To destroy someone means to ruin their life or to make their situation impossible to bear. If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me
An applet method used to do final cleanup before an applet unloads Applets override this method when resources need to be released that are not released by the stop() method
H7843 shachath, shaw-khath'; a prim root; to decay, i e (caus ) ruin (lit or fig ): --batter, cast off, corrupt (-er, thing), destroy (-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste (-r)
If an animal is destroyed, it is killed, either because it is ill or because it is dangerous. Lindsay was unhurt but the horse had to be destroyed. = put down see also soul-destroying