Destroy: Synonyms in English

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destroy:
- destroy; devastate; ruin; lay waste; demolish; break down; tear down; break up; wreck; tear loose; pull down; take down; get down; drag down; break; break into pieces; blow; exterminate; put down; destruct
- destroy; annihilate; obliterate; reject as waste; reject as wastepaper

English

Detailed Synonyms for destroy in English

destroy:

to destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)

to destroy
to destroy; to devastate; to ruin; to lay waste
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
- devastate verb (devastates, devastated, devastating)
- ruin verb (ruins, ruined, ruining)
- lay waste verb (lays waste, laid waste, laying waste)
to destroy
to demolish; to break down; to tear down; to break up; to destroy; to wreck; tear loose; to pull down; to take down; to get down; to drag down
- demolish verb (demolishes, demolished, demolishing)
- break down verb (breaks down, broke down, breaking down)
- tear down verb (tears down, tore down, tearing down)
- break up verb (breaks up, broke up, breaking up)
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
- wreck verb (wrecks, wrecked, wrecking)
- tear loose verb
- pull down verb (pulls down, pulled down, pulling down)
- take down verb (takes down, took down, taking down)
- get down verb (gets down, got down, getting down)
- drag down verb (drags down, dragged down, dragging down)
to destroy
to destroy; to break; to wreck; to break into pieces
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
- break verb (breaks, broke, breaking)
- wreck verb (wrecks, wrecked, wrecking)
- break into pieces verb (breaks into pieces, broke into pieces, breaking into pieces)
to destroy
to blow; to destroy; to ruin
- blow verb (blows, blew, blowing)
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
- ruin verb (ruins, ruined, ruining)
to destroy
to exterminate; to destroy
- exterminate verb (exterminates, exterminated, exterminating)
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
to destroy

– defeat soundly ¹
to destroy; to demolish
– defeat soundly ¹
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
- demolish verb (demolishes, demolished, demolishing)
  - The home team demolished the visitors¹
to destroy

– put (an animal) to death ¹
to destroy; to put down
– put (an animal) to death ¹
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
  - The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid¹
- put down verb (puts down, put down, putting down)
  - the sick cat had to be put down¹
to destroy

– destroy completely; damage irreparably ¹
to destroy; to ruin
– destroy completely; damage irreparably ¹
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
- ruin verb (ruins, ruined, ruining)
  - You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!¹
  - The tears ruined her make-up¹
to destroy

– do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of ¹
to destroy; destruct
– do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of ¹
- destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
  - The fire destroyed the house¹
- destruct verb

Conjugations for destroy:

present

destroy
destroy
destroies
destroy
destroy
destroy

simple past

destroyed
destroyed
destroyed
destroyed
destroyed
destroyed

present perfect

have destroyed
have destroyed
has destroyed
have destroyed
have destroyed
have destroyed

past continuous

was destroying
were destroying
was destroying
were destroying
were destroying
were destroying

future

shall destroy
will destroy
will destroy
shall destroy
will destroy
will destroy

continuous present

am destroying
are destroying
is destroying
are destroying
are destroying
are destroying

subjunctive

be destroyed
be destroyed
be destroyed
be destroyed
be destroyed
be destroyed

diverse

destroy!
let's destroy!
destroyed
destroying

1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

destroy

destroy
destroy; annihilate
- destroy
- annihilate
destroy
obliterate; reject as waste; destroy; reject as wastepaper
destroy
destroy
- destroy

Related Words for "destroy":

destroying, destroyable, destroyed

Alternate Synonyms for "destroy":

destruct; unmake; undo
ruin
demolish; get the better of; overcome; defeat
kill

Related Definitions for "destroy":

defeat soundly¹
put (an animal) to death¹
- The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid¹
destroy completely; damage irreparably¹
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of¹
- The fire destroyed the house¹

Related Synonyms for destroy

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