Destroy Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-stroi
To bring to nothing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. demolish
  2. ruin
  3. finish
  4. undo
  5. smash
  6. wreck
  7. ravage
  8. annihilate
  9. total
  10. defeat
  11. consume
  12. annul
  13. devastate
  14. exterminate
  15. eradicate
  16. damage
  17. dissolve
  18. abolish
  19. deface
  20. shatter
  21. extirpate
  22. liquidate
  23. raze
  24. efface
  25. level
  26. desolate
  27. expunge
  28. dynamite
  29. quell
  30. dismantle
  31. extinguish
  32. overturn
  33. end
  34. obliterate
  35. scuttle
  36. erase
  37. mutilate
  38. neutralize
  39. nullify
  40. sack
  41. sabotage
  42. spoil
  43. vitiate
  44. tear down
  45. throw-down
  46. plunder
  47. ransack
  48. pillage
  49. do-away-with
  50. overthrow
  51. cause the downfall of
  52. swallow-up
  53. bankrupt
  54. butcher
  55. break up
  56. blot out
  57. break down
  58. cast down
  59. put down
  60. quash
  61. abort
  62. stamp out
  63. suppress
  64. cross up
  65. squelch
  66. lay-waste
  67. spoliate
  68. root-up
  69. impair
  70. ravish
  71. maraud
  72. dilapidate
  73. abrogate
  74. sweep over
  75. sweep-away
  76. split-up
  77. crush
  78. blight
  79. burn to the ground
  80. blow
  81. knock to pieces
  82. break to pieces
  83. break
  84. destruct
  85. self-destruct
  86. corrode
  87. crash
  88. put-an-end-to
  89. decapitate
  90. decimate
  91. put-a-damper-on
  92. wrench apart
  93. tear-apart
  94. sink
  95. fell
  96. upset
  97. depredate
  98. bomb
  99. stave-in
  100. deracinate
  101. despoil
  102. subvert
  103. devour
  104. trample
  105. maim
  106. mar
  107. counteract
  108. blast
  109. gut
  110. snuff out
  111. erode
  112. torpedo
  113. repeal
  114. pull down
  115. pull to pieces
  116. terminate
  117. conclude
  118. bring to ruin
  119. stop
  120. put-a-stop-to
  121. famish
  122. dissipate
  123. dispel
  124. wipe out
  125. immolate
  126. do in
  127. make-away-with
  128. kill
  129. finish off
  130. make-short-work-of
  131. wash up
  132. scorch
  133. blitz
  134. cream
  135. foul-up
  136. make mincemeat of
  137. nuke
  138. seal the doom of
  139. wrack
  140. lay in ruins
  141. overrun
  142. rase
  143. rescind
  144. retract
  145. rush
  146. scratch
  147. scupper
  148. slay
  149. smite
  150. vaporize
  151. void
  152. waste
Antonyms:
  1. build
  2. construct
  3. conserve
  4. perpetuate
  5. preserve
  6. spare
  7. restore
  8. repair
  9. establish
  10. create
  11. improve
To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. demolish
  2. raze
  3. ruin
  4. wreck
  5. dismantle
  6. dynamite
  7. annihilate
  8. knock down
  9. level
  10. pull down
  11. pulverize
  12. tear down
  13. destruct
To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. finish
  2. kill
  3. liquidate
  4. murder
  5. slay
  6. put away
  7. bump off
  8. do in
  9. knock off
  10. off
  11. rub out
  12. waste
  13. wipe out
  14. zap
To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. break
  2. crush
  3. overwhelm
  4. ruin

Words Related to Destroy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. help
  2. wiping-out
  3. wiped-out
  4. invade
  5. abandon
  6. be destroyed

Destroy Sentence Examples

  • Rhyn wanted to destroy the letter.

  • We know it is easier to destroy than to create.

  • A long time ago, there was a battle so horrible it threatened to destroy the whole universe.

  • Whatever you don't destroy, we will.

  • If it should continue so long as to cause the seeds to rot in the ground and destroy the potatoes in the low lands, it would still be good for the grass on the uplands, and, being good for the grass, it would be good for me.

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