Another word for destroy
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Verb
To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of
Idioms:See also:To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible
See also:To cause the death of
Idioms:See also:To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully
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Another word for destroy
Verb
To bring to nothing
Synonym Study
- To annihilate is to destroy so completely as to blot out of existence rights that cannot be annihilated
- Raze means to level to the ground, either destructively or by systematic wrecking with a salvaging of useful parts
- Demolish implies such destructive force as to completely smash to pieces and render useless the bombs demolished the factories, she demolished his argument
- Destroy implies a tearing down or bringing to an end by wrecking, ruining, killing, eradicating, etc. and is the term of broadest application here to destroy a city, one's influence, etc.
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