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destroy

v. put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

demolish

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

ruin

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

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Fuzzynyms (110)

wipe, obliterate, efface

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

extinguish, press out, stub out, crush out

v. extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

ruin, destroy

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

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

extinguish, snuff out

v. put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

extinguish, press out, stub out, crush out

v. extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"

ruin, destroy

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

destroy

v. put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

ruin, destroy

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, pull up

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

exterminate, uproot, extirpate

v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

burst, bust, shatter

v. "The wine glass shattered"

wipe, obliterate, efface

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

slaughter, butcher

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

uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out, pull up

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

exterminate, uproot, extirpate

v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

demolish, destroy

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

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

demolish, destroy completely

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

plague, blight

v. cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

slaughter, butcher

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

dilapidate

v. bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

dynamite, blow up with dynamite

v. blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"

extinguish, press out, stub out, crush out

v. extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

destroy

v. put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

handicap, invalid, disable, incapacitate

v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

disable, incapacitate, disenable

v. make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

countermine, sabotage, weaken, undermine, counteract, subvert

v. destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

cave, undermine

v. hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

strip, foray, pillage, rifle, plunder, ransack, despoil, reave

v. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

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Antonyms (39)

conceive, become pregnant

v. become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

cause, create, originate

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

create

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

build, establish

v. build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

make, build, construct

v. make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

compose, write, write music

v. write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

generate, bring forth, bring into being

v. bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"

sire, mother, father, beget, engender, generate, bring forth

v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

produce, bring about, give rise to

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

produce, bring forth

v. bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

make, produce

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, restore, furbish up

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

destroy

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