annihilate

decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage

dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down

ruin, total, waste, wreck

blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash

atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter

doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap

cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out

beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against)

blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate

erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away)

dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake

blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out

despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize

sweep, upset

beat, best, conquer, dispatch, hurdle, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), subdue, surmount, take, throw, triumph (over), win (against), worst

crush, knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, subjugate, upend, vanquish

ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

edge (out), nose out

cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed

break, destroy, do in, finish, sink, slaughter