Past tense of destruct
regular verb
The past tense of destruct is destructed. The past participle is also destructed.
Forms of destruct
| Base form (V1) | destruct /dɪˈstɹʌkt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | destructed |
| Past participle (V3) | destructed |
| Present participle | destructing |
| Third person singular | destructs |
Destructed in a sentence
- It is noteworthy that despite of the flow of the soil all shore-lines engraved in loose material are apparently not the least destructed.1924, O[le] T[obias] Grønlie, “The Outer Basin”, in Contributions to the Quaternary Geology of Novaya Zemlya (Report of the Scientific…. From the entry thawn
Meaning of destruct
- verb To intentionally cause the destruction of.
- verb To invoke the destructor of.
- verb To self-destruct.
Questions about the past tense of destruct
- What is the past tense of destruct?
- The past tense of destruct is destructed.
- What is the past participle of destruct?
- The past participle of destruct is destructed.
- Is destruct a regular or irregular verb?
- Destruct is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: destruct (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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