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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| demolish | x/x | Verb, Verb | 
| ruin | /x | Verb, Verb | 
| preserved | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| destruction | x/x | Noun | 
| damaging | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| destructive | x/x | Adjective | 
| obliterating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| tearing down | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| annihilating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| wrecking | /x | Verb | 
| burn down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| shattering | /xx | Verb | 
| demolition | xx/x | Noun | 
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective, Verb | 
| smashing | /x | Verb | 
| dismantling | x/xx | Noun | 
| detonating | /xxx | Verb | 
| trashing | /x | Noun | 
| breaking | /x | Noun | 
| ruination | /x/x | Noun | 
| defeating | x/x | Adjective, Verb | 
| killing | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| disrupting | x/x | Verb | 
| deconstructing | xx/x | Verb | 
| wreaking | /x | Verb | 
| causing | /x | Verb | 
| disintegrating | x/xxx | Noun | 
| destroyer | x/x | Noun | 
| tear down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| destructor | x/x | Noun | 
| exploding | x/x | Verb | 
| deleting | x/x | Verb | 
| eradicating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| blowing up | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| destabilizing | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| bombing | /x | Noun | 
| crushing | /x | Verb | 
| shredding | /x | Noun | 
| ravaging | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| attacking | x/x | Verb | 
| tearing | /x | Verb | 
| harming | /x | Verb | 
| burning | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| terrorizing | /xxx | Verb | 
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| sabotaging | /xxx | Verb | 
| wrecking ball | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| vandalism | /xxx | Noun | 
| removing | x/x | Verb | 
| detonation | xx/x | Noun | 
| vermin | /x | Adverb | 
| pillaging | /xx | Verb | 
| wantonly | /xx | Adverb | 
| confiscating | /xxx | Verb | 
| uprooting | x/x | Verb | 
| intercepting | xx/x | Verb | 
| plundering | /xx | Verb | 
| enslaving | x/x | Verb | 
| corrupting | x/x | Verb | 
| polluting | x/x | Verb | 
| depleting | x/x | Verb | 
| looting | /x | Verb | 
| injuring | /xx | Verb | 
| neutralizing | /xxx | Verb | 
| devouring | x/xx | Verb | 
| slaughtering | /xx | Verb | 
| weakening | /xx | Verb | 
| overthrowing | /xxx | Verb | 
| crippling | /xx | Verb | 
| impairing | x/x | Verb | 
| undermining | /xxx | Verb | 
| eroding | x/x | Verb | 
| capturing | /xx | Verb | 
| willfully | /xx | Adverb | 
| retaliated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| invading | x/x | Verb | 
| endangering | x/xx | Verb | 
| expelling | x/x | Verb | 
| ozone | /x | Noun | 
| raiding | /x | Verb | 
| seizing | /x | Verb | 
| distorting | x/x | Verb | 
| murdering | /xx | Verb | 
| conquering | /xx | Verb | 
| piecemeal | /x | Adverb | 
| utterly | /xx | Adverb | 
| inflicting | x/x | Verb | 
| disabling | x/xx | Verb | 
| robbing | /x | Verb | 
| bent | / | Verb, Noun | 
| ruthlessly | /xx | Adverb | 
| maliciously | x/xx | Adverb | 
| displacing | x/x | Verb | 
| idols | /x | Noun | 
| vestiges | /xx | Noun | 
| methodically | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| germs | / | Noun | 
| poisoning | /xx | Verb | 
| habitat | /xx | Noun | 
| recklessly | /xx | Adverb | 
| pests | / | Noun | 
| bridges | /x | Noun | 
| raged | / | Verb | 
| rebuilding | x/x | Verb | 
| altering | /xx | Verb | 
| aimed | / | Verb | 
| microorganisms | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| crops | / | Noun | 
| wounding | /x | Verb | 
| inhibiting | x/xx | Verb | 
| angel | /x | Noun | 
| hurting | /x | Verb | 
| burying | /xx | Verb | 
| fortifications | xxx/x | Noun | 
| scattering | /xx | Verb | 
| stealing | /x | Verb | 
| irreversibly | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| suppressing | x/x | Verb | 
| concealing | x/x | Verb | 
| ecosystem | /xxx | Noun | 
| systematically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| needlessly | /xx | Adverb | 
| succeeded | x/x | Verb | 
| submarines | /xx | Noun | 
| flooding | /x | Verb | 
| accuses | x/x | Verb | 
| activated | /xxx | Verb | 
| allergenic | /x/x | Adjective | 
| ancients | /x | Noun | 
| antiproliferative | xxx/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| batters | /x | Noun | 
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| blocking | /x | Noun | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| carcinogenic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| causative | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| centered | /x | Adjective | 
| clings | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cultivation | xx/x | Noun | 
| depriving | x/x | Verb | 
| directed | x/x | Adjective | 
| disposal | x/x | Noun | 
| disposing | x/x | Noun | 
| eliminating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| evacuation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| exterminating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun | 
| forming | /x | Noun | 
| hallucinogenic | xxxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| inhabits | x/x | Verb | 
| manifests | /xx | Verb, Noun | 
| mediated | /xxx | Noun | 
| medicinal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb | 
| noxious | /x | Adjective | 
| nullifying | /xxx | Noun | 
| operated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| palmyra | //x | Name | 
| parasitic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| phosphorescent | /x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective | 
| pollen | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| producing | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| protecting | x/x | Verb | 
| raising | /x | Noun | 
| ripping | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| spoiling | /x | Noun | 
| wasting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
