Antonyms for destroy
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-stroi |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrɔɪ |
Definition of destroy
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French destruire (12c., Modern French détruire) "destroy, ravage, lay waste," from Vulgar Latin *destrugere (source of Italian distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from Latin destruere "tear down, demolish," literally "un-build," from de- "un-, down" (see de-) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Related: Destroyed; destroying.
- verb demolish, devastate
- Nothing but the hand of man could destroy what he was destroying; but his hand shrank not, and it was done.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- It is a crime which, if persisted in, will destroy the Government itself.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- They want their own poor way, and destroy the work of their hands by the sound of their tongues.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Some of us are only fit to destroy what is yet worse than ourselves.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- To treat a child wholly as an adult would be to mock and destroy it.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- If I get the wrong stuff in my eyes it will destroy them permanently.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity—it is to destroy it.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Greed—mere greed—for I do not need this money which may destroy us all!
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Their leader wished to destroy Slade's whole force at one stroke.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
Synonyms for destroy
- abort
- annihilate
- annul
- axe
- blot out
- break down
- butcher
- consume
- cream
- crush
- damage
- deface
- desolate
- despoil
- dismantle
- dispatch
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- gut
- impair
- kill
- lay waste
- level
- liquidate
- maim
- mar
- maraud
- mutilate
- nuke
- nullify
- overturn
- quash
- quell
- ravage
- ravish
- raze
- ruin
- sabotage
- shatter
- slay
- smash
- snuff out
- spoliate
- stamp out
- suppress
- swallow up
- tear down
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- vaporize
- waste
- wax
- wipe out
- wreck
- zap
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