| Main Entry: | wrack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
Synonyms: |
avenge, decimate, defeat, ruin, torment, trash, wreck |
| Main Entry: | annihilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy completely |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, root out, rub out, ruin, slaughter, take out*, undo, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
help, preserve, revive, save |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | dismantle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take apart |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, bankrupt, bare, break down, break up, decimate, demolish, denudate, denude, deprive, destroy, disassemble, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, fell, knock down, level, part out, pull down, raze, ruin, strike, strip, subvert, take down, take to pieces, tear down, undo, unrig, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
assemble, build, combine, construct, put together, raise |
| Main Entry: | dissolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annul, discontinue |
Synonyms: |
abrogate, adjourn, annihilate, break up, cancel, collapse, decimate, demolish, destroy, destruct, discharge, dismiss, disorganize, disunite, divorce, do away with, end, eradicate, invalidate, loose, overthrow, postpone, put an end to, quash, render void, repeal, resolve into, ruin, separate, sever, shatter, shoot, suspend, terminate, unmake, vacate, void, wind up, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
continue, marry, resolve |
| Main Entry: | raze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatten, knock down; wipe out |
Synonyms: |
batter, blow down, bomb, break down, bulldoze, capsize, cast down, crash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, dynamite, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fell, level, mow down, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, remove, rub out, ruin, scatter, scratch out, smash, spill, strike out, subvert, tear down, tear up, throw down, topple, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, upset, wipe out, wrack, wreck, zap |
Antonyms: |
build, construct |
| 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: | undo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nullify, invalidate |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, break, bring down, bring to naught, cancel, cramp, craze, crimp, decimate, defeat, demolish, destroy, have*, impoverish, injure, make waves, mar, negate, neutralize, offset, outfox, outmaneuver, outsmart, overreach, overthrow, overturn, quash, queer*, raze, reverse, ruin, screw up, shatter, skin*, smash, spoil, stymie*, subvert, unbuild, undermine, unsettle, upset, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
approve, permit, validate |
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
Synonyms: |
bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, pile up, put out of commission, ravage, raze, run aground, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck, sink, smash, smash up, spoil, strand, subvert, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack |
Antonyms: |
build, create, repair |
| 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 |