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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use violence upon |
| Synonyms: | assault, blast, break in, break open, burst, bust open, crack open, defile, extort, jimmy, propel, pry, push, rape, ravish, spoil, squeeze, thrust, twist, undo, violate, wrench, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | ransack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn inside out in search; ravage |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, ferret, filch, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, gut, hunt, investigate, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, lift, look all over for, look high and low, look into, loot, make off with, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, shake down, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, take away, thieve |
| Antonyms: | care for, clean, neaten, tidy |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, develop, grow |
| Main Entry: | send |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please |
| Synonyms: | charm, delight, electrify, enrapture, enthrall, enthuse, excite, intoxicate, move, ravish, stir, thrill, titillate, turn on |
| Antonyms: | displease |
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, delight |
| Synonyms: | agitate, carry away, electrify, elevate, enchant, enrapture, entrance, excite, inflame, move, provoke, quicken, ravish, send, slay, spellbind, stimulate, stir, thrill, trance, uplight, wow |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | vandalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, damage, deface, demolish, despoil, disfigure, impair, mar, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, smash, spray paint, trash*, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | violate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rape, defile |
| Synonyms: | abuse, assault, befoul, debauch, defile, desecrate, force, invade, outrage, pollute, profane, ravish, spoil |
| Main Entry: | overjoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delight |
| Synonyms: | allure, amuse, arride, attract, be the ticket, charm, cheer, content, delectate, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, go over big, gratify, groove*, hit the spot, jubilate, knock dead, knock out, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, wow* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pauperize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, botch, break*, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total*, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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