šāmad שָׁמַד ‘to destroy’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

šāmad v
1) to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated
 1a) (Niphal)
  1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated
  1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated
 1b) (Hiphil)
  1b1) to annihilate, exterminate
  1b2) to destroy