destroy

How many syllables in destroy?

  2 syllables

Divide destroy into syllables:   de-stroy
Stressed syllable in destroy:   de-stroy
How to pronounce destroy:   dih-stroi
How to say destroy:

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Synonyms for destroy


1 syllable
  • break
  • end
  • harm
  • kill
  • scotch
  • spoil
  • wreck
  • crush
  • fell
  • hit
  • raze
  • shred
  • trash
2 syllables
  • blowup
  • breakthrough
  • damage
  • efface
  • ravage
  • shatter
  • tarnish
  • wipe out
  • break up
  • cremate
  • defeat
  • finish
  • ruin
  • subdue
  • tear down
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with destroy

1 syllable
  • boy
  • cloy
  • croy
  • goy
  • hoy
  • Loy
  • oy
  • Roy
  • toy
  • woy
  • choy
  • coy
  • foy
  • hoi
  • joy
  • moy
  • ploy
  • soy
  • troy
  • yo
2 syllables
  • ahoy
  • annoy
  • bad boy
  • batboy
  • bellboy
  • big boy
  • borzoi
  • busboy
  • carboy
  • choirboy
  • cowboy
  • deploy
  • employ
  • envoy
  • footboy
  • hautbois
  • homeboy
  • Khoikhoi
  • linkboy
  • McCoy
  • oie
  • page boy
  • playboy
  • po'boy
  • postboy
  • Quemoy
  • Saint Croix
  • schoolboy
  • stock boy
  • tatsoi
  • Tolstoy
  • travois
  • alloy
  • B-boy
  • ball boy
  • beachboy
  • best boy
  • bok choy
  • boy toy
  • callboy
  • charpoy
  • convoy
  • decoy
  • doughboy
  • enjoy
  • flyboy
  • Hanoi
  • highboy
  • houseboy
  • killjoy
  • lowboy
  • newsboy
  • old boy
  • pak choi
  • plowboy
  • polloi
  • potboy
  • Rob Roy
  • Savoy
  • sepoy
  • tallboy
  • teapoy
  • tomboy
  • viceroy
3 syllables
4 syllables
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