Thank you to everybody! It is true they are verbs. How stupid I was!

They destroy the town. They render a verdict. To learn these verbs more fully, may I suggest that you search for the full conjugation of render and destroy? English verb conjugation tables are widely available on the internet.

Hi Laura, You are asking about a verb here, an action word. Verbs are not like nouns, which can be made plural. Sometimes you add the letter "s" to the verb, but only when the subject is third-person singular, and the sentence is in present tense. Ex. She writes four pages per day. Ex. Rick speaks three languages. The verb "destroy" in the present is conjugated thus: I destroy You destroy He/she/it destroys We destroy You (plural) destroy They destroy "Render" is conjugated like this: I render You render He/she/it renders We render You (plural) render They render