destroy
English Thesaurus
1. defeat soundly (verb.competition)
| hyponym | : | smash, |
| definition | : | overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | swallow, |
| definition | : | engulf and destroy (verb.competition) |
2. put (an animal) to death (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact) |
3. destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | harry, ravage, |
| definition | : | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | break, |
| definition | : | find a flaw in (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | break, bust, |
| definition | : | ruin completely (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | vandalise, vandalize, |
| definition | : | destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | do a job on, |
| definition | : | destroy completely or make ugly or useless (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | subvert, |
| definition | : | destroy completely (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | get, |
| definition | : | overcome or destroy (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | devour, |
| definition | : | destroy completely (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | explode, |
| definition | : | destroy by exploding (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | consume, |
| definition | : | destroy completely (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | shipwreck, |
| definition | : | destroy a ship (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | wash out, |
| definition | : | wear or destroy by the force of water (verb.contact) |
4. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
| hypernym | : | undo, unmake, |
| definition | : | deprive of certain characteristics (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | kill, |
| definition | : | destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | destruct, |
| definition | : | destroy (one's own missile or rocket) (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | end, |
| definition | : | put an end to (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | fracture, |
| definition | : | interrupt, break, or destroy (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | sweep away, wipe out, |
| definition | : | eliminate completely and without a trace (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | interdict, |
| definition | : | destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | dilapidate, |
| definition | : | bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | demyelinate, |
| definition | : | destroy the myelin sheath of (verb.creation) |
5. defeat soundly (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | demolition, |
| definition | : | the act of demolishing (noun.act) |
6. destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | destruction, devastation, |
| definition | : | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | demolition, destruction, wipeout, |
| definition | : | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | ruin, ruination, |
| definition | : | an event that results in destruction (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | ruin, ruination, |
| definition | : | an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | destructible, |
| definition | : | easily destroyed (adj.all) |
7. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | destruction, devastation, |
| definition | : | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | destructive, |
| definition | : | causing destruction or much damage (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | destructible, |
| definition | : | easily destroyed (adj.all) |
8. defeat soundly (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | demolition, |
| definition | : | the act of demolishing (noun.act) |
9. destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | destruction, devastation, |
| definition | : | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | demolition, destruction, wipeout, |
| definition | : | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | ruin, ruination, |
| definition | : | an event that results in destruction (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | ruin, ruination, |
| definition | : | an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | destructible, |
| definition | : | easily destroyed (adj.all) |
10. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | destruction, devastation, |
| definition | : | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | destructive, |
| definition | : | causing destruction or much damage (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | destructible, |
| definition | : | easily destroyed (adj.all) |
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