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Superconcept: Break
Component Semantics:
- Destroy
- Definition: cause an existing Tangible-Entity to cease to exist
- Required slot: object
- Restriction: a Tangible-Entity
- Restriction: must already exist
- Restriction: ceases to exist
- Primary slot: agent
- Inherited from: Break
- Restriction: causes object to cease to exist
- Primary slot: instrument
- Inherited from: Break
- Restriction: a Tangible-Entity
- Restriction: used in the Destruction of the object
- Primary slot: by-means-of
- Inherited from: Break
- Restriction: an Event necessary to the Destruction of the object
- WordNet 1.6 Synsets: destroy#1
- WordNet 1.6 Synsets: --
This is the top level component for verbs that result in an existing
Entity ceasing to exist. But it is not at the same level as
Create. It is one of the unexpected asymmetries in
the hierarchy. Cyc makes the symmetric choice anyway, resulting in
such curiosities as Dying, HavingAMeal and Boiling all being specific
kinds of cause-to-cease-to-exist.
Note that when an Entity ceases to exist, its parts,
content, material, etc. may continue to exist.
This allows things like dead bodies and Take-Apart.
Other Senses:
- destroy2
- Definition: ruin/damage severely
- Transitivity: transitive
- destroy3
- Definition: defeat
- Transitivity: transitive
- destroy4
- Definition: put to sleep
- Transitivity: transitive
Reference: COBUILD
- COBUILDdestroy1.1
- Equivalents: destroy1, destroy2
- COBUILDdestroy1.2
- Equivalent: destroy1
- COBUILDdestroy2
- Equivalent: destroy4
- COBUILDdestroy3
- Equivalent: destroy2
Reference: LDOCE
- LDOCEdestroy1
- Equivalents: destroy1, destroy2
- LDOCEdestroy2
- Equivalent: destroy4
Reference: NODE
- NODEdestroy1
- Equivalent: destroy1
- NODEdestroy1.1
- Equivalent: destroy2
- NODEdestroy1.2
- Equivalent: destroy2
- NODEdestroy1.3
- Equivalent: destroy3
- NODEdestroy1.4
- Equivalent: destroy4
Reference: WordNet1.6
- WNdestroy#1
- Equivalent: destroy1
- WNdestroy#2
- Equivalent: destroy2
- WNdestroy#3
- Equivalent: destroy3
- WNdestroy#4
- Equivalent: destroy4