| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈstɹɔɪ̯/ |
| Hyphenation | de·stroy |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑶 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐼𐐮𐑅𐐻𐑉𐐱𐐮 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) destroy | (I) destroyed |
| (thou) destroyest | (thou) destroyedst |
| (he) destroys, destroyeth | (he) destroyed |
| (we) destroy | (we) destroyed |
| (you) destroy | (you) destroyed |
| (they) destroy | (they) destroyed |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) destroy | (I) destroyed |
| (thou) destroy | (thou) destroyed |
| (he) destroy | (he) destroyed |
| (we) destroy | (we) destroyed |
| (you) destroy | (you) destroyed |
| (they) destroy | (they) destroyed |
| Imperative mood | |
| destroy | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| destroying | destroyed |
| Afrikaans | verwoes; vernietig |
|---|---|
| Catalan | destruir |
| Danish | ødelægge |
| Dutch | vernielen; vernietigen; verwoesten; mollen |
| English (Old English) | abreotan; fordon; toweorpan |
| Esperanto | detrui |
| Faeroese | beina fyri; spilla; leggja í oyði |
| French | démolir; détruire; ravager; abîmer |
| German | vernichten; zerstören; zunichte machen |
| Hungarian | rombol; ront |
| Italian | distruggere |
| Latin | annihilare; annullare |
| Low German | vernelen |
| Papiamento | destrosá; destruí |
| Polish | niszczyć |
| Portuguese | defazer; demolir; destruir; subverter |
| Romanian | distruge; strica |
| Saterland Frisian | uumriete; fernäile; fernichtje |
| Spanish | destruir |
| Swahili | ‐haribu |
| Swedish | förinta; förstöra |
| Turkish | bozmak |
| West Frisian | ferneatigje; ferniele |