destroys

VERB

demolish, devastate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consume crush damage dismantle end eradicate gut impair kill maim ravage raze ruin sabotage shatter smash wipe out wreck

STRONG

abort annihilate annul axe butcher cream deface desolate despoil dispatch erase exterminate extinguish extirpate level liquidate mar maraud mutilate nuke nullify overturn quash quell ravish slay suppress torpedo total trash vaporize waste wax zap

WEAK

blot out break down lay waste snuff out spoliate stamp out swallow up tear down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist bear begin build construct create fix give birth help lose mend repair start

STRONG

improve keep preserve retain save validate

WEAK

restore

Example Sentences

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The channel has bought works by Hitler and other "problematic" artists to be used in Jimmy Carr Destroys Art.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2022

In his new Netflix comedy special “Asian Comedian Destroys America!”

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2019

Destroys evidence with magnet Season 5, Episode 1 The police find Gus' laptop, which contains footage that could incriminate Walt.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2012

Next day she loyally testified on behalf of her eternal flame and possible No. 3, Actor Sami Frey, 27, who was suing the weekly Ici-Paris for calling him "The Man Who Destroys BB."

From Time Magazine Archive

Destroys confidence, paternal confidence, of which God knows that there is in this world none to spare.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman