[
  {
    "word": "destroy",
    "phonetic": "/d\u026a\u02c8st\u0279\u0254\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u026a\u02c8st\u0279\u0254\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/destroy-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=278877"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To damage beyond use or repair.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Hooligans destroy unprovoked."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To neutralize, undo a property or condition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To put down or euthanize.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Destroying a rabid dog is required by law."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To defeat soundly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To remove data.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To sing a song poorly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "annihilate",
          "break",
          "demolish",
          "kill",
          "ruin",
          "waste"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "build",
          "construct",
          "create",
          "make",
          "raise",
          "repair"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/destroy"
    ]
  }
]