Webster's Dictionary 1913

2404

Destrie

De‐strie″ (?), v. t. To destroy. Chaucer.

2405

Destroy

De‐stroy″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Destroyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Destroying.] [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien, OF. destruire, F. détruire, fr. L. destruere, destructum; de + ...

2406

Destroyable

De‐stroy″a‐ble (?), a. Destructible.Plants... scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham.

2407

Destroyer

De‐stroy″er (?), n. [Cf. OF. destruior.] One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

2408

Destroyer (2)

De‐stroy″er, n. = Torpedo-boat destroyer.

2409

Destruct

De‐struct″ (?), v. t. [L. destructus, p. p. of destruere. See Destroy.] To destroy. Mede.

2410

Destructibility

De‐struc′ti‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. destructibilité.] The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.

2411

Destructible

De‐struc″ti‐ble (?), a. [L. destructibilis.] Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

2412

Destructibleness

De‐struc″ti‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being destructible.

2413

Destruction

De‐struc″tion (?), n. [L. destructio: cf. F. destruction. See Destroy.] 1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; de...

2414

Destructionist

De‐struc″tion‐ist, n. 1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.2. (Theol...

2415

Destructive

De‐struc″tive (?), a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; ...

2416

Destructive (2)

De‐struc″tive, n. One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

2417

Destructively

De‐struc″tive‐ly, adv. In a destructive manner.

2418

Destructiveness

De‐struc″tive‐ness (?), n. 1. The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.2. (Phren.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to dest...

2419

Destructor

De‐struc″tor (?), n. [L., from destruere. See Destroy, and cf. Destroyer.] A destroyer.Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things. Boyle.

2420

Destructor (2)

De‐struct″or, n. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse; specif. (Sewage Disposal), a furnace (called in full refuse destructor) in which the more solid cons...

2421

Destruie

De‐struie″ (?), v. t. To destroy. Chaucer.

2422

Desudation

Des′u‐da″tion (?), n. [L. desudatio, fr. desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat.] (Med.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of sma...

2423

Desuete

De‐suete″ (?), a. [L. desuetus, p. p. of desuescere to disuse.] Disused; out of use.

2424

Desuetude

Des″ue‐tude (?), n. [L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude. See Custom.] The cessation of use; ...

2425

Desulphurate

De‐sul″phu‐rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Desulphurated; p. pr. & vb. n.Desulphurating.] To deprive of sulphur.

2426

Desulphuration

De‐sul′phu‐ra″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. désulfuration.] The act or process of depriving of sulphur.

2427

Desulphurize

De‐sul″phur‐ize (?), v. t. To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. — De‐sul′phur‐i‐za″tion (#), n.

2428

Desultorily

Des″ul‐to‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.

2429

Desultoriness

Des″ul‐to‐ri‐ness, n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle.

2430

Desultorious

Des′ul‐to″ri‐ous (?), a. Desultory.