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destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
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burn,
burn down,
fire burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
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desolate,
devastate,
lay waste to,
ravage,
scourge,
waste overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
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harry,
ravage make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
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break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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break,
bust weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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vandalise,
vandalize destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"
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do a job on destroy completely or make ugly or useless; "The dog did a job on my pillow"; "The seamstress did a job on my wedding gown"
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subvert destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
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get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
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devour eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
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despoil,
plunder,
rape,
spoil,
violate steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
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explode increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
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consume engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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shipwreck destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
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bust up,
wrack,
wreck smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
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kick down,
kick in open violently; "kick in the doors"
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wash out lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine"
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destroy - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" |
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undo,
unmake cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"
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kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
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do away with,
eliminate,
extinguish,
get rid of kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
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self-destroy,
self-destruct do away with oneself or itself; "The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it"
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destruct destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
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end bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
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fracture fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
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sweep away,
wipe out overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away"
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interdict destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
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demolish,
pulverise,
pulverize defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
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break apart,
break up,
disassemble,
dismantle,
take apart laugh unrestrainedly
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dismantle,
level,
pull down,
rase,
raze,
take down,
tear down become level or even; "The ground levelled off"
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eradicate,
exterminate,
extirpate,
root out,
uproot kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
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dilapidate bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
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demyelinate destroy the myelin sheath of; "the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers"
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destroy - 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" |
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kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
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