See Also: Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System(health)
Community Hospital Healthcare System(health)
Leduc Community Hospital and Health Centre(health)
Alegent Health Midlands Community Hospital(health)
Sturgeon Community Hospital and Health Center(health)
Grey Nuns Community Hospital and Health Centre(health)
Sioux Center Community Hospital Avera Health(health)
Cleveland Clinic Florida Hospital Naples(health)
Community Healthcare System(health)
Northwest Community Healthcare(health)

Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System (health) and destroy (iou)


Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System (health)


Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System is a hospital in Naples, Florida (USA).









destroy (iou)



destroy verb trans. ME.
[Old French destruire (mod. detruire) from Proto-Romance alt. of Latin destruere, from de- DE- 1 + struere pile up.]
Pull or break down, demolish; smash to pieces, shatter. ME.
M. Meyer The castle..had been largely destroyed by a fire. H. Kissinger An Egyptian..missile destroyed an Israeli reconnaissance plane.
Lay waste, ravage; reduce (a person) to poverty. ME-E17.
Ruin completely, make utterly useless, spoil. ME.
J. Forbes The long drought and extreme heat have destroyed their Vegetables. J. B. Priestley Building on the old sites, instead of going outside,..and there destroying a good piece of country.
b. Ruin financially, professionally, or in reputation; deprive of power or prestige; defeat or discredit utterly. L18.
H. Wilson The great events that ended the Careers of Asquith and Lloyd George, and almost destroyed Baldwin.
Deprive of life, kill; wipe out, annihilate. ME.
R. J. Sullivan A deluge..covered the whole coasts, and destroyed the greatest part of the inhabitants. J. Steinbeck Maybe Kino has cut off his own head and destroyed himself.
b. Kill (a sick or unwanted animal) humanely. M19.
Day Lewis The soldiers had been ordered..to destroy their Pets before they sailed away.
Put an end to or do away with (something immaterial, a condition, institution, etc.). ME.
J. Hawkes The trees drove out the game herds..and so destroyed the livelihood of the hunters. G. Vidal The applause came, destroying the silence.
b. Law. Nullify, invalidate. E19.
Counteract or neutralize the effect of; make ineffective. E18.
Phrases: destroying angel (a) = DANITE 2; (b) a highly poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita, spec. A. virosa.
destroyable adjective LME.
destroyingly adverb as a destroyer, destructively E19.