Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | KO, X-out, annihilate, ax, black out, blot out, blue pencil, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, finish off, kill, knock off, knock out, level*, liquidate, mark out, nix, obscure, off, ravage, root out, rub off, rub out, scratch, scrub, shoot down, sink, smash, squash, take apart, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, wash out, waste, wipe off face of earth, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pulverize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, crush, decimate, defeat, demolish, destruct, dynamite, flatten, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, vanquish, vaporize, wax, wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create |
| Main Entry: | put down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subdue |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, crush, defeat, dismiss, extinguish, quash, quell, reject, repress, silence, squash, stamp out, suppress |
| Antonyms: | boost, build up |
| Main Entry: | quash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, defeat |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, beat, crush, extinguish, extirpate, overcome, overthrow, put down, quell, quench, repress, scrunch, snow under, squash, squish, subdue, suppress, trash |
| Notes: | quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, rebuild |
| Main Entry: | quell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, suppress |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, conquer, crush, extinguish, hush up, kill, overcome, overpower, put down, put the lid on, queer, quench, shut down, silence, sit on, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, subjugate, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | quench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, extinguish |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, check, choke, crush, dampen, decimate, demolish, destruct, dismantle, douse, end, kill, knock down, moisten, put down, put out, quash, quell, raze, ruin, shatter, smother, snuff out, stifle, suppress, wreck |
| Antonyms: | set, start |
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, lay waste, leave in ruins, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, strip, sweep away, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, assassinate, butcher, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do*, down*, eliminate, erase, execute, exterminate, finish, hit, knock off, liquidate, massacre, murder, neutralize, put away, rub out, slaughter, snuff, waste* |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, decimate, demolish, destruct, disrupt, lay in ruins, lay waste, overthrow, overturn, put out of action, put out of commission, raze, ruin, shatter, tear down, topple, trash, tumble, wreck |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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