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v. defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"

v. destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

crush, smash, demolish

v. humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

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destroy, ruin

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out

v. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

extirpate

v. surgically remove (an organ)

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

shatter

v. cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

butcher, slaughter

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

destroy, ruin

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

consume

v. destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

bust up, wreck, wrack

v. smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"

lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge

v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

persecute, oppress

v. cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat

v. treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

molest

v. harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

torture, excruciate, torment

v. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

victimize, victimise

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

heckle

v. challenge aggressively

hassle, plague, harry, provoke, harass, beset, chivy, chivvy, chevy, molest

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

hunt

v. search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate

v. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

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