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Synonyms for destroy
dɪˈstrɔɪde·stroy
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destroyverb
Synonyms:
ruin, annihilate, waste, demolish, killdestroyverb
To cause destruction.
Hooligans destroy unprovoked
Synonyms:
annihilate, kill, waste, ruin, demolishdestroyverb
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
Synonyms:
ruin, waste, annihilate, demolish, killdestroyverb
To put down or euthanize.
Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
Synonyms:
kill, waste, ruin, demolish, annihilatedestroyverb
To defeat soundly.
Synonyms:
demolish, annihilate, waste, kill, ruindestroyverb
To remove data.
The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
Synonyms:
annihilate, waste, demolish, ruin, kill
English Synonyms and Antonyms
destroy
Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.
Synonyms:
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminateAntonyms:
authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
destroy, destructverb
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
"The fire destroyed the house"
destroy, ruinverb
destroy completely; damage irreparably
"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
Synonyms:
demolish, destruct, bankrupt, ruin, smash, deflower, break, put downdemolish, destroyverb
defeat soundly
"The home team demolished the visitors"
Synonyms:
put down, demolish, destruct, crush, ruin, pulverise, smash, pulverizedestroy, put downverb
put (an animal) to death
"The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
Synonyms:
bring down, enter, ruin, disgrace, record, put down, degrade, discharge, lay, drop, unload, repose, set down, land, take down, demolish, demean, drop off, get down, destruct, place down, write down
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deallocationnoun
delete
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
destroyverb
Synonyms:
demolish, overturn, overthrow, subvert, raze, ruin, throw down, pull down, break up, sap the foundations ofdestroyverb
Synonyms:
annihilate, quench, put an end to, bring to noughtdestroyverb
Synonyms:
waste, ravage, desolate, devastate, devour, lay waste, make desolate, swallow up, ravage with fire and sworddestroyverb
Synonyms:
extirpate, eradicate, uproot, kill, slay, extinguish, carry off, root out, grub up, pluck up by the roots, cut up root and branch, strike at the root of, give a death blow to, scatter to the winds
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
destroyverb
Synonyms:
annihilate, undo, demolish, raze, desolate, devour, sack, dismantle, eradicate, exterminate, ruinAntonyms:
conserve, preserve, perpetuate, spare
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "destroy":
destroying, destruction, destroyed, ruin, destroys, demolish, annihilate, devastate, obliterate, wreck, crush, undermine, spoil, dismantle
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#317 | end | |
#657 | enter | |
#773 | land | |
#782 | record | |
#1618 | break | |
#1651 | remove | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2158 | drop | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4324 | lay | |
#5264 | destruction | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#6681 | destroyed | |
#8719 | undo | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13003 | prohibit | |
#13346 | smash | |
#13640 | consume | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14357 | destroying | |
#15547 | wreck | |
#16588 | repeal | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#21898 | bankrupt | |
#22284 | destroys | |
#22918 | revoke | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#27695 | abolish | |
#28374 | unload | |
#28847 | eradicate | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#38211 | repose | |
#40873 | abate | |
#45245 | demolish | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#53491 | destruct | |
#55344 | supplant | |
#65899 | nullify | |
#66079 | annihilate | |
#68362 | exterminate | |
#72502 | obliterate | |
#80071 | annul | |
#80715 | devastate | |
#83175 | abrogate | |
#86679 | demean | |
#201455 | pulverize | |
#228927 | extirpate | |
#284974 | deflower |
How to use destroy in a sentence?
Think about that: that murder weapon will be back on the streets one day, it’s time to change this law and let us destroy illegal guns and destroy the guns that have been used to kill our friends and kill our neighbors.
They created the monster that could well destroy them in 2024.
There is a massive effort by Republicans and by the corporate wing of the Democratic Party to destroy the' squad' and make it seem like they're vulnerable and out of touch, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was already able to show that much of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is manufactured. In terms of Rashida and Ilhan, I just think that the' squad' represents the direction that the Democratic Party is heading.
A free society can survive only with men and women of integrity. Mediocrity can destroy us just as surely as perils far more famous. In a society that is willing to accept mediocrity, the opportunity for failure is boundless.
It's OK to disagree with people, but it's not OK to destroy them, people are so frightened of the politically correct police that they are willing to do things that are irrational in order to appease them. I believe it's going to be necessary for those people who truly believe in our system, who believe in our Constitution, who believe in our principles and values that made America great, to be willing to stand up.
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