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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There was actually a shirt we had that says “Koe Destroys Everything.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

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

This flood of woe caused by this hand Destroys me helpless and unmanned, Resistless as the floods that bore A passage through the river shore.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)