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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: | 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, wither, wreck, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detonate weapon |
| Synonyms: | attack, blast, blitz, blow up, bombard, cannonade, destroy, raid, rake, shell, wipe out*, napalm, prang, rain destruction, strafe, torpedo, zero in* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | butcher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin |
| Synonyms: | botch, destroy, mutilate, screw up*, spoil, wreck, bollix up, goof up*, louse up, make a mess of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | cripple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder action, progress |
| Synonyms: | cramp, damage, destroy, halt, hamstring*, impair, ruin, spoil, stifle, vitiate, bring to standstill, put out of action |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, encourage, help, capacitate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break by hitting or throwing violently |
| Synonyms: | beat, bludgeon, cast, charge, crash, cudgel, destroy, fling, hit, hurl, hurtle, lunge, plunge, shatter, shiver, slam, sling, smash, splash, splatter, splinter, throw |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, help, inspirit |
| 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: | discredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, detract from |
| Synonyms: | blow up*, censure, defame, degrade, destroy, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disprove, explode, expose, pooh-pooh*, puncture, put down, reproach, ruin, run down, shoot, show up, slander, slur, smear, tear down*, vilify, bring into disrepute, bring to naught, disconsider, disesteem, frown upon, knock bottom out of, mudsling, poke full of holes, reflect on, take rug out from under |
| Antonyms: | commend, credit, honor, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bump off*, butcher*, destroy, eliminate, execute, finish, murder, put away*, slaughter, slay, finish off*, put end to, take out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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