destroy

[dih-stroi] / dɪˈstrɔɪ /

VERB

demolish, devastate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consume crush damage dismantle end eradicate gut impair kill maim ravage raze ruin sabotage shatter smash smash-up wipe out wreck

STRONG

abort annihilate annul axe butcher cream deface desolate despoil dispatch erase exterminate extinguish extirpate level liquidate mar maraud mutilate nuke nullify overturn quash quell ravish slay suppress torpedo total trash vaporize waste wax zap

WEAK

blot out break down lay waste snuff out spoliate stamp out swallow up tear down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist bear begin build construct create fix give birth help lose mend repair start

STRONG

improve keep preserve retain save validate

WEAK

restore

Example Sentences

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Will be in the conversation to rest in Melbourne, the venue where he destroyed England four years ago.

From BBC

"It's all destroyed," says a man with a Colombian accent.

From Barron's

Residents of island territory Turks and Caicos later reported finding scraps of burned rubber and destroyed heat tiles that had washed ashore.

From The Wall Street Journal

"But things should not move so quickly that we destroy a large part of nature in the process: we must therefore rush slowly," he said.

From Barron's

Hundreds of thousands of guns will be collected and destroyed, the government predicts.

From BBC

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