Dictionary entry

Destroyer

Pronunciation: /dɪˈstrɔɪə/

Pronunciation

/dɪˈstrɔɪə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဖျက်သင်္ဘော

Definition

destroy /dÇ'strↄÇ/ v ၁။ ဖ်က္ဆီးသည္။ ေဖ်ာက္ဖ်က္သည္။ ပ်က္ေစ သည္။ ေခ်မႈန္းသည္။ a house destroyed by bombs/fire ❍ They've destroyed all the evidence. ❍ Vandals had virtually/effectively destroyed the bus. ❍ The rain forest is being systematically destroyed. ❍ She was intent on destroying everythig he had worked for. ❍ ( fig ) destroy sb's hopes/career/reputation. See also DESTRUCTION ၂။ ( euph ) အနာသည္းေသာ တိရစၧာန္ကို တစ္ခ်က္ တည္းျဖင့္ ဇီဝိန္ခ်ဳပ္ေစသည္။ The injured horse had to be destroyed. ❏ destroyer n ၁။ ( fml ) ဖ်က္ဆီးသူ။ အဖ်က္အဆီး။ Drought is a major destroyer of crops. ၂။ ဖ်က္သေဘၤာ။

Examples

  1. Half the world’s rainforests have already been destroyed.
  2. An earthquake destroyed the town
  3. killing about 20
  4. 000 people.
  5. This action destroyed any remaining hope of reaching an agreement.
  6. [be destroyed by fire/a bomb/an explosion etc] : Two churches were destroyed by fire last night in northeast Mississippi.
  7. The dog attacked a child and had to be destroyed.
  8. Her mother said the strain was destroying them all.