stroy

[ stroi ]

/ strɔɪ /

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verb (used with object) Archaic.

to destroy.

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Origin of stroy

1400–50; late Middle English stroyen, aphetic variant of destroyen to destroy

OTHER WORDS FROM stroy

stroyer, noun

Words nearby stroy

stroppy, Strother, stroud, strove, strow, stroy, Strozzi, struck, struck jury, struck measure, structural

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How to use stroy in a sentence

Do you wish, as Mr. Talmage says, to de- stroy the Bible—to have all the copies burned to ashes?
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
Aphresis occurs in such shortened forms as stroy (destroy), semble (assemble), etc.
The Bruce|John Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for stroy

stroy

/ (strɔɪ) /

verb

an archaic variant of destroy

Derived forms of stroy

stroyer, noun

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