destroy - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

defeat soundly and humiliatingly

Synonyms

• demolish
• destroy

More generic

• defeat
• get the better of
• overcome

More specific

• cut to ribbons
• smash
• swallow

Verb

put (an animal) to death

Synonyms

• destroy
• put down

More generic

• kill

Verb

destroy completely; damage irreparably

Synonyms

• destroy
• ruin

More specific

• break
• burn
• burn down
• bust
• bust up
• consume
• desolate
• despoil
• devastate
• devour
• do a job on
• explode
• fire
• get
• harry
• kick down
• kick in
• lay waste to
• plunder
• rape
• ravage
• scourge
• shipwreck
• spoil
• subvert
• vandalise
• vandalize
• violate
• wash out
• waste
• wrack
• wreck

Verb

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

Synonyms

• destroy
• destruct

More generic

• undo
• unmake

More specific

• break apart
• break up
• demolish
• demyelinate
• destruct
• dilapidate
• disassemble
• dismantle
• do away with
• eliminate
• end
• eradicate
• exterminate
• extinguish
• extirpate
• fracture
• get rid of
• interdict
• kill
• level
• pull down
• pulverise
• pulverize
• rase
• raze
• root out
• self-destroy
• self-destruct
• sweep away
• take apart
• take down
• tear down
• uproot
• wipe out

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