Synonyms and Antonyms of destroy

synonym (synonym of destroy)

  • (verb.creation)
    destruct
    do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    ruin
    destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    demolish
    defeat soundly (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    put down
    put (an animal) to death (verb.contact)
     

hypernym (destroy IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • defeat soundly (verb.competition)
    defeat, get the better of, overcome
    win a victory over (verb.competition)
     
  • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
    undo, unmake
    deprive of certain characteristics (verb.creation)
     
  • put (an animal) to death (verb.contact)
    kill
    cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF destroy relation)

  • defeat soundly (verb.competition)
    smash
    overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    swallow
    engulf and destroy (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    cut to ribbons
    defeat totally (verb.competition)
     
  • destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
    burn, burn down, fire
    destroy by fire (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    harry, ravage
    make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    break
    find a flaw in (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    break, bust
    ruin completely (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    vandalise, vandalize
    destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    do a job on
    destroy completely or make ugly or useless (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    subvert
    destroy completely (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    get
    overcome or destroy (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    devour
    destroy completely (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate
    destroy and strip of its possession (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    explode
    destroy by exploding (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    consume
    destroy completely (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    shipwreck
    destroy a ship (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    bust up, wrack, wreck
    smash or break forcefully (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    kick down, kick in
    open violently (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    wash out
    wear or destroy by the force of water (verb.contact)
     
  • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
    kill
    destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
    terminate, end, or take out (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    self-destroy, self-destruct
    do away with oneself or itself (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    destruct
    destroy (one's own missile or rocket) (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    end
    put an end to (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    fracture
    interrupt, break, or destroy (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    sweep away, wipe out
    eliminate completely and without a trace (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    interdict
    destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    demolish, pulverise, pulverize
    destroy completely (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart
    take apart into its constituent pieces (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    dilapidate
    bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    demyelinate
    destroy the myelin sheath of (verb.creation)
     

derivation (.... is derived from destroy)

  • defeat soundly (verb.competition)
    demolition
    the act of demolishing (noun.act)
     
  • destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
    destruction, devastation
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking
    destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    destroyer, guided missile destroyer
    a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.event)
    demolition, destruction, wipeout
    an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    ruin, ruination
    an event that results in destruction (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.person)
    destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster
    a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    destructible
    easily destroyed (adj.all)
     
  • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
    destructive
    causing destruction or much damage (adj.all)
     
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