt', dē'strŭkt') pronunciation
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n.
The intentional, usually remote-controlled destruction of a space vehicle, rocket, or missile after launching, as for defective performance or reasons of safety.


v., -struct·ed, -struct·ing, -structs.

v.tr.
To destroy intentionally (a rocket or missile) after launch.

v.intr.
To self-destruct.

[Back-formation from DESTRUCTION.]


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verb

    To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck. See help/harm/harmless.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: destroy (one's own missile or rocket)

Meaning #2: do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
  Synonym: destroy

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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