diruo

dī-ruō ruī, rutus, ere,

to tear asunder, overthrow, demolish, destroy: maceriam iube dirui, T.: urbem: muros, N.: nova diruunt, alia aedificant, S.: post diruta Pergama, O.—To scatter, disperse, destroy: agmina vasto impetu, H.: omnia Bacchanalia, L. — Esp., to deprive (of pay), ruin: aere dirutus est, his pay was stopped: homo dirutus, bankrupt.