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destructed Definition


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destruct
verb
    (chiefly N Amer)
    tr & intr
    destructed, destructing
    1. Said of equipment, especially a missile in flight: to destroy or be destroyed, especially for safety reasons.
Etymology: 1940s in this sense; originally 17c meaning ‘to destroy': from Latin destruere, destructum.



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