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stroy

[ stroi ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.
  1. to destroy.


stroy

/ strɔɪ /

verb

  1. an archaic variant of destroy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈstroyer, noun
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Other Words From

  • stroyer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stroy1

1400–50; late Middle English stroyen, aphetic variant of destroyen to destroy
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Example Sentences

Do you wish, as Mr. Talmage says, to de- stroy the Bible—to have all the copies burned to ashes?

Aphresis occurs in such shortened forms as stroy (destroy), semble (assemble), etc.

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