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Main Entry:	destroy
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	demolish, devastate
Synonyms:	abort, annihilate, annul, butcher, consume, cream, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash, vaporize, waste, wax, wipe out, wreck, zap, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo*
Antonyms:	build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	abolish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	do away with or put an end to
Synonyms:	abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap, disestablish, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, set aside
Antonyms:	confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	batter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	strike and damage
Synonyms:	assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck, contuse

Main Entry:	corrode
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	wear away; eat away
Synonyms:	bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste
Antonyms:	aid, build, fortify, help

Main Entry:	deaden
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	diminish, muffle, quiet
Synonyms:	abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten
Antonyms:	animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen

Main Entry:	deface
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	mar, mutilate
Synonyms:	blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck, dilapidate, misshape
Antonyms:	adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fix, mend, ornament, repair

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	delete
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	erase, remove
Synonyms:	annul, black out, cancel, clean, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out, X-out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil*, clean up, cross out, pass up
Antonyms:	add, put in

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	despair
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give up hope
Synonyms:	abandon, destroy, drop, flatten, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, take down, yield, be hopeless, despond, give way, have heavy heart, let air out, lose faith, lose heart
Antonyms:	anticipate, expect, hope, wish for, have faith

Main Entry:	devour
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	swallow, consume
Synonyms:	absorb, annihilate, appreciate, bolt, cram, delight in, destroy, dispatch, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feed on, go through, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, inhale, pig out, polish off, ravage, relish, spend, stuff, take, take in, waste, wipe out, wolf*, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt down, chow down, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, feast on, gloat over, hoover, partake of, rejoice in, revel in, scarf down, use up, wolf down
Antonyms:	abstain, pick

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	disband
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	break up
Synonyms:	demobilize, destroy, disperse, dissolve, fold, scatter, separate, thin out

Main Entry:	dismantle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take apart
Synonyms:	annihilate, bankrupt, bare, break up, decimate, demolish, denude, deprive, destroy, disassemble, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, fell, level, pull down, raze, ruin, strike, strip, subvert, take down, tear down, undo, wrack, wreck, break down, denudate, knock down, part out, take to pieces, unrig
Antonyms:	assemble, build, combine, construct, put together, raise

Main Entry:	disorganize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disrupt arrangement; make shambles of
Synonyms:	break up, clutter, complicate, confound, confuse, demobilize, derange, destroy, disarrange, disarray, disband, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disperse, disturb, embroil, jumble, litter, mess up, mislay, misplace, muddle, perturb, scatter, scramble, shuffle, toss, unsettle, upset, break down, discreate, put out of order, turn topsy-turvy
Antonyms:	compose, neaten, order, organize, plan, systematize, tidy

Main Entry:	efface
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	erase
Synonyms:	cancel, delete, destroy, edit, eliminate, expunge, fade, obliterate, rub out, wipe out, blot out, blue-pencil, cross out, scratch out, white out

Main Entry:	erode
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deteriorate; wear away
Synonyms:	abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, scour, spoil, waste, wear down, grind down
Antonyms:	build, construct, fix, rebuild

Main Entry:	excise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	remove, delete
Synonyms:	amputate, black out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, extract, gut, knock off, launder, slash, stamp out, strike, trim, wipe out, X out, blot out, blue pencil, cross out, exscind, exsect, lop off, resect, scissor out, scratch out
Antonyms:	add, put in

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	exterminate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	abolish, annihilate, decimate, destroy, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, extirpate, massacre, obliterate, rub out, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out, blot out*, finish off, put an end to, send to kingdom come
Antonyms:	bear, create

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	impair
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	harm, hinder
Synonyms:	blemish, blunt, cheapen, damage, debase, debilitate, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, devalue, diminish, ding, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, hurt, injure, invalidate, lessen, mar, prejudice, queer, reduce, rough up, spoil, tarnish, total, tweak, undermine, unfit, vitiate, weaken, worsen, devaluate, lose strength, make useless
Antonyms:	aid, assist, help

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	mangle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	mutilate, deform
Synonyms:	batter, break, bruise, butcher, carve, contort, crush, cut, damage, deface, destroy, disfigure, distort, flay, hack, hash, impair, injure, lacerate, maim, mar, maul, rend, ruin, separate, slash, slay, slice, slit, spoil, tear, wound, wreck
Antonyms:	cure, heal, help, preserve

Main Entry:	mess up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disorder, dirty
Synonyms:	befoul, besmirch, botch, bungle, clutter, confuse, damage, derange, destroy, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorganize, disturb, foul, jumble, litter, muddle, pollute, ruin, rummage, scramble, screw up, smear, soil, spoil, unsettle, upset, bobble, bollix, goof up, gum up, louse up
Antonyms:	arrange, order, organize, tidy

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	murder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, bump off, butcher, chill, cool, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, guillotine, hang, hit, knife, knock off, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off, put away, rub out, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, thrash, waste, blot out, dust off, garotte, take a life, take for a ride, take out*
Notes:	the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness
Antonyms:	guard, preserve, protect, save