Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Distrúgg-ere, v. a. (V. struggere,)
1. to lay waste, desolate, destroy, sap, overturn, consume, make away with; 2. to dissolve, melt, liquefy;3. to deprive of, depose, take away; v. n.to melt away; s. m. Distrúgg-itóre, f. Distrúgg-itríce; adj. Distrúgg-énte.
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distruggere: to destroy, to waste. Also to thaw or melt.