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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, overcome |
| Synonyms: | beat, bring to knees, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, control, cream*, crush, discomfit, drub, foil, frustrate, get the better of, humble, lick, master, outwit, overmaster, overpower, override, overthrow, prevail, quell, reduce, rout, shut down, subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, throw, thwart, total*, trample underfoot, trash, triumph, vanquish, whip, wipe off map, worst, zap |
| Antonyms: | capitulate, fail, give up, lose, retreat, succumb, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
| Synonyms: | depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, take apart, total*, trash*, waste, wipe off map, wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid of; clean out |
| Synonyms: | abolish, absolve, clarify, cleanse, clear, depurate, disabuse, dismiss, dispose of, do away with, eject, eradicate, erase, excrete, exonerate, expel, expiate, expunge, exterminate, forgive, kill, liquidate, oust, pardon, prevent, purify, remove, rout out, shake out, sweep out, unload, wash, wipe off map, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
| Synonyms: | bash, beat, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, chase, clean up on, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, cut to pieces, destroy, discomfit, dispel, drive off, expel, finish*, hunt, kill*, lambaste*, larrup, murder*, outmaneuver, overpower, overthrow, put to flight, repulse, scatter, scuttle, shut out, skunk, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, torpedo, total*, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wax, whip, wipe off map, wipe out, worst, zap |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Antonyms: | win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tear down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, raze |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bulldoze, crush, decimate, devastate, devour, dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, flatten, knock down, level, obliterate, pulverize, ruin, smash, take apart, total*, trash*, wipe off the map, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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