| AUTODESTRUCT | • autodestruct v. (Intransitive, chiefly science fiction) To destroy itself by design (as of a mechanical system). • autodestruct n. (Chiefly science fiction) A feature of a system whereby it destroys itself. • AUTODESTRUCT v. to self-destruct. |
| CONSTRUCT | • construct n. Something constructed from parts. • construct n. A concept or model. • construct n. (Genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue. |
| DECONSTRUCT | • deconstruct v. (Transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts. • deconstruct v. (Transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism). • deconstruct v. (Transitive) To analyse in general. |
| DESTRUCT | • destruct v. (Transitive, nonstandard) To intentionally cause the destruction of. • destruct v. (Transitive, programming) To invoke the destructor of. • destruct v. (Intransitive) To self-destruct. |
| INSTRUCT | • instruct v. (Transitive) To teach by giving instructions. • instruct v. (Transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do. • instruct n. (Obsolete) Instruction. |
| MISCONSTRUCT | • misconstruct v. To construct wrongly. • misconstruct v. To construe or interpret erroneously. • MISCONSTRUCT v. to construct wrongly. |
| MISINSTRUCT | • misinstruct v. To instruct badly or wrongly. • MISINSTRUCT v. to instruct wrongly. |
| OBSTRUCT | • obstruct v. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block. • obstruct v. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder. • obstruct v. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight. |
| OVERCONSTRUCT | • overconstruct v. (Transitive) To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate. • OVERCONSTRUCT v. to construct excessively. |
| PRECONSTRUCT | • preconstruct v. (Transitive) To construct in advance. • PRECONSTRUCT v. to construct in advance. |
| RECONSTRUCT | • reconstruct v. To construct again; to restore. • reconstruct v. To attempt to understand an event by recreating or talking through the circumstances. • RECONSTRUCT v. to construct again. |
| SUBSTRUCT | • substruct v. To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. • SUBSTRUCT v. to build beneath; to lay as a foundation. |
| SUPERSTRUCT | • superstruct v. To build over or upon (another structure); to erect upon (a foundation). • SUPERSTRUCT v. to build on something else as a foundation. |