| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | decimate, demolish, devastate, dismantle, level, pulverize, raze, ruin, tear down, wipe out, wreck |
| Main Entry: | pull down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; knock over |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bulldoze, decimate, demolish, destruct, dismantle, let down, lower, raze, remove, ruin, take down, tear down, wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |