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destroy
Synonyms and Antonyms of destroy
1
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
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
assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap
2
to bring destruction to (something) through violent action
3
to deprive of life
bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]
annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite
assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate
euthanize (also euthanatize), put down
do away with, do for [chiefly British], make away with
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