Definition of destroys:
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
(v) :
(transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
(v) :
(transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
(v) :
(transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.
(v) :
(transitive, computing) To remove data.
(v) :
(transitive) To put down or euthanize.