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To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; to unmake. [R.] Good.

Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.

To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.

1 cubic inches) for liquid measure, etc.; in Great Britain, the pound sterling, the pound troy, the yard, or -- Unit of power. (Mach.) See Horse power. -- Unit of resistance. (Elec.) See Resistance, n., 4, and Ohm. -- Unit of work (Physics), the amount of work done by a unit force acting through a unit distance, or t…

trained; unrestricted. Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice. Rogers. Unlimited problem (Math.), a problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions. -- Unlimited pump, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground. --…

To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate. God does not make or unmake things to try experiments. T. Burnet.

To mar or destroy the perfection of. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

To destroy the moral principles of. [R.]

Not ruined or destroyed. [Obs.] "Unruinated towers." Bp. Hall.

To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.] Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. Shak.

To undo or destroy, as work previously done.

To destroy by an explosion from beneath. (c) To explode; as, the boiler blew up. (d) To reprove angrily; to scold. [Slang] -- To bring up. See under Bring, v. t. -- To come up with. See under Come, v. i. -- To cut up. See under Cut, v. t. & i. -- To draw up. See under Draw, v. t. -- To grow up, to grow to maturity.…

d fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.

unblamed." Milton. Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins. -- Ve"ni*al*ly, adv. -- Ve"ni*al*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer. Pereira.

Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.

A destroyer. [R. & Poetic] There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. Pope.

or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.

To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.