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