destruct Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
    • The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons
  2. verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
    destroy.
    • The fire destroyed the house

WordNet

De*struct" transitive verb
Etymology
L. destructus, p. p. of destruere. See Destroy.
Definitions
  1. To destroy. Obs. Mede.

Webster 1913