"destruct" meaning in English

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          "roman": "razrušávam",
          "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
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          "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
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          "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
          "word": "tuhota"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
          "word": "zerstören"
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          "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
          "word": "distruggere"
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          "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
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          "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
          "word": "yıkmak"
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        "To invoke the destructor of."
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        "(intransitive) To self-destruct."
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
      "word": "slopen"
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
      "word": "tuhota"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
      "word": "zerstören"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
      "word": "distruggere"
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
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      "roman": "razrušátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
      "word": "разруша́ть"
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
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