| Main Entry: | abrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally put an end to |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in, end, finish off, invalidate, knock out, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate, vitiate, void |
Antonyms: |
approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
| Main Entry: | ammunition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectiles for weaponry |
Synonyms: |
ammo, armament, ball, bomb, buckshot, bullet, cannonball, cartridge, charge, chemical, confetti, explosive, fuse, grenade, gunpowder, iron rations, materiel, missile, munition, napalm, powder, rocket, round, shell, shot, shrapnel, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | assassin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer of prominent or important person |
Synonyms: |
butcher, clipper, dropper, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, guerrilla, gun person, gun*, hatchet person, hit person, killer, liquidator, piece person, plugger, slayer, soldier, torpedo, trigger person |
Antonyms: |
victim |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explode |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, blight, blow up, bomb, break up, burst, damage, dash, demolish, destroy, detonate, dynamite, injure, kill, ruin, shatter, shrivel, spoil, stunt, torpedo, wither, wreck |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exploding weapon |
Synonyms: |
Molotov cocktail, atom bomb, bombshell, charge, device, explosive, grenade, hydrogen bomb, mine, missile, nuclear bomb, projectile, rocket, shell, ticker, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detonate weapon |
Synonyms: |
attack, blast, blitz, blow up, bombard, cannonade, destroy, napalm, prang, raid, rain destruction, rake, shell, strafe, torpedo, wipe out, zero in |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, finish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of, make mincemeat of, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash* |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
| Main Entry: | cancel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call off; erase |
Synonyms: |
X-out, abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, finish off, go back on one's word, kill, obliterate, off*, omit, quash, remove, render invalid, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, rub out, scratch out, scrub, sink*, smash, squash, stamp across, strike out, torpedo, total*, trash*, trim*, undo, wash out, wipe out, wipe slate clean, zap |
Antonyms: |
allow, approve, arrange, establish, permit, uphold |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
Synonyms: |
ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, finish off, halt, hinder, impede, lick, mow down, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, prevail over, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, roll back, rout, route, sack, scatter, shipwreck, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, torpedo, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | demolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; consume |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dilapidate, dismantle, eat, flatten, gobble up, knock down, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, put in toilet, raze, ruin, sink, smash, take apart, take out, tear down, torpedo, total*, trash*, undo, wax, wipe off map, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore |