Definition

1. Verb:
   • To destroy: To damage something so severely that it is completely ruined or ceases to exist.
   • To annihilate: To completely obliterate or wipe out.
   • To demolish: To deliberately tear down a structure, such as a building.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Trận bom đã phá hủy toàn bộ thành phố. (The bombing raid destroyed the entire city.)
  • Họ phải phá hủy ngôi nhà cũ để xây dựng công viên. (They had to demolish the old house to build a park.)
  • Cơn bão đã phá hủy mùa màng. (The storm annihilated the crops.)

Advanced Usage

• "phá hủy bằng chứng": to destroy evidence.

  • Kẻ tình nghi cố gắng phá hủy bằng chứng. (The suspect tried to destroy the evidence.)

• "tự phá hủy": to self-destruct.

  • Thiết bị được lập trình để tự phá hủy. (The device is programmed to self-destruct.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phá hoại (v): to sabotage, to damage with malicious intent.

  • Kẻ gian đã phá hoại đường ống nước. (The vandal sabotaged the water pipe.)

• Hủy diệt (v): to exterminate, to cause utter destruction (often on a large scale).

  • Chiến tranh có nguy cơ hủy diệt cả dân tộc. (The war risked exterminating the entire nation.)

Synonyms

• Destroy: To cause so much damage that something is ruined.
• Demolish: To completely destroy a building or structure.
• Ruin: To severely damage or spoil.
• Wreck: To destroy or severely damage.

Related Idioms

• Phá hủy tương lai: to ruin/destroy one's future.

  • Quyết định nông nổi đó đã phá hủy tương lai của anh ta. (That rash decision destroyed his future.)

• Phá hủy niềm tin: to shatter/destroy trust.

  • Lời nói dối đã phá hủy niềm tin giữa họ. (The lie shattered the trust between them.)

verb

1. to destroy, to annul