Definition for Destroy:

• To unbuild or pull down: to overturn: to ruin: to put an end to:- pr. p. destroying; pa. p. destroyed.

Synonyms for Destroy:

• n.

  •
  • overcome,
  • overpower,
  • thrash,
  • beat,
  • win,
  • slaughter.
  •
  • disadvantage,
  • plague,
  • throttle,
  • knock-down,
  • embarrass,
  • inhibit,
  • burden.
  •
  • cut down.
  •
  • put away,
  • bump off.
  •ruin (noun)
  • goose.

• v.

  •annul (verb)
  • deny,
  • abnegate,
  • retract,
  • Disaffirm,
  • disavow,
  • dismiss,
  • negate,
  • veto,
  • reject,
  • eliminate,
  • revoke,
  • withdraw,
  • refute,
  • obliterate,
  • neutralize,
  • annul,
  • divorce,
  • eradicate,
  • disclaim,
  • invalidate.
  •competition (verb)
  • demolish.
  •creation (verb)
  • destruct.
  •demolish, devastate (verb)
  • cream,
  • quell,
  • abort,
  • tear down,
  • maim,
  • wipe out,
  • exterminate,
  • mutilate,
  • annihilate,
  • gut,
  • swallow up,
  • shatter,
  • snuff out,
  • desolate,
  • maraud,
  • despoil,
  • vaporize,
  • axe,
  • ravage,
  • smash,
  • wreck,
  • trash,
  • dismantle,
  • damage,
  • crush,
  • level,
  • extirpate,
  • wax,
  • ravish,
  • overturn.
  •destroy (verb)
  • decimate,
  • pulverize,
  • rip to shreds,
  • flatten,
  • devastate,
  • disintegrate,
  • bulldoze.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • engulf,
  • funeral,
  • poach,
  • dynamite,
  • slay,
  • hunt.
  •
  • consume,
  • liquidate,
  • low,
  • hurt,
  • cull,
  • erase,
  • bust.
  •
  • butcher,
  • wipe,
  • dispose of.
  •
  • blow up,
  • total,
  • dispatch.
  •
  • burn,
  • bag.
  •
  • off,
  • wash,
  • sink.
  •
  • waste.
  •bungle
  • botch.
  •confuse
  • ball up.
  •diminish
  • devitalize.
  •eliminate
  • do in.
  •end
  • put to death.
  •kill
  • murder.
  •poison
  • infect.
  •raze
  • pull down.

Paraphrases for Destroy:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    destroys, destruction.
  • Proper noun, singular
    destroyed, destroys, destruction.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    destruction.
  • Verb, base form
    demolish, obliterate.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    uses.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM, Got, devastate, undermine, eliminate, deplete, eradication, break.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, dismantle, dismantling, devastate, undermine, exterminate, sabotage, torpedo, derail, liquidate, subvert, undo, destabilize, deletes, jeopardize, frustrate, defeat, negate, nullify, unravel, clobber, uproot, eliminate, extinguish, neutralize, thwart, dispel, suppress, neutralise, deplete, overwhelm, tarnish, disturb, tear, overthrow, abolish, abort, wreak, upset, decommission, impair, reverse, burn, scrap, explode, quash, topple, scuttle, blight, eradication, break, sacrifice, undercut, override, annul, overcome, cancel.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Destroying, destructive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Destroying, demolishes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Destroying, kill.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    decimate, kill.
  • Verb, base form
    annihilate, crush, disrupt, shatter, wreck, erase, wipe, overturn, decimate, kill, pre-empt.

Antonyms for Destroy:

• v.

  • demolish, devastate
    bear, start, aid, keep, lose, create, retain, mend, repair, give birth, construct, improve, fix, preserve, assist, validate, build, restore, begin, help, save.
  • Other antonyms:
    father, sustain, produce, redeem, animate, raise, doctor, frame, erect, nurture, patch, continue, invent, reconstruct, reinstate, mold, rehabilitate, renovate, recondition, enact, authorize, found, forge, rear, confirm, form, organize, protect, constitute, recover, renew, rebuild, fashion, resurrect, remodel, introduce, revive, legalize, shape, promote, support, revamp, resuscitate, institute, cherish.

Homophones for Destroy:

• decatur, Dutch Door, daughter, disaster area, dishwater, dexter, dogwood tree, do-gooder, doctorow, digester, detector, disaster, dictator, doctor, daystar, daisy cutter, destroyer, dog star, decoder, digitaria, duster.

Hypernym for Destroy:

• v.

  • competition
    cut to ribbons, swallow, smash.
  • creation
    destruct, sweep away, demolish, dilapidate, disassemble, end, pulverize, self-destroy, eliminate, level, root out, dismantle, pulverise, take apart, get rid of, eradicate, interdict, uproot, pull down, extinguish, do away with, take down, kill, fracture, raze, rase, self-destruct, wipe out, extirpate, tear down, break up, demyelinate, exterminate, break apart.

Hyponym for Destroy:

• v.

  • competition
    defeat, get the better of, overcome.
  • contact
    kill.
  • creation
    unmake, undo.