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What is another word for
destroy
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▲
To cause significant damage or destruction to
To ruin or put an end to something
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
To throw away (something unwanted or useless)
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, especially 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
To libel or slander the good name of
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Verb
▲
To cause significant damage or destruction to
ruin
wreck
devastate
demolish
spoil
smash
torpedo
waste
ravage
total
desolate
dismantle
fell
level
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
raze
sink
trash
blast
crash
decimate
dynamite
gut
wrack
bomb
break up
cream
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
blow sky-high
blow to bits
blow to pieces
mess up
raze to the ground
take out
shatter
annihilate
damage
crush
mar
extinguish
impair
despoil
rub out
flatten
do in
wipe out
desecrate
deface
lay waste
injure
blight
undermine
cripple
sabotage
weaken
mangle
pillage
dash
depredate
blow
defeat
bulldoze
obliterate
harm
wreak havoc on
sack
vandalize
US
disfigure
undo
hurt
reduce
vitiate
overthrow
devour
scupper
plunder
compromise
disrupt
vandalise
UK
consume
foul up
subvert
topple
batter
bring down
louse up
leave in ruins
scotch
diminish
nix
put the kibosh on
ransack
dilapidate
sap
tarnish
overturn
make a mess of
unbuild
debase
raid
enfeeble
banjax
loot
debilitate
blemish
defile
take apart
lay waste to
put paid to
overwhelm
bring to naught
screw up
kill
burst
disable
bust
fragment
rob
erode
do for
botch
burn
rape
blow a hole in
pull to pieces
enervate
disintegrate
dish
leave desolate
disassemble
butcher
flaw
endamage
take down
queer
tear up
rend
crab
rip up
hinder
upset
shred
cross up
bring to ruin
threaten
destabilize
US
strip
put an end to
pop
impede
rifle
exhaust
crack
shiver
remove
write off
put out of action
cruel
euchre
fracture
bloody
eat away
wear away
prostrate
incapacitate
devitalize
separate
lessen
destabilise
UK
belittle
smash up
muck up
rive
violate
exterminate
disfeature
beat
detonate
harry
jeopardize
US
pull apart
ruinate
slaughter
destruct
rupture
profane
wither
tire
bust up
splinter
mangulate
chasten
attack
chew up
wreak havoc
impoverish
humble
reduce to ruins
split
depress
incinerate
bodge
tear apart
poison
deteriorate
throw down
ignite
scorch
tear
squash
invalidate
prejudice
etiolate
distort
corrode
forage
discredit
dishonour
UK
corrupt
thwart
lower
wound
jeopardise
UK
soften
finish off
reave
degrade
wipe off the map
put down
dishonor
US
oust
depose
take to bits
pull to bits
take to pieces
wrack up
smash to smithereens
lay in ruins
unseat
use up
put out of commission
deform
dethrone
make a hash of
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
shoot down
pound
maul
deplete
shake
lacerate
havoc
zap
drain
bruise
emasculate
cut
eliminate
bungle
efface
trounce
dispatch
muller
depopulate
taint
hack
finish
minimize
US
scar
capsize
muff
stamp out
tumble
fleece
flub
snap
decry
disparage
derogate
disgrace
pollute
humiliate
slay
fluff
prang
knock to pieces
blunt
demean
quell
sever
undercut
foil
crool
reverse
blaspheme
wipe off map
implode
bumble
cheapen
bobble
cremate
disprove
contort
torch
pervert
be detrimental to
foozle
put a damper on
immobilize
US
discourage
slash
mortify
do away with
dismember
carbonize
US
divide
quash
bring about the downfall of
fumble
boggle
slit
run down
bankrupt
abuse
outrage
befoul
prostitute
scratch
twist
dub
take the edge off
reduce to rubble
puncture
burst apart
blitz
cast down
devalue
take care of
combust
scald
boot
goof up
balls up
rough up
blow away
wipe from the face of the earth
play havoc with
carbonise
UK
treat sacrilegiously
lay low
make useless
murder
wear out
bollix up
blow out
deflate
cause detriment to
clean out
crack up
bring to an end
fragmentize
shoot full of holes
wipe off the face of the earth
detract
minimise
UK
immobilise
UK
put a stop to
damage beyond repair
treat with disrespect
break into pieces
fall to pieces
be a blot on the landscape
dash to pieces
burn up
reduce to ashes
cut down to size
wear down
sap the strength of
take down a peg
bring someone to their knees
blow apart
strip down
rip to pieces
rip to shreds
chastise
attenuate
sully
avenge
torment
kick in
pockmark
rust
empty
make desolate
do one in
uglify
shrivel
pull something down
mess
cool
tag
shipwreck
crump
supplant
unsettle
rip down
misshape
get rid of
wrench
let down
worsen
decrease
pull something apart
be the ruination of
disestablish
dissolve
end
shrink
prey
pirate
overrun
disorganize
wrest
trample
foray
seize
capture
take something apart
afflict
excise
erase
play mischief with
create chaos
wax
wolf
burn out
frustrate
prevent
spend
expunge
delete
darken
spray paint
endanger
inconvenience
shock
put the skids under
extirpate
stymie
sweep away
dent
clear
imperil
engulf
gobble up
cloud
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
unmake
spill
scatter
detract from
shake up
interfere with
scrunch
crunch
splinterize
fragmentalize
smatter
rob from
whittle
cost
tear to pieces
put in toilet
suppress
rebel
supersede
invert
run onto the rocks
absorb
envelop
expend
eat into
terminate
play merry hell with
disqualify
tweak
unfit
devaluate
ding
touch
stain
do harm to
strike out
mow down
blow down
pile up
erupt
mushroom
strike
crush to smithereens
cast a pall over
cast a shadow over
drive
propel
force
thrust
conquer
master
lick
dispossess
cause the loss of
result in damage to
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
result in harm to
scratch out
throw a monkey wrench into
take the shine off
lose strength
squelch
chip away
be prejudicial to
put at risk
be disadvantageous to
denude
deprive
collapse
crumble
put the lid on
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
refute
play out
draw down
dismiss
set off
poor-mouth
downstroy
grind
denigrate
mill
dis
bray
discount
kablooey
trash-talk
diss
depreciate
comminute
bang
deprecate
vilipend
bad-mouth
powder
rip
gash
blot
burn away
crack open
crack apart
disunite
spall
fall apart
be deleterious to
steal from
freeboot
reive
dispose of
deal with
mop up
clear up
bombard
incise
smash down
go boom
be set off
go bang
go off
prove wrong
split up
come apart
come to pieces
tumble down
sap one's strength
shell
appropriate
embezzle
trespass
arrogate
confiscate
invade
contaminate
cull
cannonade
shame
claw
pierce
stab
give the lie to
queer someone's pitch
set a match to
flame
light
parch
set fire to
blaze
consume by fire
abase
strafe
go through
account for
jigsaw
cut to ribbons
cut open
ribbon
cut to pieces
thin out
mull
cry down
play down
kiss off
talk down
assault
drive a coach and horses through
blow out of the water
crumple
chop
disillusion
blitzkrieg
overtax
tax
infect
commit sacrilege
dispirit
mismanage
mishandle
barrage
bastardize
US
demoralize
US
warp
canker
debauch
deprave
foul
smirch
make an end of
overtire
fatigue
weary
jade
hit
insult
cow
chagrin
subdue
prick
thin out the population of
reduce the numbers of
brutalize
US
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
perforate
indispose
make feeble
paralyse
UK
make weak
hash
slice
carve
cut about
mash
flay
halt
dishearten
disconcert
dismay
blaspheme against
slam
demoralise
UK
pan
bastardise
UK
bemean
cut down
brutalise
UK
dehumanise
UK
desensitise
UK
mudsling
lower the status of
bring shame to
eradicate
part
poop
wash out
bush
knacker
whack
frazzle
tire out
cut short
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
destroy by fire
burn to the ground
burn down
burn to a crisp
chop up
wreak havoc upon
stop
shutdown
commit sacrilege against
make lose face
disempower
torpefy
render infirm
target
knock the stuffing out of
puncture balloon
pauperize
knock props from under
take the wind out of somebody's sails
take wind out of sails
snub
poke full of holes
grate
blow sky high
let wind out of sails
atomize
knock bottom out
debunk
spray
kick in the teeth
take down a peg or two
take the wind out of someone's sails
beggar
bring low
let down easy
knock out
paralyze
US
take it out of
exenterate
disembowel
fag out
eviscerate
wear to a frazzle
fall to bits
block
render powerless
stall
stifle
liquidate
make mincemeat of
make insolvent
cause to go bankrupt
reduce to penury
make bankrupt
make destitute
make hash of
bleed dry
reduce to destitution
clear out
make a muck of
make a Horlicks of
put out of business
dead-end
bring to standstill
bring to a standstill
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
more ❯
“The flood and strong winds would completely
destroy
the building.”
Verb
▲
To ruin or put an end to something
shatter
scupper
scotch
crush
blight
dash
undo
banjax
upset
cruel
vitiate
louse up
foul up
screw up
make a mess of
do for
play havoc with
put the kibosh on
blow a hole in
do in
bring to naught
make a hash of
muck up
balls up
put the lid on
cook someone's goose
upset someone's apple cart
ruin
wreck
devastate
spoil
mess up
queer
smash
dish
thwart
torpedo
demolish
sabotage
nix
foil
impair
injure
stymie
put paid to
blast
mar
frustrate
blow
damage
put an end to
euchre
overturn
poison
neutralize
US
wreak havoc on
cancel out
render ineffective
quash
scuttle
annihilate
neutralise
UK
bring to an end
put a stop to
decimate
nip in the bud
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
negate
reduce to nothing
extinguish
stop
clobber
muller
sink
make of no use or value
explode
pop
disable
burst
blow up
wipe out
wreak havoc with
rattle
disrupt
end
quell
prevent
bring to nought
crool
scar
disfigure
nullify
stain
decay
afflict
trash
disappoint
taint
glitch up
put a damper on
shrivel
wither
infect
mildew
kill
taint with mildew
undermine
defeat
subvert
topple
squelch
harm
cripple
obliterate
put at risk
eradicate
hamper
hinder
obstruct
botch
wrack
skin
abate
crimp
overreach
have
cramp
impoverish
break
outsmart
outmaneuver
US
offset
raze
abolish
outmanoeuvre
UK
outfox
craze
overthrow
unbuild
work against
make waves
bring down
rain on someone's parade
more ❯
“Though professed, he was not a priest when the persecutor strove to
destroy
his hopes of religious life.”
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
disrupt
cripple
hamper
hinder
interrupt
terminate
smash
undermine
thwart
nullify
eradicate
attack
subvert
break
demolish
dispatch
stymie
foil
dash
quash
incapacitate
frustrate
eliminate
prevent
end
threaten
annul
upset
obliterate
disable
block
abolish
undo
quell
extinguish
crush
decimate
kill
bollix
annihilate
shatter
abort
suppress
obstruct
break down
mess up
interfere with
break up
screw up
intrude on
muck up
sabotage
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
expunge
demolish
cancel
crush
get rid of
squash
efface
ruin
delete
raze
defeat
suppress
black out
clean up
stop
wreck
smash
sweep away
put down
squelch
devastate
shatter
total
overcome
abate
excise
subdue
do in
check
quench
nuke
repress
vaporize
US
scrub
desolate
wrack
beat
scotch
conquer
vaporise
UK
overpower
trash
weed out
pulverize
US
cream
overwhelm
cross out
strike out
curb
stifle
cut out
dissolve
put the kibosh on
slay
undo
murder
pulverise
UK
invalidate
tear down
pull down
abrogate
rout
uproot
clobber
scrap
blue-pencil
kill off
scratch
cut
banish
halt
put out
scratch out
X-out
ink out
score out
blank out
dispose of
knock off
inhibit
thwart
frustrate
neutralize
US
execute
crack down on
negate
discontinue
disestablish
silence
blow away
nip in the bud
neutralise
UK
clamp down on
dele
torpedo
edit
sink
off
trim
elide
edit out
give something the chop
cut down
put the lid on
wipe
put to death
block out
wash out
put a line through
void
obscure
repeal
subvert
vitiate
rescind
drop
upset
prevent
restrict
restrain
prohibit
smother
ravage
assassinate
disannul
avoid
null
vacate
purge
level
dispense with
snuff
strike down
roll back
bring down
cease
vanquish
close down
put kibosh on
gut
knock something on the head
exsect
slap down
mow down
KO
shush
damp down
strike
white out
knock out
x out
stroke out
remove all traces of
blue pencil
cut to pieces
put to the sword
shoot down
dust
blow
take
stun
benothing
stamp something out
mutilate
kayo
smoke
break off
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
cast out
drive out
get shot of
lay waste
bowdlerize
US
cross through
limit
control
block
conceal
cut a swath through
phase out
douse
derail
dismiss
erode
fade
topple
oust
depopulate
score
exclude
snip
rub
bleep
decontaminate
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
omit
clean
clamp down
get tough
crack down
keep in check
disrupt
queer
dish
scupper
stymie
depose
down
worst
cover over
choke
suspend
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
master
unseat
sanitise
UK
sterilise
UK
send to the gas chambers
mass murder
smooth away
cancel out
wear away
rub away
disband
scrunch
squish
hamper
impede
hinder
gag
hold back
cover
dethrone
lick
rule out
pass up
Tippex out
blow out
dampen
ditch
adjourn
come down on like a ton of bricks
junk
revoke
supplant
trounce
displace
constrain
cow
take away
bump off
put away
shed
conclude
prorogue
snow under
triumph over
arrest
discard
defenestrate
subjugate
upend
carry off
take someone's life
take off
interfere with
deaden
pocket
submerge
muffle
swallow
jettison
break up
wind up
dismantle
disunite
be the end of
put lid on
bottle
trample on
dominate
keep inside
clamp
hold in
cut off
bury
keep in
trample
bring to naught
sit on
spike
stem
drive underground
hold down
interrupt
beat down
turn out
detect
stub out
wipe off face of earth
throw out
blow to bits
blow sky-high
mark out
destroy root and branch
take apart
rub off
do for
tip
remove from power
tumble
bring low
overrun
remove from office
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
withdraw
retract
repudiate
countermand
split up
close
fade out
discharge
disorganize
loose
resolve into
postpone
unmake
collapse
destruct
render void
sever
shoot
wind down
mute
chop
dump
deracinate
supersede
quelch
garrote
US
choke back
garrotte
UK
strangle
knock down
knock over
bring to ruin
bring about the downfall of
set aside
call off
put an stop to
tear out
rip out
dig out
strip off
pull out
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
best
worst
overcome
bring someone to their knees
triumph over
get the better of
walk all over
smother
quash
walk over
wallop
trim
whomp
kill
be victorious over
bury
smoke
whup
blow away
snow under
prevail over
whop
give someone a hiding
whap
cane
dust
tromp
bomb
slam
surmount
win against
skin
total
smash
trash
gain a victory over
dispatch
stop
take
upend
get
overmatch
overbear
pommel
swamp
strike
get around
do down
win over
outdo
steamroller
devastate
repress
flog
spank
bash
win
floor
overrun
reduce
throw
steamroll
zap
give a drubbing to
knock out
wipe out
work over
put away
surpass
top
outstrip
outclass
excel
hide
stagger
belt
suppress
bust
stun
down
maul
batter
thump
bludgeon
thresh
humble
finish
hurdle
overturn
leather
buffet
trample
subvert
subordinate
pummel
US
baste
roll
whale
slog
oppress
defeat heavily
torpedo
do
curry
discomfit
render incapable
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
lambaste
overmaster
put down
grind down
render powerless
render helpless
chastise
punish
pummelled
UK
chasten
demoralise
UK
render speechless
demoralize
US
shock
bear down
upset
put paid to
rise above
run circles around
cut to pieces
knock for six
confound
beat up
run rings round
shut out
give a hiding
wipe off map
take a stick to
rough up
mess up
bung up
dismiss
better
get the upper hand
force
scatter
dispel
level
raze
unbuild
dominate
subject
pacify
blast
settle
pull down
tear down
drive off
knock the stuffing out of
dispose of
repulse
larrup
scuttle
bulldoze
hunt
triumph
defeat easily
thwart
foil
checkmate
mop up
take apart
circumvent
frustrate
outwit
eradicate
break
override
beat back
put to flight
immobilize
US
curb
weather
survive
clean up on
put to rout
blow out of water
throw back in confusion
whack
gain mastery over
astonish
immobilise
UK
bring to knees
succeed over
shut down
trample underfoot
bring to their knees
put in their place
outlive
prevail
render
deck
ruin
sink
whitewash
slay
drop
edge
tan
powder
be victorious
knock over
route
obliterate
outrun
outjump
shipwreck
flax
outflank
butcher
outhit
decimate
ambush
entrap
knock socks off
come out on top of
come out on top
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
pick apart
nose out
win a victory over
waste
lather
slap about
defeat someone heavily
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
wipe off the mat
affect
disturb
dumbfound
prostrate
stir
move
impress
shake
touch
daze
dazzle
whelm
spellbind
bowl over
make emotional
get to
wreck
leave speechless
sweep someone off their feet
surprise
take aback
hit for six
grind
confuse
do in
downgrade
take someone's breath away
shatter
knock sideways
bewilder
puzzle
overshadow
put in the shade
exceed
transcend
eclipse
outshine
cap
outperform
take care of
overtop
trump
outmatch
outgun
tower over
overtake
outdistance
knock spots off
go one better than
improve on
bear
lash
varnish
eat alive
birch
knock off
humiliate
outsmart
raid
raze to the ground
take down
invade
outfight
shoot down
unseat
beat the pants off
tan the hide of
get one up on
make a fool of
gain the advantage over
inroad
foray
pass
put to shame
outrank
outpace
shake off
overpass
improve upon
shame
shoot ahead
give a hiding to
foray into
outrival
hose
be better than
do better than
shoot ahead of
control
hegemonize
shellack
blank
stretch
overawe
beat down
take out
gain control over
shut off
roll over
lay one out
get the upper hand over
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
waste
ice
butcher
whack
massacre
bump off
take out
knock off
off
top
put to death
stiff
smoke
do away with
fell
wipe out
annihilate
do to death
eradicate
carry off
blow away
cut down
neutralize
US
mow down
take
neutralise
UK
scrag
shoot down
snuff
polish off
finish off
put away
erase
decimate
get
end the life of
cut to pieces
dispose of
do for
finish
make away with
extirpate
cause the death of
zap
down
hit
snuff out
guillotine
give someone the works
take someone's life
terminate with extreme prejudice
get rid of
obliterate
abolish
cool
lynch
put an end to
hang
wax
blot out
put to the sword
dust off
put out of its misery
silence
euthanize
blackball
crucify
cancel
nix
immolate
garrotte
UK
asphyxiate
strangle
garrote
US
defeat
extinguish
behead
shoot
electrocute
decapitate
send to the gas chambers
gun down
blow someone's brains out
remove
end
vaporise
UK
purge
vaporize
US
rub someone out
expunge
efface
grease
knock someone off
deep-six
murk
wipe off the face of the earth
smother
garotte
chill
do
knife
mangle
stick
mutilate
torture
overwhelm
maim
beat
vanquish
bring down
smite
take a life
stone
suffocate
put something to sleep
ethnically cleanse
sacrifice
sweep away
stamp out
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
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
wipe from the face of the earth
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
cause the loss of
result in the loss of
put end to
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
quash
crush
repress
check
squash
end
extinguish
curb
defeat
squelch
overcome
control
silence
beat
terminate
abolish
quell
demolish
quench
stop
stifle
finish
conquer
annihilate
extirpate
vanquish
overpower
kill
rout
clobber
queer
overwhelm
subjugate
put down
crack down on
snuff out
wipe out
clamp down on
nip in the bud
stamp out
get rid of
put the lid on
slap down
put the kibosh on
shut down
torpedo
deaden
clamp down
crack down
put an stop to
bring to screeching halt
sit on
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
lower
declass
unseat
depose
relegate
cashier
bump
bench
lower in rank
reduce in rank
lower in status
reduce in importance
take down a peg
disbar
displace
dethrone
oust
kick downstairs
humble
demerit
demean
devalue
dismiss
move down
drum out
hold back
strip of rank
set back
reduce to the ranks
remove from office
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
blemish
tarnish
undermine
deface
disfigure
wreck
flaw
sully
dirty
gut
endamage
blot
crab
befoul
smash
stain
soil
desecrate
discolour
UK
discolor
US
trash
besmirch
shatter
vandalize
US
mangle
bloody
raze
total
crack
smirch
wound
dismantle
dent
vandalise
UK
knock
corrode
cross up
bruise
degrade
distort
blotch
pervert
speckle
dilapidate
nick
prejudice
adulterate
handle roughly
do mischief to
shock
mess up
dump on
cause detriment to
wrench
sap
louse up
muck up
foul
muddy
tar
water down
crud up
spike
doctor
mutilate
undo
disrupt
disfeature
incapacitate
bleach
lacerate
scathe
batter
scratch
play merry hell with
scorch
maltreat
abuse
fade
tear
bang up
smash up
gnaw
wrong
stab
maim
split
drive a nail into the coffin of
cause injury
rust
rot
burn
disintegrate
tamper with
sway
control
decide
determine
guide
bias
inspire
form
work on
govern
shape
alter
impress
move
reach
act on
modify
condition
hit
dictate
transform
change
motivate
stir
win over
tell on
mould
UK
make an impression on
mold
US
persuade
regulate
disturb
constrain
manipulate
rule
direct
faze
prompt
convince
hit hard
stimulate
induce
emotionally move
knock back
get to
impress on
incline
predispose
prevail on
carry
interact with
animate
excite
forecast
carry weight with
get through to
get through
register with
draw
impel
capture
turn
spur
sell
colour
UK
contain
restrain
check
convert
slant
jaundice
curb
inhibit
tame
urge
bring in
nobble
suck in
hook
bend
lead by the nose
soften up
bring round
twist one's arm
talk round
brainwash
color
US
put across
turn one's head
conduct
bridle
master
discipline
subdue
hold
measure
keep
underlie
hold in check
pull in
rein in
directionalize
keep a tight rein on
dispose
be a factor in
get the better of
shepherd
traumatize
US
affect badly
arouse
make suffer
leave a mark
traumatise
UK
leave a mark on
make an impact
disadvantage
knock sideways
impinge on
channel
grieve
concern
distress
involve
sadden
agitate
pain
shake
instigate
have a part in
rouse
talk into
bring to bear
carry weight
train
pull strings
argue into
get at
act upon
be recognized
seduce
throw
relate
bowl over
regard
interest
mark
knock for six
bear upon
tug at your heartstrings
more ❯
Verb
▲
To throw away (something unwanted or useless)
scrap
discard
dump
junk
ditch
jettison
chuck
shed
reject
unload
lose
cashier
toss
exorcise
UK
exorcize
US
pitch
bin
drop
trash
eject
eliminate
remove
expel
dismiss
forsake
cast
demolish
slough
decommission
recycle
annihilate
obliterate
wreck
retire
throw out
throw away
cast off
deep-six
dispose of
eighty-six
shuck off
slough off
get rid of
lay by
dispense with
toss out
do away with
fling away
chuck away
chuck out
fling off
clear out
get shut of
get shot of
root out
weed out
throw on the scrapheap
write off
break up
see the back of
consign to scrap heap
put out to pasture
make away with
abandon
cast aside
have done with
axe
UK
discharge
relinquish
ax
US
offload
disburden
throw overboard
shrug off
cast away
throw off
empty
dispose
shelve
throw
banish
tip
shake off
let drop
empty out
let fall
tip out
drain
cull
can
dispatch
clear
moult
UK
dispel
disregard
repudiate
exuviate
unlade
slip
molt
US
yield
part with
toss aside
thrust aside
peel off
pour out
lay aside
off-load
put out of your mind
set aside
desert
fling
scrub
heave
hurl
abdicate
maroon
cut
dispossess
chase
refuse
evict
extrude
shuck
unburden
split up with
knock on the head
pull the plug on
release
throw over the side
give the boot
sweep away
turn down
deposit
doff
unhand
rid oneself of
free oneself of
exfoliate
unship
let go
give up
loosen one's hold on
surrender
loose one's hold on
peel
sluff
devolve
delegate
distribute
flake
mew
skin
flake off
scale
pass on
leave
debark
throw aside
drop off
dissipate
quell
eradicate
discount
disperse
dislodge
spurn
forget
ignore
evacuate
minimize
US
overlook
scatter
void
shut out
deny
flout
disgorge
scout
relegate
despise
brush off
put out of one's mind
minimise
UK
pass over
gloss over
think no more of
play down
kiss off
pay no attention to
put away
take no notice of
pay no heed to
laugh away
put off
force out
spew out
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
munch
chew
champ
crunch
chomp
masticate
manducate
tear
chumble
gum
chaw
pick
taste
peck
sample
nip
pick at
graze
pick over
toy with
eat listlessly
take small bites
peck at
gnaw at
crop
snack
eat like a bird
eat between meals
take small bites from
snack on
graze on
nosh on
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
break
cross
overturn
defeat
gainsay
repudiate
dispute
challenge
oppose
disaffirm
disavow
disclaim
reject
shoot down in flames
disown
contest
disallow
expose
show to be false
call into question
prove to be false
argue
question
impugn
contravene
disagree with
debate
knock the bottom out of
oppugn
object to
undermine
take issue with
bust
blow sky high
argue against
retract
query
disacknowledge
disagree
fly in the face of
renounce
answer
weaken
argue with
discard
confront
silence
abjure
resist
recant
traverse
abnegate
combat
fight
take exception to
dissent from
be at odds with
contend
show to be wrong
compromise
tear down
take a stand against
protest against
call in question
be against
attack
be anti
defy
puncture
rebuff
abandon
disbelieve
forswear
nullify
withstand
deflate
be hostile to
eschew
revoke
run counter to
declare untrue
prevent
block
pick holes in
crush
renege
brush aside
address
quarrel with
squelch
doubt
take on
forsake
withsay
be in opposition to
cast off
buck
parry
cancel
cast aside
prove to be wrong
thumbs down
find unfounded
reverse
stand up to
fight against
give up
disapprove of
battle
have bone to pick
argue about
blow up
quibble over
show up
impeach
set aside
give thumbs down to
cancel out
declare to be untrue
face down
refuse to acknowledge
impair
conflict with
dismiss
prove unsound
criticize
US
fault
deceive
surrender
retort
relinquish
condemn
censure
respond
ridicule
backtalk
vanquish
subvert
find fault with
deflect
naysay
prove impossible
put paid to
call in
cut down to size
convict
evert
top
burn
discuss
complain about
knock
cavil at
find lacking
bring to naught
put down
knocks props out from under
shut up
denounce
burn down
dispose of
reply to
show in its true light
counterclaim
dare
withspeak
counteract
differ
criticise
UK
carp at
discount
call out
render null and void
say the opposite of
throw out
poke holes in
enquire
UK
refuse to accept
defend against
plead against
retaliate against
examine
moot
demur against
demur about
come to blows with
be a dissenter from
rebel against
test
face off
tackle
feud with
inquire
US
litigate
rally against
remonstrate
throw down
accost
investigate
interrogate
rival
shoot holes in
altercate
canvass
bandy
raise doubts about
defend oneself against
pooh-pooh
canvas
wrangle
refuse
renig
welsh
disinherit
backpedal
cast doubt on
knock props out
knock bottom out of
put under suspicion
pettifog
ditch
drop
poke full of holes
shake one's faith in
cut off
take back
drop out
contend over
weasel out of
go back on word
wash hands of
worm out of
end relations with
send packing
curb
ban
begrudge
restrain
exclude
forgo
taboo
spurn
sacrifice
forbid
pick a bone
dissent against
hammer away at
quibble about
put up argument
differ with
agitate against
turn your back on
cut off without a penny
wash your hands of
refuse to recognize
divorce oneself from
have nothing more to do with
pick an argument with
argue the pros and cons of
call on
enjoin from
keep back
not buy
hold back
bandy words concerning
wonder about
have an argument about
bar
check
counterattack
say no to
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
face
dislike
hinder
thwart
obstruct
repel
contend with
take
struggle against
gainstay
dissent
neutralize
US
protest
assail
assault
disapprove
neutralise
UK
bombard
withstay
encounter
taunt
put up a fight against
speak out against
strive against
turn the tables
speak against
frown at
set your face against
stand up and be counted against
be in defiance of
not countenance
search out
take issue
take a stand
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
make unclear
ruin
ball up
throw into disorder
ruffle
make untidy
rummage
throw into confusion
mix
make a mess of
muss up
throw into disarray
spoil
agitate
foul up
mess
jumble up
tangle
displace
turn upside-down
untidy
muddle up
rattle
entangle
shake
throw
perplex
derail
snarl
interfere with
change
unbalance
get into a tangle
psych out
make disorderly
mistake
wreck
rearrange
destabilize
US
make a mess
interfere
muddy
intermix
muck
discombobulate
fluster
bother
riffle
ravel
snafu
get out of order
bewilder
bungle
botch
shift
snarl up
distract
distemper
bring into disorder
louse up
reorder
throw into chaos
turn
discommode
put off
put out of place
destabilise
UK
muck up
throw off
change the order
break the deck
misalign
dealign
turn something topsy-turvy
randomize
US
recombine
turn something upside down
addle
befuddle
dizzy
puzzle
bring into disarray
strew
make hay of
tamper
distort
meddle
replace
misarrange
wrinkle
crumple
gum up
randomise
UK
muff
foul
fumble
blunder
overturn
reorganize
US
put in disarray
throw out
turn upside down
mingle
disalign
throw into a state of disorganization
stir up
tilt
slosh
reverse
slop
subvert
reorganise
UK
transpose
shift about
knock off balance
turn inside-out
stop
bollix
alarm
dismay
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
play havoc with
discomfit
trouble
faze
disquiet
nonplus
unnerve
disconcert
cut short
intrude on
screw up
rattle one's cage
muddy the waters
daunt
upset the apple cart
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
concern
hagride
alarum
frazzle
make anxious
worry
undo
make uneasy
unhinge
discomfort
distress
ail
exercise
flurry
fuss
jolt
lose
sicken
down
dement
spook
fuddle
needle
miss
take aback
shake up
throw off balance
weird out
freak out
get to
pull the rug from under
pull the rug out from under
put someone off their stroke
throw into uproar
drop
forget
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
Verb
▲
Grind down
grind down
harass
oppress
persecute
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
weaken
subjugate
suppress
crush
repress
enslave
keep down
treat harshly
dominate
coerce
torment
trample underfoot
ride roughshod over
trample
rule with a rod of iron
bring someone to their knees
hold down
rule with an iron hand
domineer
browbeat
bully
intimidate
domineer over
push around
victimize
US
order about
victimise
UK
dictate to
order around
dictate
terrorise
UK
have someone under your thumb
keep someone under one's thumb
rule despotically
treat brutally
lord it over
terrorize
US
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
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
persecute
suppress
maltreat
tyrannize
US
ill-treat
harry
tyrannise
UK
vex
molest
grind someone down
trouble
rack
harrow
agonize
US
excruciate
anguish
besiege
blight
agonise
UK
be troubled by
be afflicted with
be burdened with
be plagued with
suffer from
be blighted with
be bedevilled by
abuse
subjugate
crush
subdue
wrong
repress
enslave
overcome
overwhelm
overpower
hegemonize
master
exploit
subject
keep down
treat harshly
coerce
annoy
encumber
trample
press
despotize
overload
force
distress
hold down
smother
hound
saddle
outrage
dominate
strain
worry
handicap
tax
tyrranize
rule over
be cruel to
rule
grind down
ride
aggrieve
be brutal to
overthrow
trample underfoot
trample on
put down
hold sway over
tyrannize over
put screws to
weigh heavy upon
rule with a rod of iron
bring someone to their knees
put the squeeze on
put upon
ride roughshod over
bring to heel
pick on
walk all over
bring under the yoke
beat down
rule with an iron hand
bother
pain
irritate
smite
pester
hassle
crucify
badger
disturb
martyr
try
exasperate
beleaguer
irk
give someone grief
stress
nag
bug
wring
wound
assail
dog
hurt
aggravate
pursue
discommode
haunt
perturb
cause agony to
drive up the wall
give a hard time
grieve
victimize
US
upset
mistreat
affect
tease
face
injure
confront
attack
mortify
provoke
rend
fret
perplex
devil
tear
visit
hector
cause trouble to
victimise
UK
be a nuisance to
frustrate
pierce
stab
convulse
suffer
fuss
cause pain to
shake
labor
US
labour
UK
muse
mither
be in someone's way
importune
hunt
sear
keep after
squirm
prey on
buttonhole
gut
gnaw
infest
agitate
gall
chafe
bait
taunt
cut up
gnaw at
nag at
get in your hair
get on your nerves
drive round the bend
be on your back
scorn
bully
rib
chaff
mutilate
martyrize
brutalize
US
mangle
lacerate
impale
grill
maim
whip
beat
brutalise
UK
weigh heavily on
lie heavy on
bend someone's ear
chivvy
nettle
needle
inflict
discriminate against
inflict anguish on
rag
wreck
wreak
befall
impose
bone
break
heckle
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
play cat and mouse
be a pest to
lead someone a merry dance
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
drive bananas
avenge
embarrass
entangle
hamper
aggress
descend on
descend upon
force upon
bring down on
weigh down
jump on one's case
give a bad time
give one the business
fall on
fall upon
start in on
give the needle
ail
grip
strike
take
buffet
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
still
tranquilize
US
cool
tranquillize
UK
quieten
settle
placate
attenuate
salve
comfort
dilute
lower
curb
ameliorate
sweeten
restrain
control
slake
lullaby
calm down
becalm
gentle
modify
satisfy
quench
muffle
cure
soft-pedal
extinguish
silence
console
heal
reassure
de-escalate
conciliate
sate
solace
propitiate
balm
extenuate
overcome
contain
dwindle
downsize
slacken
deplete
resolve
cheer
mute
improve
mellow
succor
US
nurse
damp down
assure
doctor
succour
UK
hush
ease off
minimize
US
curtail
drop
downscale
ebb
subside
disarm
dulcify
tame
remedy
qualify
reconcile
settle down
quiet down
minimise
UK
chill out
modulate
cool off
buffer
wind down
free
bolster
lift
smooth over
throw cold water on
make better
attend to
put a damper on
pour cold water on
give solace to
let up
quash
steady
satiate
remit
stop
degrade
depreciate
cut
erode
taper
stabilize
US
content
wane
treat
gratify
absorb
remove
stabilise
UK
defuse
dent
shrink
hearten
fall
kill
fade
thin
quieten down
stroke
patch things up
diffuse
unburden
make less
uplift
condole
meliorate
slack
make peace with
knock down
cripple
loose
fix up
pad
gladden
regulate
rein
aid
assist
relent
adjust
lay back
encourage
elevate
disburden
upraise
facilitate
cut down
disintegrate
rehabilitate
cheer up
peter out
obtund
hold in
put the lid on
let up on
buoy up
dampen down
support
tail off
bring comfort to
take a load off
make well
keep in check
put at ease
buck up
condole with
take the sting out of
put at rest
address
contract
decrement
commute
pipe down
fill
surfeit
excuse
attend
indulge
fulfil
UK
mask
reduce the force of
nourish
loosen
dulcorate
honey
sugar
cut back
wear away
roll back
wear down
put a stop to
take sting out
disempower
chill
fix
untrouble
ally
discourage
make weaker
sedate
collect
admix
shut down
gruntle
sap
tranquillise
UK
release
deter
explain
smooth down
transmogrify
switch
revamp
fulfill
US
simmer down
dispose
tune down
ease up
make up
blanket
limit
inhibit
dash
crush
squelch
cease
rectify
narrow
subjugate
insulate
buttress
seclude
guard
chasten
water down
demilitarise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
rescue
recover
neutralize
US
demilitarize
US
stamp out
fine tune
make reasonable
re-collect
put down
grease
con
pacificate
rise above
mend
hebetate
desensitise
UK
disable
desensitize
US
undermine
enfeeble
debilitate
restrict
cut off
choke off
cloud
rock to sleep
make smaller
monkey around with
constrain
refresh
crumble
relaxed
set right
reduce the effect of
discount
prune
take it easy
take the edge
impose peace upon
butter up
make peace
restore harmony to
mince
break
make less intense
put damper on
take the bite out of
clear up
temperate
kiss and make up
clear the air with
bury the hatchet
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
run interference for
clear the way
forward
disengage
speed up
simplify
promote
make easier
speed
untighten
expedite
open the door
further
put a lid on
iron out
sort out
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat
make lighter
decline
recede
meet halfway
play down
keep under control
patch up
brighten
protect against
pare down
counteract
put to rights
sink
give condolences to
lighten burden
empathize with
commiserate with
envigorate
UK
enliven
sympathize with
besoothe
inspirit
boost
reanimate
revitalise
UK
make one feel at ease
give sympathy to
quiet fears
revitalize
US
invigorate
US
give a lift to
commiserate
punctuate
vary
defend against
shield against
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
uplight
change
shift
jettison
eradicate
unload
pall
liss
interrupt
humour
UK
safeguard against
prevent
break up
give respite to
bring respite to
humor
US
win over
bring an end to
make bearable
rehab
medicate
restore
drop away
die down
die out
phase down
die away
rachet down
taper off
fall away
drop off
grow less
ratchet down
drain away
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
amend
take load off
make matters up
accede to somebody's demands
cleanse
make something bearable
dose
better
disperse
bring aid
bring aid to
treat successfully
make whole
restore to health
minister to
make healthy
dissolve
vanish
disappear
scatter
evaporate
evanesce
dematerialize
disband
squander
disassemble
melt away
clear out
be dispelled
spread
melt into thin air
run dry
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
reprimand
berate
maul
deprecate
reprehend
pull to pieces
cut up
rate
chastise
run down
rail against
reprove
objurgate
rebuke
give a bad press to
inveigh against
cast aspersions on
reproach
besmirch
slur
reprobate
lace into
asperse
blame
dress down
derogate
pour scorn on
scold
upbraid
vituperate against
carp at
arraign
dis
slag
nitpick about
carpet
chide
fulminate against
chew out
animadvert on
cavil at
fault
lash
bawl out
hit out at
take to task
impugn
disapprove of
give some stick to
sledge
give flak to
admonish
cane
tear a strip off
find fault
blister
dispraise
denunciate
sail into
ream out
insult
haul over the coals
give someone hell
give someone a roasting
read the riot act
harangue
tear off a strip
bollock
cut down
lecture
carp
remonstrate with
rip
rap
scorch
rap over the knuckles
give someone a rocket
give someone a rollicking
tongue-lash
light into
nag at
bag on
give someone a bollocking
nit-pick
slander
come down on
rollick
stigmatize
US
smear
calumniate
traduce
decry
score
scourge
judge
stigmatise
UK
skin
tell off
pass strictures upon
go for the jugular
rip into
rake over the coals
rail at
scoff at
take down
pick at
brand
belittle
curse
libel
defame
rail
rag
keelhaul
ridicule
deride
injure
baste
scorn
jaw
fustigate
contemn
ream
slang
discipline
assault
cavil
scarify
drub
trim
backbite
execrate
nitpick
clobber
whip
zap
slug
beat
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
call down
rant at
tie into
slap on the wrist
give a talking-to
get at
give a rocket
throw shade
jeer at
give someone a dressing-down
lash into
beat up on
do a number on
jump down one's throat
do down
tear to shreds
nitpick over
cast a slur on
find lacking
criticize harshly
take
badmouth
get angry with
refute
animadvert upon
bring under fire
lampoon
heap
harsh
argue with
assault verbally
disagree with
proscribe
pile in
shellac
despise
slap
animadvert
exprobate
rebuff
incriminate
disapprove
remonstrate
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
discredit
start on
start in
give a tongue-lashing
show someone up
reject
take on
pass judgment
jump down someone's throat
look askance
get after
pick apart
read out
fluff
hit
slog
deplore
lash out at
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
anathematize
depreciate
slight
taunt
prosecute
declaim
expose to ridicule
hold up to shame
complain about
skin alive
give bad press
cut to bits
impeach
indict
offend
nag
blacken someone's reputation
lay down the law
put someone on the hot seat
crawl all over
pin someone's ears back
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
minimize
US
discount
declaim against
run something down
show up
charge with
oppress
persecute
throw shade at
set upon
let have it
let fly at
lam into
miscall
ride
zing
minimise
UK
hose
detract from
talk something down
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
vilipend
charge
storm
bushwhack
beset
tackle
sic
sick
strike
raid
rush
accuse
growl
rile
wig
turn on
set on
dive into
row
chasten
punish
correct
go in on
penalize
US
thrash
flog
penalise
UK
cry down
yell at
bark at
pull up
descend on
wade in
wade into
descend upon
pounce on
pounce upon
tick off
let someone have it
give someone a telling-off
blow up at
give someone a caning
give someone some stick
give someone an earful
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
send someone away with a flea in their ear
rap someone the knuckles
give someone what for
drag over the coals
put on the mat
slap down
give someone a row
lay out
give someone a rating
lean on
blow up
diminish
dismiss
play down
talk down
poor-mouth
speak ill of
write off
kiss off
drag through the mud
undervalue
underrate
mock
detract
object to
underestimate
trivialize
US
downgrade
tear down
speak badly of
marginalize
US
call on the carpet
slap someone's wrist
deflate
torment
pooh-pooh
marginalise
UK
blacken the name of
oppose
take someone to task
throw mud at
sneer at
trivialise
UK
speak evil of
take exception to
rap someone over the knuckles
fulminate
demean
go on at
take down a peg
opprobriate
call to account
pick on
needle
check
come down hard on
be against
contradict
bully
treat lightly
disdain
disgrace
deliver judgment
adjudicate
take issue with
minify
misprize
hold cheap
thunder
give a piece of one's mind
take to the woodshed
rave at
inveigh
degrade
harass
give opinion
downplay
caution
lower
lesson
expostulate
monish
mudsling
bother
object
rage
dispute
talk to
be critical of
kick up a stink about
throw the book at
express disapproval of
make light of
bring someone to book
victimize
US
controvert
chew someone out
make fun of
climb all over
argue against
let fly
spread lies about
slap someone on the wrist
tyrannize
US
cut down to size
bring into disrepute
gainsay
blacken the reputation of
sully the reputation of
tease
frown on
intimidate
gripe about
conduct a smear campaign against
question
give a bad name
protest against
be hostile to
look askance at
discriminate against
badger
rant
speak out
goad
protest
call over the coals
bait
jeer
fume
whine about
carp about
tyrannise
UK
victimise
UK
moan about
grouse about
grouch about
quibble about
oppugn
make a stand
negate
provoke
rake
demonize
US
understate
visit
challenge
bellyache about
whinge about
beef about
demonise
UK
discommend
jawbone
complain
dishonour
UK
discountenance
blacken
outrage
sound off about
laugh at
laugh off
mouth off about
downcry
be down on
vociferate
go on about
expostulate about
tax
dishonor
US
mortify
take somebody to task
humiliate
sneer
trounce
kick up a fuss about
dig
sell short
objurate
strongly criticize
call into question
preach
draw the line
poor mouth
speak to
take a swipe at
rag on
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
give a going over
pooh pooh
have a down on
have it in for
tell a thing or two
come down on like a ton of bricks
swipe at
backstab
jump all over
make a fuss about
affront
give a hard time
stick it to
reprimand severely
round on
be malicious about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
abhor
speak of with disfavour
blacken the character of
lash out
detest
sling mud at
hit out
satirize
US
rebut
be anti
find unacceptable
satirise
UK
have a pop at
exprobrate
make mincemeat of
make short work of
rip to shreds
cudgel
smother
threap
squash
squelch
rap someone's knuckles
recriminate
misrepresent
devalue
snipe at
warn
bring to book
debase
fry
counsel
adjure
advise
hold forth against
sully
recompense
chew
lessen
devaluate
cheapen
compromise
forewarn
ding
notice
glue
hoist
spank
skelp
ferule
mistreat
caluminate
voodoo
cuss
jinx
mark down
take away
crush
make little of
frown
rake over coals
pronounce
name
adjudge
frame
sour grapes
speak
back-bite
gossip about
take a dim view of
snipe
have words
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
be in opposition to
quarrel with
take swipe at
throw stones at
humble
clamor against
spurn
look down on
think little of
have words with
severely reprimand
rap across the knuckles
shame
snub
comment negatively
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
jack up
sit on
sound off
carp on
go after
get on
burn one's ears
explode
lay on
give comeuppance
shoot full of holes
keep after
have someone on the carpet
send up
put away
criticize hatefully
give someone a carpeting
eat out
give a wigging
give one hell
have your knife in
harry
grumble at
bedevil
mete out punishment to
make an example of
rip up
call to task
point the finger at
rank on
moralise
UK
give going-over
give piece of mind
moralize
US
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
take dim view of
not go for
burst out
teach someone a lesson
be hard on
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
give the dickens
think wrong
not support
frown upon
put a whammy on
give the devil
send up the river
lay at one's door
take a dig at
to denigrate
put hooks in
give someone stick
dig into
tuck into
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
single out
discourse
orate
perorate
express strong disapproval of
not believe in
think badly of
express disapprobation of
express disapprobation
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
disesteem
be hostile towards
protest strongly
thunder against
rage against
raise an
query
protest strongly at
remonstrate about
rant about
make a protest
mouth off
hold someone to blame
complain to
spout
bluster
huff
rave
lose one's temper with
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
hold someone responsible
hold accountable
pass on
make a stand against
raise objections to
kick
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
oppose strongly
complain bitterly about
speak out against
kick up
disagree violently with
put up a fight against
kick against
take a stand against
take great exception to
contravene
traverse
doubt
negative
resist
disaffirm
break
contest
cross
disavow
deny
tar
take a stand
menace
criminate
vociferate about
heckle
hassle
chaff
debate
argue
hold at fault
lay charges against
try
have the law on
bring to trial
bring charges against
bring a charge against
bring a case against
prefer charges against
inculpate
put on trial
take to court
rib
guy
haze
rant and rave
gibe
gibe at
twit
domineer
pester
hector
cast doubt upon
cut to shreds
cast aspersions upon
throw doubt on
pin on
thumb nose at
make sport of
scout
poke fun at
flout
jab
quiz
tantalise
UK
twitter
rally
tantalize
US
lout
take the piss out of
niggle
hound
dog
irritate
browbeat
fuss
bug
declare unsafe
declare unfit
be on at
punish repeatedly and unfairly
henpeck
peck at
wound
pique
vex
displease
take issue
irk
hurt
disrespect
gall
anger
disgruntle
annoy
rankle
scandalize
US
disgust
distress
put
put out
upset
give a zinger
confront
ruffle someone's feathers
scandalise
UK
hit where one lives
give the cold shoulder
make someone's hackles rise
put someone's back up
raise someone's hackles
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
play
mess
monkey
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
frivol
flirt
play games with
amuse oneself
paw
thumb
poke
pick at
fuss
play at
amuse oneself with
potter around with
potter about
potter round with
flirt with
work superficially
wink at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To ingest or consume, especially 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
gorge
demolish
scarf up
stuff
snarf down
snarf up
tuck into
cram
gormandize
US
gormandise
UK
slop
pack away
munch
shovel down
sink
partake of
take
gorb
glut
raven
tuck away
gobble down
drink
chomp
pig out on
feed on
nosh
dispose of
imbibe
pig oneself on
cram down
chow down
tuck in
eat greedily
eat hungrily
gorge on
champ
put down
pig out
finish
cram in
finish off
make short work of
neck
get stuck into
feed
murder
digest
slosh
stuff oneself with
toss down
chew
snack on
sup
sip
manducate
nibble
overeat
engorge
Hoover
swallow hurriedly
englut
quaff
gluttonize
gourmandize
suck up
drink in
graze on
munch on
lap up
stuff one's face
pack
drink up
stuff yourself with
make a pig of oneself
eat like a horse
stuff one's face with
get one's laughing gear round
chug
chomp on
chow
gorge oneself
devour greedily
pig oneself
partake
snack
binge-eat
choke
sate
put
satiate
gorge oneself with
hork
eat heartily
eat quickly
wash up
clean out
choke down
guzzle down
surfeit
toss off
ruminate
bite
have
masticate
jam
cloy
congest
binge
jade
attack
meal on
mow down
cram oneself with
gourmandize on
feast upon
eat voraciously
blimp out
feed one's face
dig in
peck at
pork out on
delight in
dine
taste
lunch
breakfast
bevvy
UK
bib
bevy
US
lap
kill
have supper
eat between meals
have breakfast
dine on
have tea
pick at
lunch on
tuck on
have lunch
have dinner
breakfast on
soak up
take up
sponge
receive
metabolize
US
osmose
suck in
blot up
sop up
suck
mop up
assume
draw up
sponge up
steep
dissolve
blot
draw in
metabolise
UK
grind
fall to
banquet
gnaw
feast
regale
chew up
junket
crunch
live on
chumble
subsist on
exist on
chaw
stuff your face
knock back
chow on
touch
finish up
swallow whole
delve
start eating
spring
rise
burrow
set about
go for it
commence
beat
indulge
chew noisily
overindulge
fare
refresh
victual
indulge in
wine and dine
stuff yourself
eat one's fill of
fare sumptuously
make a pig of oneself on
binge on
eat sumptuously
eat to your heart's content
overindulge in
eat your fill
supper
live off
depend on
break bread
eat out
do lunch
thrive on
triturate
rely for nourishment on
have as food
tear
gnaw on
crunch on
crush
rip
rend
scrunch
gum
chavel
squash
bite on
subsist
graze
fare on
prey on
rely on for nourishment
take as nourishment
sustain oneself of
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
sap
handicap
exhaust
torpefy
undermine
put out of action
maim
enervate
mangle
dull
devitalize
dampen
tire
reduce
stifle
injure
mutilate
hock
damage
depress
unnerve
unfit
attenuate
unstrengthen
ruin
wreck
shatter
desensitize
US
suppress
fatigue
diminish
obtund
weary
damp
drain
drug
deactivate
cauterize
US
retard
repress
frazzle
desensitise
UK
indispose
render insensitive
poop
knacker
etiolate
waste
soften
inactivate
cauterise
UK
hurt
harm
muzzle
spoil
batter
pinion
kibosh
sabotage
mar
hogtie
unbrace
total
wear out
make powerless
disqualify
invalidate
subdue
do in
wash out
lay low
throw monkey wrench in
fag out
shoot down
take out
render incapable
hobble
make unfit
spike
restrict
render powerless
disfigure
tranquilize
US
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
tranquillize
UK
dullen
make lame
chill
alleviate
lessen
defuse
deprive of sensation
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
drown
lay out
dope
put to sleep
disband
make safe
subjugate
occupy
make harmless
deescalate
neutralize
US
remove the fuse from
skin
unarm
neutralise
UK
render defenseless
strip
jam
stop
disenable
clamp
wheel-clamp
tie
make inoperative
action
render inactive
prevent from moving
render inoperative
prevent from working
bring to a halt
bring to a standstill
fell
floor
drop
overtire
level
tax
down
overtax
whack
overthrow
mow
defeat
knock down
tire out
knock over
bowl down
bowl over
make weary
make helpless
make impotent
tucker out
bring someone to their knees
mow down
bring low
take it out of
wound
break
crush
lacerate
wear down
cut
blemish
hinder
smash
bruise
tucker
burn out
conk out
poop out
peter out
mess up
rough up
hack
subvert
blast
compromise
scratch
maul
blight
bloody
crab
flaw
endamage
bush
cross up
wear
foul up
put out of commission
deform
hog-tie
impoverish
gash
distort
mangulate
pound
deteriorate
graze
ravage
lower
scupper
scar
torpedo
hit
emasculate
adulterate
tarnish
dilute
impede
cut up
scrape
threaten
overextend
overdo
run ragged
overexert
draw
overfatigue
overwork
bankrupt
prejudice
hack up
pummel
US
lash
temper
calm
queer
debase
tear apart
lay up
devaluate
extenuate
belt
thin
ding
flag
eviscerate
sink
flog
punch
shake up
plug
work over
pummelled
UK
droop
render infirm
pommel
whip
outwear
bust
harass
kill
contuse
bedraggle
languish
sag
fizzle
succumb
punish
wipe out
water down
do up
put the kibosh on
unhinge
erode
hospitalize
US
butcher
encumber
hamper
suck dry
use up
bring to a grinding halt
unplug
idle
seize
disempower
make sleepy
shake
destabilize
US
worsen
invalid
hospitalise
UK
exenterate
disembowel
shag out
take
wear on
drain of energy
confine to a wheelchair
confine to bed
clip wings
jeopardize
US
have a bad effect on
eat away
wear away
rob from
disrupt
pull the rug out from under
expurgate
censor
bowdlerize
US
root
afflict
taint
trash
annihilate
dismantle
corrupt
corrode
turn off
render inoperable
wear oneself to a frazzle
make tired
nearly kill
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
amputate
bowdlerise
UK
devalue
cheapen
tweak
put on the sick list
shock
inconvenience
scorch
wither
interfere with
jeopardise
UK
screw up
detract from
smash up
destabilise
UK
louse up
muck up
mayhem
massacre
gimp
castrate
truncate
seize up
cut to pieces
hash up
lose strength
make useless
become unable to move
become immobilized
grind to a halt
become stuck
cool
be detrimental to
cause detriment to
do harm to
wreak havoc on
tear limb from limb
allay
muffle
throw a monkey wrench into
mollify
sate
appease
slake
contract
tone down
pierce
slash
hebetate
put a damper on
crool
scathe
wing
puncture
rip
tear
stab
pique
aggrieve
foul
burn
grieve
torture
contort
pain
wax
torment
distress
sting
irritate
zap
pulverize
US
constrict
shrink
deflate
rarefy
lighten
dissipate
offset
carve
cut to ribbons
ouch
stick
slice
nick
clip
overturn
devastate
put out
cause pain to
bang up
cause injury to
pulverise
UK
draw blood
do mischief to
dash
open up
slap
spank
slug
pinch
flail
bore
burst
explode
nix
pop
scotch
banjax
blow
dish
upset
wreak havoc with
rattle
blow up
do for
beat
thrash
put paid to
blow a hole in
bring to naught
bring to nought
buffet
bash
strike
wallop
assault
belabour
UK
deck
clobber
lick
thump
abuse
pelt
knock
bang
attack
smack
smite
drub
clout
bat
baste
whop
cudgel
do
club
lace
lambast
lather
whup
curry
beat up
tonk
hide
tromp
bludgeon
bop
hammer
slog
switch
thwack
whap
slate
lambaste
birch
belabor
US
biff
whale
tan
paddle
thresh
sock
fib
rain blows on
knock about
beat the living daylights out of
lace into
punch out
lay one on
knock around
maltreat
lay into
do over
brutalize
US
dash against
aim blows at
knock into the middle of next week
brutalise
UK
bung up
give someone a good hiding
more ❯
Verb
▲
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
criminalise
UK
criminalize
US
estop
restrain
suppress
exclude
halt
inhibit
make illegal
preclude
taboo
place an embargo on
put an end to
put a stop to
rule out
restrict
hinder
reject
check
obstruct
impede
boycott
shut out
deny
refuse
blackball
nix
stymie
thwart
eliminate
except
curb
forestall
banish
ostracize
US
black
disqualify
forfend
withhold
ostracise
UK
dismiss
obviate
suspend
hold back
retard
freeze out
give the red light to
give the thumbs down to
count out
blacklist
oppose
decline
negative
foil
hamper
deter
avoid
frustrate
hold up
disapprove
limit
turn down
interfere with
arrest
throw out
avert
expel
repress
negate
baulk
UK
close out
declare ineligible
pass on
counteract
put the kibosh on
pass by
keep lid on
ward off
pass up
ward
balk
US
kill
circumvent
freeze
spike
counter
cramp
illegalize
disentitle
omit
censure
defeat
deprive
lock up
nullify
forbid to
declare illegal
quash
ignore
cut off
spurn
cool
cork
reprobate
keep out
put down
pass
discountenance
slow
rebuff
repudiate
disrupt
crimp
shoot down
stave off
stand in the way of
bate
disclude
discount
hang up
tie up
encumber
handicap
slow down
stonewall
trammel
defend against
head off
steer clear of
ice out
interrupt
leave out
stall
hold off
lock out
say no to
knock back
nip in the bud
leave out in the cold
condemn
let
sentence
doom
repulse
begrudge
overlook
place injunction on
place an injunction on
disfellowship
curse
felonize
misdemeanorize
give the brush-off to
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
revoke
discourage
quit
discontinue
cease
gridlock
zing
constrain
deselect
shackle
bridle
fetter
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
hamstring
bottle up
box in
jam up
make impracticable
overrule
override
exile
unfit
dissuade
clog
hobble
manacle
short-circuit
hog-tie
smother
handcuff
embarrass
stifle
put chill on
cancel
censor
rein in
down
rule against
squash
bring to screeching halt
put half nelson on
put a lock on
put a stopper in
throw cold water 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
derail
shun
declare taboo
dissuade from
incapacitate
disable
invalidate
snub
shut off
pour cold water on
cut
dissent
burn
shut down
say no
shut out of
disfranchise
eighty-six
paralyze
US
impair
weaken
disenable
paralyse
UK
contravene
cripple
get out of
disbar
remove
oust
bounce
thumbs down
declare null and void
throw away
refuse permission to
strike
eject
evict
escape
put paid to
bypass
evade
beat
put the chill on
give thumbs down
not go for
withhold patronage
deny access to
disregard
occlude
sideline
circumnavigate
scotch
overturn
wash one's hands of
turn your back on
brush off
have nothing to do with
stay away from
impose sanctions
hold aloof from
abstain from
refrain from
give a wide berth to
cold-shoulder
refuse to take part in
not make the cut
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
sidestep
deflect
skirt
crash
wreck
put the stopper on
stump
ditch
take wind out of
ruin
spoil
take down
upset
scupper
do for
outwit
juke
unsettle
excommunicate
cast out
drop
discharge
drum out
kick out
boot out
turf out
coldshoulder
turn out
delete
out
rout
chase
slang
disown
deport
erase
send packing
discard
run off
renounce
recant
cross out
disclaim
abjure
expulse
take out
give the cold shoulder
give the bum's rush
relegate
efface
excise
cashier
expunge
blank
obliterate
scrub
scrap
reverse
push out
thrust out
blue-pencil
displace
strike out
take back
elide
disavow
keep at arm's length
leave off
annul
rub out
lay off
countermand
retract
block out
chuck out
expatriate
close one's doors to
ink out
give someone the push
give someone the boot
throw out on your ear
show the door
vote against
rusticate
rub
squeeze out
withdraw
scratch
rescind
isolate
dele
edit
recall
abolish
transport
forgo
sack
repeal
blot out
edit out
dispossess
renege
fling out
purge
backpedal
dislodge
forswear
cut dead
drive off
bin off
abnegate
score out
x out
stroke out
wipe out
white out
drive away
give the elbow
let go
do away with
back out of
keep back
black out
call off
put a line through
hand someone the frozen mitt
not buy
cast aside
give the boot
give someone the big E
give someone the air
disacknowledge
deny entry
look straight through
deny admittance to
turn on
attaint
foreclose
rule something out
exempt
inveigh
press out
unchurch
express
gouge out
lock someone out
waive
denounce
anathematize
prohibit from entering
give somebody the cold shoulder
downgrade
demote
takfir
turn against
weed out
throw
put a price on someone's head
give one the gate
consider undesirable
mark off
defenestrate
leave in the cold
hit list
refuse to employ
leave out of account
sling out
repatriate
extradite
fordrive
bust
fire
heave out
put on hit list
ask to leave
forget
slur
extrude
extradict
sequester
not consider
forget about
end
break
can
throw out on ear
give the hook
give walking papers
show you the door
cover
axe
UK
conceal
hide
mask
chase away
send away
veil
shake off
see the back of
shroud
ax
US
give the sack to
give someone their P45
unloose
force to leave
give the chop
give someone the bullet
bump
give the heave-ho
irrupt
dump
throw overboard
give the old heave-ho
toss
kiss goodbye
send off
throw someone out on their ear
give someone their marching orders
give someone their cards
show the gate to
seclude
break off
carve
desist from
extirpate
usurp
break up
knock off
exsect
sever
marginalize
US
extract
give over
close
blockade
screen
beleaguer
void
abrogate
null
unsay
contradict
undo
call
abandon
vacate
abort
unpublish
eradicate
gainsay
give up
marginalise
UK
do without
take away
disannul
make void
dismantle
lift
counterorder
render invalid
desert
jilt
scorn
cry off
call back
refute
disdain
repel
eschew
forsake
despise
unfollow
unfriend
strike down
declare invalid
blank out
cancel out
blue pencil
stamp out
render null and void
roll back
root out
sweep away
X out
snuff out
score
trim
X-out
snip
scratch out
bleep
decontaminate
terminate
squelch
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
clean
fence off
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
scoff at
break with
swear off
kick someone in the teeth
have nothing more to do with
foreswear
rebut
disprove
shed
subtract
pack up
pack in
sanitise
UK
sterilise
UK
explode
disaffirm
debunk
contest
discredit
challenge
renege on
back down
reel in
have change of heart
retrograde
welsh
fall back
retreat
take in
back off
eat your words
change one's mind
recede
eat one's words
forget it
apologise
UK
nig
go back on
change one's tune
back out
do a U-turn on
apologize
US
retrocede
draw back
row back on
withcall
backtrack on
do an about-turn on
declare untrue
controvert
disconfirm
dissent from
clean up
Tippex out
disagree with
confute
disbelieve
shoot full of holes
withsay
take exception to
call on
enjoin from
shoot down in flames
doubt
disagree
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
sacrifice
bundle off
remove by force
pack off
give the 1-2-3
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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
dispel
dissipate
banish
discharge
drive away
squander
release
retire
clear out
go in different directions
demob
disappear
vanish
rout
demilitarize
US
chase away
disassemble
deactivate
drive off
disarm
demilitarise
UK
get rid of
disjoin
adjourn
leave
decommission
disunite
expel
diverge
move in different directions
send off
part ways
evaporate
scramble
eject
repel
oust
withdraw
say adieu
say farewell
wave goodbye
render defenceless
evanesce
say goodbye
go different ways
dematerialize
fade
quell
put to flight
beat off
drive out
deprive of arms
make powerless
lay down weapons
take weapons from
diffuse
allay
check
break it up
say your goodbyes
melt away
be dispelled
disintegrate
spread
go your separate ways
melt into thin air
run dry
more ❯
Verb
▲
To libel or slander the good name of
defile
defame
discredit
disgrace
sully
slander
smirch
shame
dishonour
UK
besmirch
malign
blacken
slur
dishonor
US
libel
denigrate
disparage
censure
injure
besmear
asperse
scandalise
UK
scandalize
US
damage
muckrake
disrespect
hurt
drag through the mire
drag through the mud
bring discredit to
bring shame on
bring shame upon
fling mud at
sling mud at
blot
degrade
smear
tarnish
debase
taint
stain
bring into disrepute
stigmatize
US
traduce
vilify
give a black eye
lower
calumniate
decry
stigmatise
UK
belittle
reproach
attack
spot
derogate
rubbish
knock
reflect badly on
soil
bad-mouth
speak ill of
give a bad name
assail
spoil
rip
blotch
reduce
deride
breathe on
spread scandal about
befoul
do a hatchet job on
cast a slur on
slag off
rip up and down
do a number on
run smear campaign
tar and feather
embarrass
humiliate
humble
chasten
abase
cheapen
demean
foul
sink
poison
undermine
take down
put in a bad light
give a bad name to
slam
vilipend
pan
prejudice
scorch
blister
blemish
pervert
mortify
reflect negatively
ridicule
own
bring dishonour to
blacken the name of
damage the reputation of
show in a bad light
bring shame to
harm the reputation of
sling mud
cut down to size
show up
blacken the reputation of
attaint
make someone eat crow
cast in a bad light
muddy the reputation of
take down a peg
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
drag down
badmouth
ruin
blackguard
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
poor-mouth
abash
chagrin
disconcert
shoot down
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
desecrate
disfavor
US
snub
disfavour
UK
disregard
cause to lose face
lose face
put down
mock
disconsider
make lose face
debauch
corrupt
disoblige
slight
revile
insult
roast
detract
misrepresent
depreciate
backbite
belie
sneer
blaspheme
strumpet
hit
plaster
run down
cast aspersions on
speak evil of
throw mud at
tear down
tell lies about
run a smear campaign against
defame someone's character
blacken name
blacken someone's name
sully someone's reputation
abuse
dump on
impugn
criticize
US
vituperate
criticise
UK
deprecate
slate
diss
dis
offend
condemn
pour scorn on
pull apart
take to pieces
have a go at
diminish
trash-talk
bash
minimize
US
spread lies about
mudsling
dismiss
discount
trash
hit out at
minimise
UK
denounce
cry down
play down
talk down
write off
kiss off
skewer
hammer
outrage
sully the reputation of
pummel
US
speak badly of
monster
bag
lay into
contemn
tear into
berate
pummelled
UK
lambaste
rap
rail against
inveigh against
wound
conduct a smear campaign against
scorn
affront
throw brickbats at
pull to pieces
do down
deflate
fulminate against
pillory
sneer at
detract from
back-bite
brand
jump on
mistreat
lampoon
provoke
annoy
villainize
blacken the character of
demonize
US
caricature
burlesque
demonise
UK
underestimate
undervalue
curse
upset
underrate
slap
skin alive
taunt
trivialize
US
rip up
disdain
downgrade
disgust
cut to the quick
kick in the teeth
bad mouth
hit where one lives
minify
displease
give offence to
misprize
write false reports about
spread tales about
treat lightly
trivialise
UK
mark wrong
pooh-pooh
scoff at
make light of
drag name through mud
drag someone's name through the mire
dispraise
hold cheap
pick holes in
accuse
slag
gossip about
backstab
gossip
lie
spite
criticize unfairly
lie about
cast slur on
put zingers on
downplay
devaluate
lessen
compromise
give black eye
savage
castigate
crucify
admonish
chide
excoriate
flay
sell short
blast
marginalize
US
dig
cuss
caluminate
voodoo
jinx
find fault with
look down on
discountenance
clamor against
spurn
fault
blame
reprobate
lecture
reprove
scold
reprimand
ream
shock
marginalise
UK
flame
dress down
rag on
call down
despise
horrify
appal
UK
harm
laugh off
laugh at
put hooks in
sicken
repel
revolt
nauseate
put a whammy on
rake over the coals
vituperate against
give a talking-to
maltreat
oppress
ill-treat
appall
US
cheat
ill-use
tongue-lash
take apart
miff
blacken someone's reputation
lay down the law
pique
vex
zing
raise eyebrows amongst
blackball
cause raised eyebrows
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
dismay
spatter
chop
insinuate
push
cap
irk
taint someone's name
tarnish someone's name
anger
disgruntle
needle
bother
rankle
distress
gall
aggrieve
persecute
trespass
wrong
cast aspersion
accuse falsely
injure the reputation of
blacken someone's character
stain someone's good name
sully someone's name
soil someone's name
put out
put
aggravate
blow off
cut up
give a zinger
confront
make someone's hackles rise
put someone's back up
ruffle someone's feathers
raise someone's hackles
give the cold shoulder
slap in the face
do wrong to
do injury to
do a disservice to
do an injustice to
offend against
impose upon
sin against
tease
take advantage of
do the dirty on
irritate
sledge
miscall
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
pooh pooh
take a dig at
to denigrate
find fault
tear to pieces
cause offence to
be rude to
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
call names
hurt someone's feelings
step on one's toes
call someone names
throw shade
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