Destroy (Verb)
Meaning 1
Defeat soundly and humiliatingly; "The home team demolished the visitors".
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 2
Destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Despoil
- Plunder
- Ravage
- Waste
- Wreck
- Fire
- Desolate
- Bust
- Spoil
- Wrack
- Violate
- Burn Down
- Scourge
- Vandalise
- Devastate
- Kick Down
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Meaning 3
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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- Root Out
- Take Down
- Rase
- Get Rid Of
- Self-destroy
- Take Apart
- Dismantle
- Pulverise
- Raze
- Tear Down
- Pulverize
- Eliminate
- Eradicate
- Break Apart
- Break Up
- Pull Down
- Extirpate
- Sweep Away
- Do Away With
- Exterminate