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Destroy, to destroy means to deprive of life, kill, wipe out or annihilate. In other words s. 29 bars anyone from completely, irreparably and irreversibly putting an end to wild life or to the habitat in a sanctuary, Essar Oil Ltd. v. Halar Utkarsh Samiti, AIR 2004 SC 1834 (1843). [Wild Life (Protection) Act]

According to Oxford English Dictionary, means to undo-break into useless piece or reduce into useless from, consumer or dissolve any material, structure or object, Regina v. Murphy, (2003) 1 WLR 422.