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

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

destroy, put down

v. put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"

demolish, destroy

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

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snuff out, extinguish

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

stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out

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

destroy, ruin

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

destroy, put down

v. put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"

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)

demolish, destroy

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

decimate

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

demolish, pulverize, pulverise

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

blight, plague

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

butcher, slaughter

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

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

stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out

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

destroy, destruct

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

destroy, put down

v. put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"

disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap

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

disable, disenable, incapacitate

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

damage

v. suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups damage easily"

cave, undermine

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

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

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

obliterate, efface

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

stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out

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

destroy, destruct

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

destroy, ruin

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

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

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"

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make, create

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

create

v. invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer"

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

construct

v. create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"

write

v. create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"

generate, bring forth

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

beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, 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"

produce, make, 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"

repair, resort

v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

conceive

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

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