destroy

Verb

Meaning

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.

To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.

Source: Webster's dictionary

ruin kill demolish break waste consume extinguish annihilate devastate raze extirpate deface lay waste palmyra muller

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make create build raise construct repair

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kill defeat overcome undo unmake get the better of

harry wrack end level get fire

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