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What is another word for
destroy
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To cause significant damage or destruction to
To severely disrupt the well-being or condition of
To put an end to
To defeat soundly
To take the life of
(
of plans made
)
To prevent or sabotage
To overwhelm the composure of
(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
To make less organized
Break through
Grind down
Cause great suffering to
To provide assuagement or palliation to
To criticize extremely severely
To interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
To ingest or consume (usually food or drink)
To cause to be ineffective or immobilized
To prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
(
with reference to an organized group
)
To break up or cause to break up
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To cause significant damage or destruction to
ruin
wreck
devastate
shatter
crush
demolish
spoil
smash
torpedo
undo
upset
waste
blight
dash
ravage
total
vitiate
desolate
dismantle
fell
level
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
raze
scupper
sink
trash
blast
crash
decimate
dynamite
gut
scotch
wrack
bomb
break up
cream
cruel
explode
knock down
nuke
pull down
scourge
smite
take
tear down
blow up
break
break down
maim
maraud
mutilate
overcome
ravish
spoliate
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
balls up
banjax
blow sky-high
blow to bits
blow to pieces
do in
foul up
louse up
make a hash of
make a mess of
mess up
muck up
put the kibosh on
put the lid on
raze to the ground
blow a hole in
bring to naught
do for
play havoc with
screw up
annihilate
damage
mar
impair
extinguish
injure
undermine
flatten
cripple
deface
sabotage
despoil
lay waste
desecrate
rub out
harm
wipe out
weaken
mangle
hurt
disfigure
defeat
compromise
blow
queer
wreak havoc on
tarnish
pillage
overthrow
depredate
vandalize
US
subvert
disrupt
topple
overturn
bulldoze
obliterate
sack
put paid to
dish
blemish
taint
nix
batter
defile
devour
plunder
vandalise
UK
debase
consume
reduce
disable
sap
unbuild
thwart
diminish
flaw
kill
endamage
put an end to
raid
crab
foil
disassemble
ransack
enfeeble
burst
debilitate
take apart
pollute
poison
bring down
take down
befoul
leave in ruins
sully
stain
corrupt
rob
overwhelm
euchre
loot
rape
burn
cross up
pull to pieces
exhaust
dirty
enervate
disintegrate
prostrate
dilapidate
remove
erode
frustrate
incapacitate
tear up
bloody
degrade
foul
hinder
fragment
rip up
strip
pop
infect
botch
lay waste to
shred
quash
exterminate
stymie
contaminate
attack
pull apart
butcher
crack
soften
soil
rend
wear away
devitalize
besmirch
dishonour
UK
separate
belittle
corrode
threaten
destabilize
US
smash up
smirch
violate
trounce
dishonor
US
impede
disfeature
wither
depose
leave desolate
rifle
drain
dismember
shiver
write off
throw a spanner in the works of
put out of action
tire
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
disgrace
slaughter
fracture
eat away
impoverish
crool
chasten
depress
split
prejudice
distort
bust
scorch
tear
lessen
bring to an end
destabilise
UK
put a stop to
wound
lower
etiolate
rive
lay low
abuse
quell
oust
take to bits
pound
flub
strike
put down
take to pieces
beat
unseat
pull to bits
dethrone
detonate
harry
jeopardize
US
bungle
blitz
rupture
profane
scar
lacerate
splinter
chew up
mangulate
bobble
wreak havoc
subdue
prang
smear
incinerate
tumble
disparage
tear apart
deteriorate
eradicate
throw down
humiliate
ignite
demean
squash
invalidate
take out
mow down
forage
immobilize
US
humble
goof up
blot
touch
pervert
put a damper on
scratch
jeopardise
UK
shame
cheapen
discredit
bombard
puncture
bankrupt
discolor
US
discolour
UK
knock over
finish off
reave
disorder
mix up
rust
wipe off the map
devalue
shell
adulterate
rip to pieces
run down
rip to shreds
wrench
confuse
frazzle
wear out
bring low
cause detriment to
wrack up
smash to smithereens
neutralize
US
strip down
use up
immobilise
UK
put out of commission
deform
nullify
cancel out
do away with
bring someone to their knees
shoot down
render ineffective
jumble
muddle
scramble
unsettle
strafe
deplete
conquer
maul
dismount
demount
cannonade
shake
supplant
scuttle
disorganize
muller
end
havoc
confound
zap
shrivel
stop
assault
bruise
emasculate
blitzkrieg
squelch
grind
prevent
disestablish
dissolve
mash
eliminate
efface
floor
dispatch
terminate
darken
depopulate
denigrate
finish
cloud
minimize
US
neutralise
UK
capsize
cut
down
drop
muff
stamp out
overrun
overpower
afflict
wreak havoc with
disappoint
hack
fleece
barrage
destruct
put at risk
wrest
snap
decry
derogate
reduce to ruins
slay
fluff
undercut
blaspheme
bodge
fatigue
wipe off map
implode
sever
bumble
abolish
cremate
contort
wear down
mow
torch
weary
be detrimental to
shock
foozle
dispirit
paralyse
UK
slash
worsen
blunt
grate
mortify
nip in the bud
chop
carbonize
US
divide
fumble
boggle
abase
chagrin
overtax
tax
denude
deprive
outrage
prostitute
discourage
take the edge off
dismay
twist
dub
bowl down
bowl over
burst apart
detract from
cast down
force
combust
scald
boot
rough up
slit
slice
blow away
overtire
knacker
whack
carbonise
UK
treat sacrilegiously
liquidate
bring about the downfall of
make useless
murder
bollix up
blow out
poop
tire out
play merry hell with
tar
crack up
dent
insult
fragmentize
wipe off the face of the earth
wash out
paralyze
US
detract
minimise
UK
stab
damage beyond repair
treat with disrespect
break into pieces
fall to pieces
be a blot on the landscape
dash to pieces
knock out
bring to ruin
burn up
reduce to ashes
cut down to size
sap the strength of
take it out of
mudsling
fag out
blow apart
reduce to nothing
negate
chastise
clobber
avenge
torment
emulsify
combine
blend
kick in
pockmark
make unclear
take something apart
empty
make desolate
attenuate
snuff out
do one in
cool
uglify
rattle
pull something down
discomfit
submerge
abandon
pull something apart
bleed
make of no use or value
tag
blotch
speckle
shrink
crump
endanger
be the ruination of
rip down
pick apart
misshape
let down
decrease
bring to nought
ball up
imperil
target
hit
saturate
ground
nick
play mischief with
create chaos
shipwreck
inconvenience
burn out
put the skids under
hamstring
cast a pall over
cast a shadow over
spray paint
excise
erase
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
whittle
shake up
interfere with
handle roughly
take the shine off
lay in ruins
clear
envenom
spend
expunge
delete
handicap
scrunch
crunch
splinterize
fragmentalize
smatter
dump on
do mischief to
refute
disprove
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
cost
deflower
molest
seduce
muddy
master
do harm to
extirpate
make helpless
whelm
make powerless
overmaster
oppress
swamp
make ill
assassinate
fester
dispossess
reduce to rubble
eat into
engulf
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
disqualify
tweak
unfit
devaluate
ding
check
baulk
UK
lick
unmake
spill
scatter
disarm
make impotent
decay
maculate
wax
wolf
prey
pirate
trample
foray
seize
capture
prove wrong
erupt
mushroom
throw a monkey wrench into
crush to smithereens
mince
burn away
drive
propel
thrust
dampen
knock to pieces
be deleterious to
rout
displace
rot
gnaw
wrong
maltreat
scathe
make weary
snow under
grind down
tucker out
drown
cause the loss of
result in damage to
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
result in harm to
absorb
envelop
expend
dismiss
poor-mouth
make foul
dis
discount
trash-talk
diss
depreciate
deprecate
vilipend
bad-mouth
scuzz up
run onto the rocks
bleach
fade
doctor
crud up
spike
water down
glitch up
lose strength
chill
baffle
discomfort
abash
bilk
balk
US
circumvent
steal from
freeboot
reive
strike out
blow down
mildew
gobble up
give the lie to
shoot full of holes
chip away
defenestrate
vanquish
subjugate
upend
drive a nail into the coffin of
do damage to
cause injury
bang up
tamper with
claw
gash
sweep away
collapse
crumble
pile up
scratch out
set off
downstroy
mill
bray
kablooey
comminute
bang
powder
tear to pieces
put in toilet
rip
tip
remove from power
remove from office
purge
appropriate
embezzle
trespass
arrogate
confiscate
invade
crack open
crack apart
disunite
spall
fall apart
suppress
rebel
reverse
supersede
invert
commit sacrilege
drive a coach and horses through
throw
make untidy
blunder
put out
muddle up
blow out of the water
smash down
drop bombs on
go boom
be set off
go bang
go off
play out
draw down
deconstruct
split up
come apart
come to pieces
tumble down
tatter
yank
ribbon
rake
napalm
cow
cull
cry down
play down
kiss off
talk down
bastardize
US
demoralize
US
warp
canker
debauch
deprave
wipe from the face of the earth
blaspheme against
taint with mildew
pierce
dishearten
disconcert
fire upon
hamper
obstruct
set a match to
flame
light
parch
set fire to
blaze
consume by fire
macerate
granulate
chew
brutalize
US
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
unrig
make a mess
make a mistake
knock for six
commit sacrilege against
make lose face
dispose of
deal with
mop up
clear up
jigsaw
rift
sprain
incise
cut to ribbons
evulse
cut open
cut to pieces
fray
extract
detonate weapon
zero in
open fire on
rain destruction
thin out
mull
slam
demoralise
UK
pan
bastardise
UK
bump
rule out
bemean
cut down
brutalise
UK
dehumanise
UK
disbar
take down a peg
desensitise
UK
declass
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
denudate
bare
disrobe
divest
knock the stuffing out of
deflate
puncture balloon
take the wind out of somebody's sails
snub
let wind out of sails
debunk
kick in the teeth
take down a peg or two
take the wind out of someone's sails
let down easy
crumple
go through
have
craze
overreach
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
abate
outsmart
skin
crimp
outfox
cramp
offset
chop finely
cut up
rub into pieces
halt
perforate
mismanage
mishandle
work away at
work against
make waves
jade
take care of
account for
disarrange
dishevel
derange
put you off your stride
jack up
litter
clutter
bollix
disturb
rummage
discompose
gum up
part
thin out the population of
reduce the numbers of
shutdown
part out
indispose
make feeble
make weak
hash
carve
cut about
flay
bush
block
render powerless
stall
stifle
destroy by fire
burn to the ground
burn down
burn to a crisp
chop up
fall to bits
bust up
disempower
torpefy
render infirm
make mincemeat of
pauperize
make an end of
atomize
make hash of
spray
beggar
slur
vilify
slander
exenterate
disembowel
eviscerate
wear to a frazzle
defame
stigmatize
US
blame
make insolvent
cause to go bankrupt
reduce to penury
make bankrupt
make destitute
bleed dry
reduce to destitution
clear out
clean out
put out of business
dead-end
bring to standstill
bring to a standstill
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
make a muck of
make a Horlicks of
calumniate
malign
besmear
reflect badly on
drag through the mud
disconsider
reproach
bring shame upon
expose
disfavour
UK
censure
disfavor
US
do a hatchet job on
poke full of holes
shoot
give a bad name
take rug out from under
knock bottom out of
pooh-pooh
put in a bad light
stigmatise
UK
reflect on
drag through the mire
show up
frown upon
bring into disrepute
cast aspersions on
disesteem
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
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“The flood and strong winds would completely
destroy
the building.”
Verb
▲
To severely disrupt the well-being or condition of
blemish
blight
disfigure
mar
ruin
spoil
wreck
damage
deface
devastate
flaw
harm
impair
injure
ravage
scar
disfeature
waste
lay waste
wreak havoc on
smash
shatter
decimate
trash
crush
desolate
desecrate
break
pulverize
US
annihilate
torpedo
sabotage
ruinate
nuke
despoil
pulverise
UK
bring down
bring to ruin
total
vaporize
US
raze
demolish
scupper
blow
sink
dash
scotch
nix
cream
defeat
blast
overwhelm
ravish
botch
bust
vaporise
UK
tear down
wipe out
rub out
mess up
foul up
louse up
lay in ruins
make a mess of
bring about the downfall of
mess
lay waste to
flatten
mangle
wrack
dilapidate
muller
undo
defile
reduce
bodge
poison
scourge
banjax
extinguish
cruel
level
dish
overturn
euchre
overthrow
mutilate
maim
deplete
knock down
pull down
bring to naught
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
clean out
wreak havoc upon
leave desolate
reduce to rubble
leave in ruins
blow a hole in
screw up
do for
do in
put the kibosh on
bankrupt
impoverish
pauperize
liquidate
make destitute
bleed dry
drain
diminish
more ❯
“According to activists, emissions from nearby factories will slowly
destroy
the environment.”
Verb
▲
To put an end to
end
terminate
annihilate
quash
quell
dispatch
eradicate
extinguish
liquidate
obliterate
erase
eliminate
exterminate
extirpate
butcher
decimate
kill
massacre
put a stop to
slaughter
wipe out
finish off
nix
nullify
waste
zap
abolish
abort
annul
axe
UK
ax
US
finish
overthrow
overturn
root out
take out
do away with
rub out
snuff out
stamp out
blot out
bring to an end
put an end to
put paid to
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
wipe from the face of the earth
remove
get rid of
expunge
demolish
cancel
crush
squash
suppress
efface
delete
ruin
defeat
stop
squelch
wreck
raze
smash
put down
black out
check
clean up
shatter
sweep away
quench
devastate
repress
dispose of
subdue
total
stifle
overcome
abate
excise
trash
scrub
scrap
do in
curb
overpower
overwhelm
nuke
jettison
ditch
vaporize
US
desolate
weed out
dump
wrack
scotch
beat
put the kibosh on
vaporise
UK
conquer
clobber
silence
pulverize
US
cream
throw away
put out
cross out
strike out
discard
junk
cut out
slay
murder
inhibit
thwart
pulverise
UK
invalidate
put the lid on
tear down
pull down
frustrate
abrogate
smother
throw out
uproot
crack down on
rout
dismiss
blue-pencil
kill off
nip in the bud
dispense with
scratch
cut
sink
clamp down on
torpedo
banish
halt
shed
scratch out
X-out
ink out
score out
blank out
dissolve
knock off
get shot of
undo
prevent
restrain
drop
repeal
rescind
neutralize
US
execute
eject
negate
discontinue
chuck
blow away
neutralise
UK
dele
eighty-six
edit
off
trim
elide
edit out
unload
slap down
give something the chop
cut down
damp down
wipe
put to death
block out
get shut of
see the back of
wash out
put a line through
sit on
void
obscure
revoke
lose
douse
vitiate
hinder
hamper
impede
gag
hold back
restrict
constrain
prohibit
ravage
abandon
assassinate
disannul
avoid
null
vacate
disestablish
muffle
pitch
deep-six
toss
exorcize
US
exorcise
UK
reject
cashier
deaden
pocket
submerge
swallow
call off
snuff
clear out
sell
strike down
roll back
cease
mute
queer
bin
choke
control
strangle
shuck off
break up
close down
put kibosh on
gut
cast out
lay by
cast off
slough off
vanquish
chuck out
chuck away
knock something on the head
exsect
dampen
choke back
mow down
dismantle
KO
clamp down
shush
crack down
strike
destruct
put an stop to
white out
knock out
spike
x out
stroke out
fling away
fling off
remove all traces of
blue pencil
hush up
cut to pieces
put to the sword
shoot down
dust
make away with
blow
purge
take
garrote/garrotte
interfere with
stun
benothing
stamp something out
offload
steamroll
mutilate
kayo
quelch
smoke
pass off
subjugate
force
break off
shut down
commit genocide
wreak havoc on
get tough on
expurgate
record over
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
dash
unpublish
blow out
drive out
lay waste
bowdlerize
US
cross through
limit
block
conceal
cut a swath through
phase out
foist something on someone
fob something off on someone
palm something off on someone
suspend
blanket
dowse
derail
erode
fade
disband
depopulate
turn out
detect
stub out
score
exclude
snip
rub
bleep
decontaminate
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
omit
clean
get tough
keep in check
disrupt
dish
scupper
stymie
down
worst
cover over
adjourn
upset
amputate
exscind
scissor out
cut up
lop off
bowdlerise
UK
X out
launder
slash
come down on
tighten up on
keep under control
best
counteract
sanitise
UK
sterilise
UK
moisten
send to the gas chambers
steamroller
mass murder
conclude
prorogue
level
smooth away
cancel out
wear away
rub away
scrunch
squish
cover
cow
dampen down
wind up
disunite
rule out
pass up
Tippex out
give away
auction
come down on like a ton of bricks
triumph over
arrest
take away
knock down
split up
close
fade out
discharge
disorganize
loose
resolve into
postpone
unmake
collapse
render void
sever
shoot
wind down
bring down
bump off
put away
put lid on
bottle
trample on
dominate
keep inside
clamp
hold in
cut off
bury
keep in
trample
bring to naught
stem
drive underground
hold down
interrupt
beat down
snow under
carry off
take someone's life
take off
be the end of
hand over
fob off
deliver up
palm off
wipe off face of earth
blow to bits
blow sky-high
mark out
destroy root and branch
take apart
rub off
do for
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
withdraw
retract
repudiate
countermand
subvert
chop
deracinate
kiss
divest yourself of
relinquish
part with
pass on
adios
relieve yourself of
file in circular file
kiss off
deep six
give
transfer
make over
bestow
supersede
set aside
decommission
recycle
expel
toss out
write off
call
recall
hush
retire
cry off
slough
cast
forsake
burke
trammel
stultify
constipate
muzzle
throttle
cork
stagnate
tear out
rip out
dig out
strip off
pull out
throw on the scrapheap
consign to scrap heap
put out to pasture
dry up
cover up
shut up
bring to screeching halt
clam up
hold it down
more ❯
“Cersei was determined to
destroy
Margaery for being the younger, better version of her in every way.”
Verb
▲
To defeat soundly
crush
overwhelm
lick
rout
trounce
vanquish
annihilate
clobber
defeat
beat
conquer
drub
hammer
master
overthrow
stuff
tank
thrash
demolish
overpower
paste
pound
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
quell
subdue
undo
whip
crucify
flatten
marmalize
massacre
murder
shellac
slaughter
subjugate
cream
outplay
own
skunk
muller
wax
blow out
run rings around
take to the cleaners
beat hollow
defeat utterly
give someone a pasting
make mincemeat of
turn inside out
wipe the floor with
blow out of the water
pip at the post
win a resounding victory over
give someone a drubbing
worst
best
bring someone to their knees
triumph over
overcome
get the better of
walk all over
smother
quash
walk over
kill
trim
wallop
whomp
be victorious over
prevail over
snow under
blow away
cane
give someone a hiding
bury
smoke
whup
tromp
whop
bomb
dust
whap
total
slam
win against
surmount
skin
trash
gain a victory over
smash
devastate
dispatch
take
upend
stop
overmatch
overbear
get
floor
strike
bash
swamp
pommel
get around
do down
win over
repress
flog
spank
outdo
reduce
throw
win
zap
give a drubbing to
overrun
knock out
wipe out
work over
put away
raze
break
outclass
hide
outstrip
excel
surpass
stagger
ruin
belt
pull down
tear down
wreck
suppress
waste
stun
decimate
down
maul
batter
thump
bludgeon
thresh
humble
finish
hurdle
shatter
oppress
top
overturn
leather
buffet
trample
subvert
subordinate
pummel
US
baste
roll
whale
slog
do in
overmaster
defeat heavily
bust
torpedo
do
curry
discomfit
render incapable
bowl over
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
lambaste
put down
grind down
drown
render powerless
render helpless
chastise
punish
pummelled
UK
chasten
demoralise
UK
render speechless
demoralize
US
shock
bear down
steamroller
put paid to
upset
rise above
cut to pieces
knock for six
confound
beat up
run rings round
shut out
give a hiding
wipe off map
take a stick to
run circles around
rough up
mess up
bung up
better
get the upper hand
level
unbuild
smear
slap
hit
dominate
subject
pacify
blast
settle
defeat someone heavily
blank
lather
cap
knock the stuffing out of
dispose of
mop up
take apart
triumph
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
wipe off the mat
thwart
foil
checkmate
circumvent
frustrate
outwit
scatter
override
dispel
prostrate
steamroll
whack
extinguish
vaporize
US
wrack
nuke
desolate
bring to knees
succeed over
shut down
trample underfoot
bring to their knees
put in their place
deck
sink
whitewash
defeat easily
slay
drop
edge
tan
powder
whelm
eradicate
dynamite
destruct
rub out
vaporise
UK
route
obliterate
outrun
outjump
shipwreck
flax
outflank
butcher
outhit
ambush
entrap
immobilize
US
bring to ruin
take to cleaners
take it all
roll back
finish off
run roughshod over
put an end to
edge out
pwn
KO
plow under
mow down
nose out
win a victory over
slang
gain mastery over
astonish
immobilise
UK
drive off
raze to the ground
repulse
larrup
scuttle
bulldoze
hunt
sweep someone off his
take someone's breath away
affect
disturb
dumbfound
stir
move
beat back
put to flight
impress
shake
touch
clean up on
put to rout
blow out of water
throw back in confusion
daze
dazzle
spellbind
make emotional
get to
leave speechless
sweep someone off their feet
surprise
take aback
hit for six
confuse
downgrade
knock sideways
bewilder
puzzle
curb
weather
survive
outlive
prevail
render
be victorious
knock over
knock socks off
come out on top of
come out on top
overshadow
put in the shade
exceed
transcend
eclipse
outshine
outperform
overtop
trump
outmatch
outgun
tower over
overtake
outdistance
knock spots off
take care of
go one better than
improve on
bear
varnish
eat alive
knock off
lash
birch
humiliate
outsmart
take down
outfight
shoot down
unseat
raid
beat the pants off
get one up on
make a fool of
hegemonize
control
invade
pass
put to shame
outrank
outpace
shake off
overpass
improve upon
shame
shoot ahead
gain control over
inroad
foray
overdevelop
shellack
stretch
subsume
overawe
overdraw
outrival
hose
shut off
roll over
get the upper hand over
take out
beat down
lay one out
be better than
do better than
shoot ahead of
give a hiding to
tan the hide of
foray into
more ❯
“The team of professional players would
destroy
their amateur opponents in a one-sided, and rather pointless, game.”
Verb
▲
To take the life of
kill
slaughter
exterminate
slay
terminate
claim
croak
kill off
rub out
put down
put to sleep
take the life of
dispatch
do in
murder
execute
assassinate
liquidate
eliminate
ice
take out
butcher
massacre
whack
waste
bump off
knock off
wipe out
off
put to death
top
stiff
do away with
annihilate
fell
smoke
do to death
neutralize
US
eradicate
blow away
cut down
mow down
carry off
neutralise
UK
take
shoot down
polish off
scrag
finish off
snuff
erase
decimate
end the life of
put away
get
cut to pieces
dispose of
do for
make away with
extirpate
finish
cause the death of
down
zap
get rid of
snuff out
hit
give someone the works
guillotine
take someone's life
terminate with extreme prejudice
blackball
nix
obliterate
put an end to
shoot
abolish
cool
lynch
hang
gun down
blot out
put to the sword
dust off
put out of its misery
silence
euthanize
cancel
crucify
immolate
garrotte
UK
asphyxiate
strangle
garrote
US
defeat
extinguish
behead
electrocute
decapitate
send to the gas chambers
remove
end
veto
negative
blast
bomb
vaporise
UK
purge
vaporize
US
put end to
rub someone out
expunge
efface
grease
murk
wipe off the face of the earth
knock someone off
deep-six
wax
smother
garotte
chill
do
knife
mangle
stick
mutilate
torture
overwhelm
maim
beat
vanquish
bring down
take a life
stone
ethnically cleanse
sweep away
stamp out
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
put something to sleep
cost
send to the chair
stone to death
send to the gas chamber
put before a firing squad
send to the gibbet
string up
send to the electric chair
gas
send to the gallows
take care of
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
cause the loss of
result in the loss of
smite
suffocate
sacrifice
wipe from the face of the earth
more ❯
“Farmers were forced to
destroy
their cattle following an outbreak of the deadly disease.”
Verb
▲
(
of plans made
)
To prevent or sabotage
prevent
foil
sabotage
stymie
thwart
disrupt
frustrate
subdue
suppress
put an end to
put a stop to
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
wreck
cripple
hamper
hinder
damage
interrupt
ruin
spoil
terminate
smash
undermine
nullify
eradicate
attack
subvert
break
demolish
dispatch
impair
dash
quash
incapacitate
ravage
eliminate
end
devastate
threaten
annul
upset
obliterate
mar
disable
block
abolish
undo
quell
extinguish
crush
decimate
harm
kill
bollix
annihilate
shatter
abort
obstruct
break down
mess up
interfere with
break up
screw up
intrude on
muck up
more ❯
“The horrible weather would
destroy
our plans for a weekend by the beach.”
Verb
▲
To overwhelm the composure of
break
floor
devastate
discompose
nonplus
overwhelm
chagrin
overpower
take aback
cow
crush
ruin
dispirit
defeat
bust
degrade
undermine
subdue
weaken
overcome
demoralize
US
smash
cripple
enfeeble
demote
vanquish
quash
disrate
downgrade
incapacitate
impair
reduce
humiliate
sap
suppress
extinguish
impoverish
tame
demoralise
UK
enervate
rout
bring down
bring to ruin
cause instability
bring someone to their knees
more ❯
“The constant criticisms failed to
destroy
him due to his thick skin.”
Verb
▲
(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
attack
infect
affect
damage
injure
corrupt
devastate
vitiate
afflict
cripple
contaminate
mar
ruin
spoil
annihilate
demolish
impair
ravage
trouble
compromise
impact
overcome
touch
harm
strike
break
influence
perturb
sabotage
taint
upset
defile
occur
pollute
prevail
crush
hurt
overwhelm
poison
blight
debase
impinge
weaken
impact on
impinge upon
prevail over
wear away
shake up
spread to
strike at
strike down
do damage to
play havoc with
take hold of
wreak havoc on
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
foul
befoul
stain
dirty
tarnish
darken
blemish
envenom
adulterate
exterminate
slaughter
sully
fester
undermine
make ill
kill
assassinate
deface
wreck
mutilate
disfigure
mangle
smash
desecrate
shatter
trash
vandalize
US
gut
undo
endamage
disrupt
total
wound
flaw
bloody
crab
blot
disfeature
raze
smirch
incapacitate
maim
crack
split
vandalise
UK
bleach
discolour
UK
lacerate
scathe
batter
dent
scratch
play merry hell with
drive a nail into the coffin of
cause injury
scorch
maltreat
abuse
rust
fade
tear
rot
discolor
US
burn
bang up
smash up
corrode
disintegrate
gnaw
dismantle
wrong
stab
cross up
tamper with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed
erode
corrode
crumble
eat
gnaw
abrade
consume
disintegrate
spoil
undermine
weaken
deteriorate
dissolve
weather
decay
devour
fret
nibble
rot
wear away
diminish
impair
lessen
sap
scrape away
bite
bite at
eat away at
grind down
scour
waste
wear down
chip away at
gnaw away at
waste away
break up
eat away
eat into
rust
burn into
oxidize
US
decompose
oxidise
UK
bite into
burn through
gnaw away
burn
etch
damage
engrave
corrupt
melt
exhaust
dissipate
liquefy
sear
tarnish
oxidate
wear through
flake
wear
canker
run through
rasp
scrape
scratch
rub
gall
grind
chafe
fray
corrade
frazzle
graze
scuff
use
rub away
crumble away
rub down
decline
dwindle
grind away
shrink
tax
decrease
wash away
overuse
jade
fade
bother
overwork
scrape off
become worn
be worthless
cut down
use up
go to seed
become threadbare
wear thin
skin
file
excoriate
irritate
erase
strip
flay
triturate
wear off
grate
roughen
scrape out
rub off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
confound
disprove
contradict
negate
discredit
refute
confute
demolish
explode
falsify
counter
invalidate
overwhelm
ruin
annihilate
belie
controvert
debunk
disconfirm
overthrow
quash
rebut
shoot down
go against
negative
prove wrong
blow sky-high
prove false
make a nonsense of
give the lie to
shoot full of holes
blow out of the water
drive a coach and horses through
deny
overturn
defeat
evert
top
break
cross
ward off
keep off
hold off
come back at
get back at
take on
shoot down in flames
show to be false
expose
prove to be false
gainsay
challenge
repudiate
contravene
bust
call into question
knock the bottom out of
blow sky high
dispute
reject
question
weaken
oppose
silence
disaffirm
query
be at odds with
prove to be wrong
show to be wrong
find unfounded
tear down
set aside
undermine
compromise
oppugn
vanquish
subvert
impugn
traverse
throw out
poke holes in
shut up
bring to naught
put down
knocks props out from under
blow up
shoot holes in
deceive
disagree
knock props out
knock bottom out of
argue
contest
discount
mistrust
distrust
moot
examine
address
disbelieve
pooh-pooh
altercate
answer
bandy
canvass
disavow
suspect
doubt
crush
canvas
disclaim
wrangle
contend
argue against
squelch
debate
pettifog
raise doubts about
put under suspicion
scoff at
cast doubt on
disagree with
argue about
object to
contend over
pick a bone
dissent against
quibble over
put up argument
hammer away at
differ with
show up
quibble about
agitate against
pick an argument with
argue the pros and cons of
take issue with
protest against
give thumbs down to
declare to be untrue
wonder about
take a stand against
have an argument about
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make less organized
disorganize
confuse
disorder
disturb
upset
disarrange
disrupt
jumble
muddle
derange
discompose
unsettle
convulse
disarray
dishevel
disjoint
dislocate
hash
muss
rumple
scramble
shuffle
tousle
tumble
break up
clutter
complicate
confound
demobilise
UK
demobilize
US
disband
discreate
disperse
embroil
litter
mislay
misplace
perturb
scatter
toss
mess up
mix up
turn topsy-turvy
break down
make a shambles of
put out of order
throw into disorder
spoil
rummage
ruffle
throw into confusion
make untidy
throw into disarray
mix
foul up
wreck
make a mess of
turn upside-down
muddle up
mess
agitate
jumble up
ruin
interfere with
muss up
tangle
louse up
distract
displace
untidy
throw
hamper
obstruct
impede
screw up
entangle
undo
perplex
distemper
change
interfere
distress
shake
derail
psych out
get into a tangle
scupper
make a mess
make disorderly
blunder
delay
muck up
slow
retard
mistake
hold up
rearrange
frustrate
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
slow down
intermix
stop
fluster
bother
alarm
bollix
ravel
bungle
snafu
foul
botch
get out of order
overturn
bewilder
dismay
shift
discombobulate
disconcert
play havoc with
snarl
disquiet
unbalance
bring into disorder
rattle
concern
hagride
alarum
frazzle
worry
unhinge
discomfort
ail
exercise
flurry
fuss
dement
discommode
reorder
throw into chaos
turn
put off
put out of place
weird out
freak out
throw off
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
change the order
break the deck
snarl up
misalign
dealign
turn something topsy-turvy
dirty
put out
flub
turn something upside down
randomize
US
recombine
addle
befuddle
dizzy
puzzle
bring into disarray
make hay of
knock for six
make a mistake
check
prevent
thwart
block
throw out
wrinkle
crumple
tamper
distort
meddle
replace
muddy
strew
reorganize
US
riffle
randomise
UK
inhibit
avert
foil
misarrange
mingle
shock
disalign
throw into a state of disorganization
muck
muff
fumble
turn upside down
jack up
bobble
smear
soil
put you off your stride
befoul
damage
gum up
goof up
pollute
besmirch
crash
hinder
unrail
forestall
deflect
put in disarray
reorganise
UK
transpose
stir up
make insane
drive mad
tilt
slosh
reverse
slop
subvert
shift about
nip in the bud
turn inside-out
quell
blight
crush
mar
dash
quash
scotch
sabotage
shatter
devastate
demolish
nix
queer
do in
banjax
stymie
cruel
put paid to
make a hash of
euchre
dish
blow a hole in
put the lid on
put the kibosh on
discomfit
trouble
faze
nonplus
unnerve
interrupt
daunt
make anxious
make uneasy
destabilize
US
jolt
discontinue
suspend
sicken
down
spook
fuddle
needle
lose
take aback
shake up
throw off balance
destabilise
UK
cut short
intrude on
miss
get to
pull the rug from under
pull the rug out from under
put someone off their stroke
throw into uproar
rattle one's cage
muddy the waters
drop
forget
upset the apple cart
misfile
forget the whereabouts of
be unable to put your hands on
lose track of
place unwisely
remove
leave behind
be unable to find
forget where one has put something
be unable to lay hands on
forget whereabouts of
be unable to put
place wrongly
put in the wrong place
put in wrong place
more ❯
Verb
▲
Break through
break through
batter down
breach
break down
burst through
come through
infiltrate
penetrate
wear down
break
rupture
get through
split
force itself through
crack open
bust
burst
open
Verb
▲
Grind down
grind down
harass
oppress
persecute
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
weaken
subjugate
enslave
suppress
crush
repress
coerce
torment
dominate
trample
keep down
treat harshly
ride roughshod over
trample underfoot
rule with a rod of iron
bring someone to their knees
hold down
rule with an iron hand
abuse
maltreat
subdue
wrong
overpower
hegemonize
overcome
ill-treat
master
overwhelm
subject
scourge
exploit
annoy
put upon
saddle
outrage
encumber
plague
put screws to
press
weigh heavy upon
despotize
strain
worry
bring to heel
handicap
vex
tax
beset
tyrranize
rule over
overload
put down
pick on
force
be cruel to
distress
hold sway over
walk all over
harry
rule
smother
ride
put the squeeze on
tyrannize over
bring under the yoke
beat down
hound
aggrieve
be brutal to
torture
trample on
overthrow
browbeat
intimidate
bully
victimize
US
dictate to
order about
order around
terrorize
US
domineer over
domineer
dictate
push around
victimise
UK
terrorise
UK
have someone under your thumb
rule despotically
treat brutally
lord it over
menace
hector
boss
threaten
boss around
pressurize
US
swagger
bluster
overbear
push about
bulldoze
boss about
bend
prevail
railroad
predominate
reign
henpeck
strong-arm
squeeze
preponderate
be overbearing
pressurise
UK
give orders to
run things
lean on
kick around
rule the roost
call the shots
keep under thumb
throw weight around
use strong-arm tactics on
run the show
push the buttons
lead by the nose
put the screws on
in the driver's seat
be in the saddle
more ❯
Verb
▲
Cause great suffering to
scourge
afflict
curse
plague
devastate
torment
oppress
ravage
ruin
torture
bedevil
beset
burden
excoriate
harass
punish
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
cause suffering to
rack
distress
wound
tear
trouble
agonize
US
excruciate
besiege
grieve
anguish
rend
crucify
sear
persecute
pain
wring
mortify
ransack
desecrate
strip
desolate
lacerate
loot
maraud
perturb
waste
depredate
despoil
vex
pillage
rifle
rob
gut
rape
havoc
spoil
fleece
spoliate
demolish
plunder
devour
agonise
UK
harrow
cut up
lay waste
cause agony to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide assuagement or palliation to
allay
ease
relieve
alleviate
reduce
assuage
calm
diminish
soothe
dull
lessen
mitigate
moderate
mollify
soften
blunt
decrease
palliate
abate
check
cushion
quell
quiet
relax
smooth
compose
deaden
dispel
lull
temper
appease
banish
dismiss
dissipate
help
subdue
eliminate
lenify
pacify
repress
chase away
drive away
drive off
lighten
put to rest
square
take the edge off
tone down
cool out
make nice
reduce something
play up to
pour oil on
take the bite out
take the sting out
numb
suppress
weaken
damp
stifle
benumb
dampen
cauterize
US
impair
paralyse
UK
anaesthetize
UK
smother
dim
paralyze
US
stun
drown
get rid of
injure
knock out
freeze
deprive
exhaust
frustrate
lay out
slow
unnerve
anesthetize
US
put an end to
stupefy
consume
depress
gas
incapacitate
tire
retard
KO
etherize
cauterise
UK
put out of order
dope
chloroform
put to sleep
modify
lower
attenuate
still
dilute
qualify
gentle
buffer
mellow
diffuse
quieten
disempower
obtund
gruntle
tranquillize
UK
make weaker
muffle
satisfy
melt
tenderize
US
kill
quench
tranquilize
US
cool
sweeten
fill
surfeit
tenderise
UK
knead
bend
give
moisten
yield
dissolve
thaw
mash
disintegrate
relent
put a stop to
gloze
veil
exculpate
vindicate
prettify
screen
sugarcoat
white
whiten
dissemble
condone
veneer
varnish
turn down
become tender
quick fix
apologize for
hush up
put on a Band-Aid
more ❯
Verb
▲
To criticize extremely severely
savage
attack
slam
lambaste
criticise
UK
criticize
US
bash
blast
condemn
knock
pillory
revile
slate
trash
crucify
disparage
excoriate
flay
lambast
pan
roast
skewer
castigate
diss
hammer
assail
bag
flame
potshot
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
rubbish
scathe
vituperate
abuse
belabour
UK
belabor
US
monster
slash
jump on
criticize severely
lay into
put down
bad-mouth
pitch into
pull apart
shoot down
tear apart
tear into
pick holes in
pick to pieces
slag off
take apart
have a go at
take to pieces
tear to pieces
weigh into
find fault with
throw brickbats at
do a hatchet job on
give someone a bad press
give something a bad press
give something a battering
give someone bondi
censure
denigrate
vilify
denounce
malign
maul
berate
cut up
reprehend
reprimand
deprecate
rate
pull to pieces
run down
objurgate
rebuke
reprobate
inveigh against
give a bad press to
rail against
reprove
asperse
cast aspersions on
chastise
reproach
blame
besmirch
derogate
slur
carp at
vituperate against
arraign
lace into
cavil at
animadvert on
pour scorn on
scold
upbraid
hit out at
disapprove of
chew out
give some stick to
dress down
impugn
chide
carpet
nitpick about
sledge
give flak to
fulminate against
lash
slag
bawl out
dis
take to task
tear a strip off
fault
dispraise
sail into
denunciate
admonish
insult
harangue
cane
blister
ream out
carp
haul over the coals
bag on
give someone hell
give someone a roasting
light into
nag at
tear off a strip
read the riot act
find fault
rollick
stigmatize
US
bollock
slander
remonstrate with
smear
calumniate
decry
lecture
traduce
rap
scorch
stigmatise
UK
rap over the knuckles
give someone a rollicking
give someone a rocket
tongue-lash
give someone a bollocking
skin
pass strictures upon
cut down
go for the jugular
rip into
brand
belittle
libel
defame
curse
ridicule
scorn
injure
scourge
fustigate
deride
slang
score
rip
assault
backbite
contemn
execrate
clobber
zap
slug
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
cavil
jeer at
tie into
tell off
lash into
nit-pick
beat up on
rake over the coals
do a number on
rail at
cast a slur on
criticize harshly
badmouth
get angry with
take
depreciate
animadvert upon
heap
detract from
bring under fire
harsh
lampoon
scoff at
proscribe
baste
rag
jaw
keelhaul
discredit
show someone up
reject
shellac
whip
beat
slap
scarify
drub
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
ream
call down
rant at
talk something down
accuse
growl
vilipend
rail
rile
deplore
anathematize
despise
prosecute
declaim
expose to ridicule
hold up to shame
give a tongue-lashing
lash out at
give a rocket
impeach
indict
yell at
cry down
bark at
slight
taunt
trim
fluff
hit
slog
discipline
animadvert
exprobate
judge
rebuff
incriminate
disapprove
remonstrate
give someone a dressing-down
give a talking-to
offend
nag
declaim against
run something down
show up
charge with
put someone on the hot seat
crawl all over
pin someone's ears back
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
slap on the wrist
look askance
get after
pick apart
read out
minimize
US
discount
complain about
come down on
skin alive
give bad press
pick at
take down
cut to bits
set upon
let have it
let fly at
lam into
oppress
persecute
lay down the law
miscall
ride
zing
minimise
UK
hose
be rude to
call names
blow off
shout at
cuss out
swear at
cut to the quick
dump on
give a black eye
trash-talk
call someone names
refute
charge
storm
bushwhack
beset
tackle
sic
sick
strike
raid
rush
turn on
set on
dive into
argue with
assault verbally
disagree with
pile in
go in on
start on
start in
take on
descend on
wade in
wade into
descend upon
pounce on
pounce upon
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
jump down one's throat
pull up
tick off
give someone a telling-off
give someone an earful
let someone have it
give someone what for
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
give someone a rating
wig
give someone a row
row
give someone a caning
blow up
slap down
give someone some stick
disgrace
send someone away with a flea in their ear
chasten
put on the mat
drag through the mud
degrade
bring into disrepute
dishonour
UK
taint
lower
sully
speak ill of
dishonor
US
stain
tarnish
debase
give a bad name
soil
call to account
smirch
besmear
blacken
object to
blot
blow up at
shame
drag through the mire
befoul
give a piece of one's mind
spoil
defile
damage
take exception to
spot
blotch
bring discredit to
breathe on
punish
reflect badly on
call on the carpet
point the finger at
bring shame upon
rip up and down
scandalize
US
go on at
muckrake
inculpate
impute
take someone to task
be against
disrespect
scandalise
UK
reduce
tax
hold accountable
check
bring shame on
rap someone over the knuckles
correct
oppose
diminish
tar and feather
sling mud at
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
detract
come down hard on
poor-mouth
frame
take issue with
criminate
rave at
find lacking
express disapproval of
take to the woodshed
recriminate
talk to
tear down
detest
kick up a fuss about
kick up a stink about
fulminate
underestimate
undervalue
thunder
underrate
dismiss
find unacceptable
rant
frown on
challenge
caution
inveigh
look askance at
hold responsible
protest against
lesson
play down
complain
do down
write off
kiss off
talk down
oppose strongly
monish
object
lean on
name
pooh-pooh
speak out against
finger
raise objections to
attribute
bring someone to book
chew someone out
jump all over
speak evil of
climb all over
complain vociferously about
make a fuss about
frown upon
slap someone on the wrist
take a dim view of
gripe about
take down a peg
take a stand against
lay charges against
prefer charges against
abhor
argue against
spread lies about
whine about
carp about
blacken the reputation of
blacken the name of
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
protest
downgrade
moan about
grouse about
grouch about
quibble about
dispute
trivialize
US
fume
conduct a smear campaign against
nitpick over
rage against
bellyache about
whinge about
beef about
mock
tear to shreds
call over the coals
treat lightly
penalize
US
sound off about
visit
cite
protest strongly at
expostulate about
remonstrate about
summons
spout
rave
demean
devalue
rake
sneer at
objurate
expostulate
make a protest against
kick against
jawbone
speak
embarrass
tick someone off
minify
misprize
throw the book at
discountenance
summon
penalise
UK
complain bitterly about
kick
strongly criticize
undermine
poison
make light of
point finger at
hang something on
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
disesteem
draw the line
speak to
hold cheap
trivialise
UK
expose
lay at one's door
preach
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
give one hell
give a going over
disagree violently with
go on about
tell a thing or two
mudsling
accuse of
arraign for
come down on like a ton of bricks
ruin
bring charges against
make a stand against
look down on
prosecute for
rag on
humble
try
sound off
point a finger at
file charges against
point the finger
put on trial for
bring to trial for
take to court for
impeach for
make accusations about
put up a fight against
reprimand severely
let fly
satirize
US
round on
speak badly of
lash out
satirise
UK
pull someone up
give a rough time
exprobrate
warn
confront
bring to book
prejudice
counsel
adjure
advise
rebut
contradict
be anti
threap
recompense
pervert
cudgel
smother
deflate
spank
skelp
ferule
harass
blemish
disdain
rap someone the knuckles
fry
blackguard
flog
thrash
chew
mistreat
caluminate
voodoo
dig
demonize
US
cuss
jinx
gainsay
be hostile to
controvert
laugh at
laugh off
twit
moralise
UK
moralize
US
lay out
rake over coals
sell short
demonise
UK
pronounce
adjudge
have words
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
dress-down
forewarn
ding
notice
glue
hoist
carp on
go after
lay on
give comeuppance
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
severely reprimand
rap across the knuckles
drag over the coals
keep after
have someone on the carpet
take somebody to task
get on
give a hard time
burn one's ears
clamor against
spurn
give someone stick
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
criticize hatefully
give someone a carpeting
eat out
rank on
give going-over
rip up
squash
downplay
understate
squelch
be scandalized by
be offended by
be shocked by
call to task
send up
put away
have your knife in
jack up
sit on
give piece of mind
be in opposition to
quarrel with
mete out punishment to
make an example of
put a whammy on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
question
give the devil
teach someone a lesson
pick on
be hard on
rage
present
express strong disapproval of
send up the river
humiliate
thunder against
think badly of
express disapprobation of
express disapprobation
stick it to
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
compromise
opprobriate
snipe at
bring to account
afflict
have on the carpet
suppress
subjugate
repress
soften
hold forth against
scapegoat
single out
abase
foul
cheapen
sink
mark down
take away
hold at fault
have the law on
bring to trial
bring a charge against
bring a case against
put on trial
take to court
indict for
vociferate
take swipe at
throw stones at
cut down to size
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
disconsider
puncture
poke full of holes
shoot
take rug out from under
knock bottom out of
put in a bad light
reflect on
bring to naught
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
lay at your door
tax with
lay blame on
betray
recriminate for
serve summons
lay at door
incriminate for
arrest
bring charges
apprehend
implicate
allege
sue
lodge complaint
blow the whistle
censure with
file claim
hold someone to blame
complain to
withstand
combat
demur
gripe
squabble
bicker
rain
resist
object strongly to
take exception
lodge a protest against
take issue
fight
express disagreement with
except
dissent
argue
hold someone responsible
bluster
huff
lower the boom
give the dickens
kick up
take great exception to
speak out
make a stand
intimidate
take a stand
menace
send someone away with a flea in his
dislike
mouth off about
vociferate about
characterize
US
label
rant and rave
saddle
classify
class
categorize
US
mark
loathe
hold liable
identify
describe
think wrong
not support
discourse
orate
assign fault to
lay the blame on
place the blame on
not believe in
characterise
UK
call
categorise
UK
assign guilt to
assign liability to
address
descant
expatiate
exhort
talk
perorate
mouth off
face with charges
serve with a summons
discommend
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
negate
be displeased with
be dissatisfied with
be hostile towards
consider guilty of
earbash
pontificate to
spout to
sermonize to
find guilty of
pass the buck
lay a guilt trip on
lay a bad trip on
have a poor opinion of
raise an
label negatively
accuse of being
mark out
stump
accost
spiel
hold forth to
soapbox
declaim to
apostrophize
sermonize
US
preach to
sermonise
UK
buttonhole
pass on
deliver a tirade to
preachify to
spout at
spiel to
speechify to
not hold with
have a down on
get on a soapbox
hold forth
give a lecture to
sound off to
have a problem with
take dim view of
look down your nose at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
tamper
interfere
meddle
tinker
fiddle
alter
change
dabble
damage
doctor
monkey around
toy
trifle
adjust
deface
harm
vandalise
UK
vandalize
US
fiddle about
fiddle around
fool about
fool around
play about
play around
ruin
busybody
cook
cut
diversify
fool
interlope
interpose
intrude
irrigate
manipulate
mess around
muck about
plant
spike
vary
water
do damage to
do mischief to
mess about
muck around
butt in
fiddle with
fool with
horn in
monkey with
phony up
mess around with
poke nose into
monkey
play
mess
play with
putter
finger
meddle with
interfere with
tamper with
trifle with
touch without permission
handle without permission
potter
mess with
puddle
doodle
toy with
muck about with
muck around with
dabble with
experiment
monkey about
tinker with
dally with
twirl
jiggle
fix
try to improve
fool around with
take apart
tinker at the edges of
niggle
work amateurishly on
play around with
repair
potter about with
rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic
fool about with
mess about with
tinker with the edges of
adjust slightly
try to mend
play about with
put right
mend
swivel
wiggle
juggle
twist
turn
move
feel
touch
handle
fidget
twiddle
fidget with
flirt with
amuse oneself with
frivol
flirt
pick at
play games with
amuse oneself
sport with
tweak
wink at
nibble
gnaw
jig
toss
thumb
writhe
fuss
twitch
squirm
jerk
squiggle
wriggle
thrash
thresh
paw
play at
horse around
scratch the surface of
potter around with
not be serious
potter about
potter round with
kid around
work superficially
twiddle with
fiddle around with
gnaw at
fiddle about with
peck at
waste time
act aimlessly
retune
eat listlessly
eat like a bird
pick over
treat frivolously
treat lightly
treat casually
consider
palter with
wanton with
treat in a cavalier fashion
play fast and loose with
play ducks and drakes with
kick about
think idly about
argue the pros and cons of
entertain the possibility of
have thoughts about
kick around
more ❯
Verb
▲
To ingest or consume (usually food or drink)
swallow
consume
eat
devour
down
ingest
bolt
gobble
absorb
gulp down
hoover
swig
assimilate
gobble up
put away
scoff
swill
belt
chugalug
dispatch
dispose
drop
eat up
engulf
feast on
get down
gulp
ingurgitate
inhale
stuff down
toss
wolf
wolf down
bolt down
gorge oneself on
polish off
get outside of
scarf down
swallow up
take in
take over
wash down
scarf
guzzle
shift
snarf
scoff down
gollop
scarf up
snarf down
snarf up
tuck into
gorge
stuff
munch
take
demolish
cram
gormandize
US
drink
imbibe
sink
gormandise
UK
partake of
gorb
pack away
slop
shovel down
glut
raven
tuck away
gobble down
feed on
nosh
dispose of
pig oneself on
pig out on
cram down
tuck in
chow down
chomp
cram in
gorge on
digest
sip
put down
pig out
finish
finish off
eat greedily
eat hungrily
snack on
neck
drink up
get stuck into
make short work of
feed
slosh
toss down
chew
sup
champ
manducate
graze on
nibble
munch on
overeat
engorge
Hoover
murder
swallow hurriedly
stuff oneself with
quaff
gluttonize
gourmandize
suck up
drink in
take up
lap up
stuff one's face
pack
eat like a horse
chug
lap
kill
chomp on
chow
englut
devour greedily
gorge oneself
taste
binge-eat
choke
sate
put
satiate
gorge oneself with
pig oneself
wash up
clean out
hork
surfeit
choke down
dine
lunch
breakfast
partake
snack
toss off
jam
cloy
congest
binge
jade
bevvy
UK
stuff yourself with
have breakfast
dine on
have tea
bib
lunch on
have lunch
have dinner
breakfast on
dissolve
eat voraciously
blimp out
make a pig of
ruminate
bite
have
masticate
have supper
bevy
US
attack
feast upon
meal on
mow down
feed one's face
dig in
pick at
peck at
pork out on
eat between meals
incorporate
break down
make a pig of oneself
macerate
chymify
process
eat heartily
eat quickly
guzzle down
soak up
delight in
sponge
receive
osmose
suck in
blot up
sop up
suck
mop up
assume
draw up
sponge up
steep
blot
draw in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to be ineffective or immobilized
paralyze
US
cripple
disable
hamstring
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
incapacitate
prostrate
anaesthetize
UK
anesthetize
US
appal
UK
appall
US
arrest
astound
bemuse
benumb
close
daunt
daze
deaden
debilitate
demolish
disarm
enfeeble
freeze
halt
lame
nonplus
numb
palsy
petrify
stun
stupefy
transfix
weaken
knock out
make inert
make nerveless
shut down
stop dead
bring to grinding halt
paralyse
UK
impair
blunt
handicap
sap
torpefy
exhaust
undermine
put out of action
maim
mangle
enervate
dull
devitalize
dampen
reduce
stifle
tire
injure
mutilate
hock
damage
depress
unnerve
unfit
ruin
attenuate
unstrengthen
wreck
shatter
desensitize
US
suppress
fatigue
diminish
obtund
damp
drug
weary
drain
deactivate
cauterize
US
retard
repress
desensitise
UK
indispose
render insensitive
make powerless
inactivate
frazzle
soften
etiolate
waste
lay low
cauterise
UK
knacker
poop
wear out
hurt
harm
muzzle
spoil
batter
pinion
kibosh
sabotage
mar
hogtie
unbrace
total
wash out
disqualify
drown
invalidate
subdue
do in
throw monkey wrench in
fag out
shoot down
take out
render incapable
hobble
make unfit
spike
restrict
render powerless
disfigure
tranquillize
UK
lay someone up
sedate
deface
dislimb
sideline
dismember
make weak
make feeble
take it out of one
deplete
vitiate
sap your strength
wear to a frazzle
jade
stultify
narcotize
tranquilize
US
dullen
make lame
alleviate
lessen
chill
defuse
moderate
mitigate
check
cushion
abate
palliate
assuage
decrease
soothe
ease
relieve
smother
get rid of
slow
quiet
put out of order
dim
frustrate
take the edge off
gas
etherize
chloroform
deprive
put an end to
consume
KO
lay out
dope
put to sleep
deprive of sensation
disband
make safe
subjugate
occupy
make harmless
deescalate
neutralize
US
remove the fuse from
skin
unarm
neutralise
UK
render defenseless
strip
overcome
overwhelm
crush
overpower
devastate
floor
fell
oppress
make helpless
swamp
whelm
down
overtax
whack
drop
overturn
overmaster
level
tax
tire out
make impotent
overthrow
knock down
make weary
snow under
grind down
knock over
mow
bring someone to their knees
defeat
mow down
overtire
jam
stop
bowl down
bowl over
tucker out
bring low
take it out of
disenable
clamp
wheel-clamp
tie
make inoperative
action
render inactive
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render inoperative
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bring to a halt
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To prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
interdict
prohibit
ban
bar
forbid
outlaw
proscribe
veto
debar
disallow
embargo
enjoin
stop
block
prevent
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exclude
halt
inhibit
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taboo
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put a stop to
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check
hinder
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shut out
deny
refuse
blackball
nix
curb
thwart
stymie
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except
banish
forestall
ostracize
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black
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forfend
withhold
ostracise
UK
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obviate
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arrest
hold up
limit
hold back
repress
retard
freeze out
baulk
UK
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give the thumbs down to
count out
balk
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blacklist
oppose
decline
negative
foil
hamper
deter
avoid
disapprove
frustrate
turn down
interfere with
throw out
expel
avert
negate
close out
declare ineligible
cork
pass on
put the kibosh on
pass by
counteract
keep lid on
pass up
ward
ward off
nip in the bud
kill
freeze
spike
circumvent
counter
cramp
illegalize
disentitle
omit
censor
censure
spurn
deprive
lock up
declare illegal
defeat
nullify
quash
ignore
stifle
forbid to
shut down
cool
shackle
fetter
squash
reprobate
keep out
put down
pass
discountenance
slow
rebuff
smother
constrain
repudiate
shoot down
bate
disclude
discount
bottle up
hang up
tie up
disrupt
crimp
encumber
handicap
slow down
stave off
stand in the way of
steer clear of
ice out
interrupt
stonewall
trammel
defend against
head off
cut off
leave out
lock out
stall
hold off
say no to
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leave out in the cold
condemn
let
sentence
doom
repulse
begrudge
overlook
disfellowship
curse
give the brush-off to
place injunction on
place an injunction on
refuse admission to
give the cold shoulder to
refuse entrance to
officially forbid
close down
close up
baffle
turn aside
stave
fend off
chill
keep off
intercept
keep at bay
dam
anticipate
fail to include
not include
factor out
penalise
UK
penalize
US
discourage
revoke
quit
discontinue
cease
snub
gridlock
zing
bridle
deselect
make something punishable
declare something a punishable offence
make impossible
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
give something a miss
balk at
not grant
give thumbs down to
throw over
cold-shoulder
hamstring
box in
jam up
shun
make impracticable
dissuade
clog
hobble
manacle
short-circuit
hog-tie
handcuff
embarrass
overrule
override
exile
unfit
rein in
put chill on
sandbag
faze
bit
put on brakes
put an stop to
reduce
put a brake on
hold in
throw a spanner in the works of
hold down
stem the flow of
keep in
down
rule against
bring to screeching halt
put half nelson on
put a lock on
put a stopper in
throw cold water on
cancel
dissuade from
incapacitate
disable
invalidate
derail
shut off
pour cold water on
cut
dissent
burn
abstain from
refrain from
declare taboo
shut out of
silence
muffle
stay away from
strike
disfranchise
eighty-six
paralyze
US
impair
weaken
disenable
paralyse
UK
contravene
cripple
say no
disbar
remove
oust
bounce
thumbs down
declare null and void
throw away
refuse permission to
eject
evict
get around
get out of
give thumbs down
not go for
muzzle
turn your back on
brush off
have nothing to do with
impose sanctions
hold aloof from
withhold patronage
give a wide berth to
refuse to take part in
escape
put paid to
bypass
evade
beat
deny access to
disregard
occlude
sideline
put the chill on
not make the cut
circumnavigate
scotch
overturn
get rid of
pass over
force out
put out
put an embargo on
set aside
send to Coventry
not count
refuse to admit
cut out
prevent from entering
shut the door on
drive out
miss out
refuse admittance
subdue
sidestep
deflect
bring to a close
skirt
mute
crash
wreck
put the stopper on
unrail
stump
ditch
take wind out of
ruin
spoil
take down
upset
scupper
do for
outwit
juke
unsettle
choke
suffocate
quieten
strangle
no-platform
stumble
demur
cork up
tape up
deaden
seal somebody's lips
shy
gag
bind up
stop up
garrote
US
keep the lid on
still
throttle
squelch
garrotte
UK
put the lid on
bind over
tongue-tie
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(
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To break up or cause to break up
disband
disperse
dissolve
separate
scatter
demobilise
UK
demobilize
US
break up
dismiss
fold
part
split
let go
send home
go separate ways
part company
split up
thin out
go their separate ways
discharge
release
retire
demob
go in different directions
disjoin
disassemble
adjourn
decommission
move in different directions
deactivate
disarm
withdraw
diverge
say adieu
say farewell
wave goodbye
go different ways
say goodbye
say your goodbyes
go your separate ways
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