TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “destroy”

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Pronunciation guide for destroy

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of destroy with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Can we build AI without losing control over it?could ultimately destroy us.
Definition summary: (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

Example 1 of 8

Can we build AI without losing control over it?

could ultimately destroy us.

[Verb]
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
(transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
(transitive) To put down or euthanize.
(transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
(transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.
(transitive, computing) To remove data.
(transitive, bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
(transitive, US, slang) To sing a song extremely poorly.
(transitive, slang) To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.