All destroy synonyms

verb destroy

• demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
• wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
• raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
• maim — to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
• gut — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
• impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
• ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
• damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
• shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
• wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
• despoil — To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
• nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• nuke — a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
• overturn — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
• maraud — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
• level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
• ravish — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
• axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• deface — If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
• desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
• slay — to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
• mar — to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
• dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
• abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
• total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
• zap — to kill or shoot.
• mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• wax — a fit of anger; rage.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• butcher — A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
• vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
• cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.