Destroy Synonyms

140 destroy synonyms include demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, level, raze (to the ground), fell, dismantle, break up, and wreck. Destroy is a verb, and its antonyms are spare and lose to. Here are some additional synonyms for "destroy" with example sentences.

Another word for Destroy

140 other ways to say destroy.

1. demolish

  • wreck  
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  • wreak havoc on  
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  • waste
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  • vitiate  
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  • upset someone's apple cart  
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  • upset  
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  • undo  
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  • torpedo  
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  • terminate  
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  • tear down  
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  • stymie  
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  • spoil  
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  • smash  
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  • shatter  
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  • scupper  
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  • screw up  
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  • scotch  
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  • scar  
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  • sabotage  
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  • ruin
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  • raze (to the ground)  
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  • ravage  
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  • quell  
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  • quash  
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  • put the lid on  
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  • put the kibosh on  
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  • put paid to  
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  • put a stop to  
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  • put an end to  
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  • pull down  
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  • prevent  
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  • play havoc with  
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  • nix  
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  • muller  
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  • muck up  
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  • mess up  
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  • mar  
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  • make a mess of  
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  • make a hash of  
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  • louse up  
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  • level
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  • lay waste  
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  • knock down  
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  • injure  
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  • impair  
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  • harm
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  • frustrate
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  • foul up  
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  • flaw
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  • fell  
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  • explode  
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  • euchre  
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  • end
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  • dynamite  
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  • do in  
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  • do for  
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  • disrupt  
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  • dismantle  
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  • dish  
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  • disfigure  
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  • disfeature  
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  • devastate
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  • demolish  
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  • deface  
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  • dash  
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  • damage
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  • crush  
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  • cruel
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  • crash  
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  • cook someone's goose  
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  • bring to naught  
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  • bring to an end  
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  • break up  
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  • bomb  
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  • blow up  
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  • blow to bits/pieces  
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  • blow a hole in  
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  • blight  
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  • blemish  
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  • blast  
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  • banjax  
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2. annihilate

  • zap
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  • wipe the floor with  
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  • wipe out  
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  • wipe off the map  
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  • wipe off the face of the earth  
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  • win a resounding victory over  
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  • whip  
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  • waste
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  • vanquish  
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  • turn inside out  
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  • trounce  
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  • thrash  
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  • take to the cleaners  
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  • take out  
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  • stuff
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  • snuff out  
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  • slaughter  
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  • skunk  
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  • shellac  
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  • run rings around  
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  • rub out  
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  • rout  
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  • root out  
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  • pulverize  
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  • pound  
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  • paste  
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  • own
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  • overwhelm
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  • obliterate  
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  • murder  
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  • massacre  
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  • marmalize  
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  • make mincemeat of  
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  • liquidate  
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  • lick  
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  • kill  
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  • hammer  
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  • give someone a pasting  
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  • give someone a drubbing  
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  • flatten  
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  • finish off  
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  • extirpate  
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  • extinguish  
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  • exterminate  
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  • erase  
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  • eradicate  
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  • eliminate  
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  • drub  
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  • demolish  
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  • defeat utterly  
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  • decimate  
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  • crush  
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  • crucify  
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  • cream  
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  • clobber  
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  • butcher  
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  • blow out  
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  • beat hollow  
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  • annihilate  
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Use destroy in a Sentence

A liar can destroy relationships quickly.

Fire can quickly destroy a forest.

Hatred can destroy relationships completely.

Neglect can destroy relationships over time.

The storm will destroy everything nearby.