destroy

3 occurrences across 1 Arabic/Persian root

م- ح- و

(m-ḥ-w) — erasure; effaced; effacement

“destroy” accounts for 3 of 41 occurrences of this root (7%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

blot out 22% effaced 17% destroy 7% completely obliterated 5% would assuredly perish 2% who hath blotted out 2% vanish into nothingness 2% vanish 2% trace may be left 2% thus, “what he pleaseth will god abrogate 2% obliterated 2% mutilate 2% fadeth 2% exterminate 2% effacement 2% dissipate 2% destroyed 2% can blot out 2% blotted out 2% blotted 2% been banished 2% be blotted out 2% annulment 2% abolish 2%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: محو: destroy will-and-testamentW&T §40: محو: destroy will-and-testamentW&T §41: محو: destroy

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

blot out (9) effaced (7) completely obliterated (2)