destroy

halaka

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) destroy

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) destroys

Past tense (ya wuce) destroyed

Past participle (ya wuce) destroyed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) destroying

1. If you destroy something, you break it or make it not exist anymore. <> halaka, ragargaje [1]
   • Synonyms: break, smash, tear-up and crush
   • Antonyms: make, create, fix and repair

   Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief if they do not believe in this message.
   To, kã yi kusa ka halaka ranka a gurabbansu, wai dõmin ba su yi ĩmãni da wannan lãbãri ba sabõda baƙin ciki. = Tamkar kana son ka halaka kanka saboda bakin ciki idan ba su yi imani da wannan zancen ba. --Qur'an 18:6

2. If you destroy someone, you hurt them badly, especially their feelings, or cause them much trouble. <> yi kaca-kaca da wani.

   Mary was destroyed by her failure to get into college.

   The other kids destroyed him with cruel lies.

Related words

• destroyer
• destruction
• destructive
• destruct
• self-destruct