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Demolish

To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

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Defeat 76% connected

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Destroy 76% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Destruct 76% connected

To destroy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overcome 76% connected

of Overcome

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Smash 76% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swallow 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Demolition 74% connected

The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Demolition 74% connected

The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Destruction 74% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Destruction 74% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Razing 74% connected

of Raze

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Razing 74% connected

of Raze

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Synonym 5

Consume 92% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Destroy 92% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Devour 92% connected

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Down 92% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pulverize 92% connected

To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulve…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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