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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
To throw away (something unwanted or useless)
Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed
To break, or cause to break, suddenly and violently into pieces
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
(
figuratively
)
To botch or mangle
Confuse
Burst through
To put at east or quell
To undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
To criticize extremely severely
Deprive of strength and vigour
To interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
To ingest or consume food
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
To take away the self-esteem or conceit from
To weaken someone's morale over a long period
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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
annihilate
shatter
extinguish
desecrate
crush
damage
despoil
wipe out
rub out
lay waste
do in
flatten
obliterate
mar
pillage
deface
vandalize
US
bulldoze
defeat
blight
wreak havoc on
vandalise
UK
depredate
dash
leave in ruins
sabotage
devour
overwhelm
sack
scupper
topple
bring down
impair
plunder
blow
lay waste to
defile
leave desolate
unbuild
take apart
consume
scotch
dilapidate
nix
batter
ransack
bring to ruin
raid
overthrow
overturn
undermine
violate
put paid to
bring to naught
mangle
subvert
banjax
put the kibosh on
dish
debase
loot
profane
reduce
pervert
wipe off the map
reduce to ruins
pollute
rob
tear up
befoul
prostitute
poison
degrade
vitiate
remove
blow a hole in
rifle
quash
bust
contaminate
blaspheme
destruct
injure
write off
efface
detonate
abuse
disrupt
rape
undo
ruinate
harm
disassemble
cripple
dishonour
UK
disintegrate
take down
cruel
euchre
dishonor
US
wreak havoc
burn
incinerate
outrage
pop
tear apart
smash up
do for
deprave
put an end to
ignite
foul up
louse up
corrupt
lay in ruins
make a mess of
exterminate
pull apart
rip up
erase
warp
pull to pieces
strip
eliminate
expunge
extirpate
pound
prostrate
trample
debauch
bastardize
US
abase
bust up
beat
canker
havoc
demean
botch
disfigure
burst
reave
taint
deconstruct
queer
cheapen
hurt
blitz
fleece
shred
fragment
prang
knock to pieces
unmake
quell
tar
scorch
cremate
torch
bastardise
UK
wipe off the face of the earth
treat sacrilegiously
throw down
carbonize
US
treat with disrespect
chew up
reduce to rubble
combust
scald
strip down
wipe from the face of the earth
carbonise
UK
put out of action
put out of commission
bring someone to their knees
crack up
wrack up
bring to an end
screw up
put a stop to
damage beyond repair
dash to pieces
burn up
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
take to pieces
reduce to ashes
chasten
chastise
lower
eradicate
separate
abolish
cancel
avenge
torment
thwart
harry
stamp out
tumble
liquidate
blemish
mess
bring about the downfall of
depopulate
excise
tear to pieces
forage
fracture
delete
compromise
endamage
disfeature
shipwreck
overrun
get rid of
kick in
finish
end
oust
upset
zap
capsize
spill
scatter
create chaos
play mischief with
burn out
frustrate
prevent
depose
rupture
take care of
spray paint
be the ruination of
hash up
unseat
stymie
strike out
mow down
blow down
cast down
clear
crool
dethrone
scratch out
put the skids under
run onto the rocks
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
cow
make desolate
drive
propel
force
thrust
blow away
pile up
lay low
bombard
subdue
weaken
play havoc with
make a hash of
put the lid on
shell
crump
do away with
muller
vanquish
demoralize
US
enfeeble
overpower
demote
attack
kablooey
bang
set off
erupt
bodge
cannonade
master
lick
conquer
deplete
incapacitate
disrate
suppress
strafe
rip down
assault
trample on
tame
impoverish
tamper with
mushroom
mill
bray
comminute
grind
powder
set a match to
parch
set fire to
flame
light
blaze
consume by fire
demoralise
UK
rout
blitzkrieg
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
smash down
wear down
barrage
wreak havoc upon
clean out
hit
go off
be set off
go boom
go bang
burst apart
halt
mull
target
stop
immobilize
US
shutdown
insult
block
stall
impede
render powerless
stifle
rip to pieces
rip to shreds
commit sacrilege
burn to the ground
burn down
destroy by fire
burn to a crisp
blaspheme against
immobilise
UK
commit sacrilege against
put out of business
grate
bring to a standstill
atomize
dead-end
spray
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
take to bits
pull to bits
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 the applecart
ruin
wreck
devastate
spoil
demolish
smash
impair
mess up
queer
thwart
damage
mar
sabotage
foil
injure
torpedo
stymie
nix
dish
cripple
harm
annihilate
frustrate
put paid to
blow
break
disrupt
hinder
undermine
blast
quash
poison
decimate
euchre
wreak havoc on
kill
put an end to
ravage
hamper
subvert
attack
extinguish
nullify
disable
eradicate
afflict
end
prevent
obliterate
quell
taint
threaten
neutralize
US
compromise
obstruct
hurt
cancel out
scuttle
render ineffective
botch
neutralise
UK
wipe out
bring to an end
put a stop to
put at risk
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
negate
reduce to nothing
interrupt
stop
clobber
terminate
overturn
muller
dispatch
incapacitate
eliminate
explode
pop
burst
sink
annul
nip in the bud
block
abolish
bollix
make of no use or value
suppress
abort
blow up
wreak havoc with
rattle
break down
interfere with
break up
endanger
intrude on
disfigure
imperil
jeopardize
US
trash
bring to nought
prejudice
scar
be detrimental to
bodge
invalidate
crool
stain
jeopardise
UK
decay
infect
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
affect
corrupt
be deleterious to
contaminate
downstroy
trouble
impact
overcome
touch
put a damper on
glitch up
strike
influence
perturb
defile
prevail
occur
pollute
overwhelm
impinge
debase
weaken
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
wear away
strike down
shake up
strike at
spread to
take hold of
do damage to
exert influence on
have an impact on
have an effect on
topple
overthrow
raze
wrack
defeat
squelch
unbuild
skin
crimp
cramp
impoverish
craze
bring down
work against
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
hurt
compromise
vitiate
undermine
cripple
break
weaken
tarnish
endamage
sabotage
crab
trash
total
mangle
smash
cross up
crush
bloody
demolish
defile
subvert
taint
sap
mess up
diminish
debase
debilitate
corrupt
foul up
louse up
impede
hinder
enfeeble
destabilize
US
sully
erode
shatter
wound
blot
destabilise
UK
dent
reduce
vandalize
US
enervate
desecrate
disable
prejudice
despoil
threaten
undo
batter
mangulate
lessen
disrupt
annihilate
gut
mutilate
put the kibosh on
tear
dismantle
shake
muck up
distort
corrode
vandalise
UK
crack
make a mess of
scratch
detract from
cause detriment to
wear away
queer
deteriorate
torpedo
maul
bruise
blast
jeopardize
US
devitalize
blunt
impoverish
make useless
screw up
befoul
rough up
lacerate
contaminate
invalidate
dilapidate
besmirch
soil
pollute
shock
scorch
jeopardise
UK
raze
dirty
knock
play merry hell with
smirch
thwart
infect
smash up
wrench
stab
eat away
attenuate
deform
nick
pervert
maim
twist
etiolate
emasculate
shrink
handle roughly
degrade
obliterate
uglify
be a blot on the landscape
consume
dump on
do mischief to
cost
lower
tire
whittle
tag
minimize
US
undercut
minimise
UK
foil
frustrate
whittle away
soften
prostrate
take the edge off
sap the strength of
contort
misshape
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
cause the loss of
chip away
afflict
incapacitate
depress
devalue
wither
inconvenience
crumple
cheapen
decrease
adulterate
rob from
wear down
worsen
mash
ding
tweak
interfere with
shake up
take out
devaluate
disempower
tear apart
stain
unfit
disqualify
foul
muddy
sandbag
negate
be detrimental to
do harm to
abuse
discolour
UK
scathe
maltreat
gnaw
wrong
split
rust
rot
discolor
US
burn
disintegrate
poison
tar
lose strength
bleach
fade
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
bang up
drive a nail into the coffin of
do damage to
play havoc with
tamper with
crud up
spike
water down
doctor
cut
shred
gash
rip
rend
incise
slash
sever
hack
rive
slit
pierce
claw
pillage
plunder
cut to ribbons
cut open
ribbon
cut to pieces
jigsaw
sack
scupper
desolate
depredate
scotch
spoliate
dash
nix
banjax
blow
upset
crool
euchre
cruel
squash
blow a hole in
do for
bring to naught
take apart
balls up
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
expunge
demolish
remove
squash
crush
cancel
efface
stop
raze
ruin
smash
squelch
wreck
get rid of
delete
devastate
total
black out
subdue
shatter
clean up
suppress
sweep away
check
desolate
defeat
vaporize
US
put down
excise
curb
overcome
repress
pulverize
US
vaporise
UK
do in
wrack
nuke
quench
pulverise
UK
silence
tear down
overpower
cream
scrub
crack down on
stifle
inhibit
conquer
pull down
overwhelm
put the kibosh on
halt
cut out
trash
scotch
beat
frustrate
thwart
nip in the bud
weed out
clobber
cut
prevent
uproot
scratch
clamp down on
slap down
shush
undo
put the lid on
cross out
strike out
constrain
give the chop
put out
impede
muffle
X-out
hinder
discontinue
vanquish
restrict
neutralize
US
scrap
quelch
rout
banish
kill off
hamper
gut
strike
neutralise
UK
elide
dele
deaden
torpedo
trim
off
strangle
mute
dispense with
blue-pencil
scratch out
blank out
block out
edit out
remove all traces of
ink out
score out
negate
wash out
put a line through
dissolve
invalidate
restrain
disannul
abrogate
arrest
drop
abate
stem
blow away
prohibit
ravage
queer
wipe
bury
gag
exsect
knock something on the head
put kibosh on
edit
sink
KO
knock out
sit on
interfere with
knock off
blue pencil
x out
shoot down
stroke out
damp down
purge
blow
disrupt
incinerate
burn
upset
take
wipe off
kayo
scrub out
withhold
stun
burn away
scrunch
squish
snuff
crack down
take away
execute
snow under
rein in
smother
put to death
break off
dash
block
expurgate
get shot of
cast out
drive out
commit genocide
cut down
wreak havoc on
record over
derail
phase out
bowdlerize
US
cross through
level
scupper
dish
stymie
cover
obscure
lay waste
cut a swath through
benothing
cease
counteract
amputate
exscind
cut up
lop off
bowdlerise
UK
X out
scissor out
launder
slash
control
interrupt
wipe off face of earth
blow to bits
blow sky-high
destroy root and branch
take apart
mark out
rub off
cow
trample
bottle
dominate
spike
clamp
be the end of
do for
sweep aside
subjugate
cut off
beat down
trample on
triumph over
rescind
drive underground
hold in
repeal
keep inside
hold down
keep in
put lid on
bring to naught
void
revoke
shut down
vacate
retract
withdraw
avoid
countermand
null
omit
repudiate
discard
vitiate
ditch
rub
exclude
dump
subvert
snip
junk
jettison
disestablish
chop
deracinate
unpublish
supersede
shed
score
bleep
decontaminate
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
clean
sterilise
UK
sanitise
UK
tear out
rip out
dig out
strip off
pull out
set aside
strike down
roll back
call off
rule out
Tippex out
white out
pass up
throw out
close 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
best
worst
bring someone to their knees
triumph over
overcome
get the better of
walk all over
wallop
whomp
trim
quash
smother
walk over
kill
prevail over
give someone a hiding
cane
win against
bury
smoke
slam
whup
whop
whap
dust
bomb
tromp
surmount
be victorious over
skin
dispatch
smash
trash
blow away
snow under
total
take
stop
upend
get
overmatch
overbear
pommel
get around
do down
outdo
gain a victory over
flog
swamp
zap
steamroll
wipe out
knock out
work over
put paid to
win over
surpass
outclass
top
win
spank
bust
bash
reduce
torpedo
overturn
throw
lambaste
outmaneuver
US
floor
outmanoeuvre
UK
trample
subvert
overrun
put away
give a drubbing to
defeat heavily
bear down
finish off
run rings round
steamroller
better
finish
outstrip
excel
repress
hide
belt
down
triumph
humble
maul
batter
thump
bludgeon
thresh
hurdle
leather
buffet
pummel
US
baste
roll
whale
slog
whack
do
curry
deck
ruin
sink
whitewash
upset
chastise
punish
pummelled
UK
chasten
shut out
put down
slay
drop
edge
tan
route
obliterate
outrun
outjump
shipwreck
flax
outflank
butcher
outhit
decimate
ambush
entrap
cut to pieces
rise above
strike down
wipe off the map
run circles around
grind down
mop up
beat up
bring to ruin
take to cleaners
take it all
take a stick to
roll back
dispose of
rough up
run roughshod over
mess up
put an end to
edge out
pwn
KO
plow under
mow down
pick apart
bung up
nose out
win a victory over
dismiss
get the upper hand
force
blast
settle
dominate
waste
lather
subordinate
subject
pacify
knock the stuffing out of
curb
weather
survive
devastate
thwart
foil
checkmate
outmatch
trump
take apart
outperform
outdistance
circumvent
frustrate
outwit
shock
stun
outlive
prevail
render
outshine
outgun
confound
discomfit
override
overmaster
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
be victorious
knock over
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
wipe off the mat
bring to knees
succeed over
shut down
trample underfoot
put someone in their place
come out on top of
knock your socks off
strike
come out on top
gain mastery over
knock for six
defeat easily
slap about
bulldoze
larrup
drive off
beat back
put to flight
eliminate
clean up on
put to rout
throw back in confusion
blow out of water
incapacitate
account for
clear up
take care of
put out of action
make an end of
deal with
oppress
suppress
persecute
tyrannize
US
tyrannise
UK
maltreat
enslave
torment
exceed
transcend
treat harshly
abuse
gain ascendancy over
gain control of
bring to heel
go one better than
intimidate
put in the shade
break
wrong
torture
ill-treat
eclipse
plague
cap
keep down
hold sway over
beat down
hold down
be cruel to
be brutal to
tyrannize over
ride roughshod over
overshadow
trample on
overtop
improve on
bring under the yoke
rule with a rod of iron
tower over
do better than
knock spots off
rule with an iron hand
hound
browbeat
harass
domineer
tame
bully
rule
terrorize
US
victimize
US
coerce
extinguish
aggrieve
distress
rule over
victimise
UK
terrorise
UK
outrival
outrank
knock off
pass
weigh heavy upon
push around
overtake
domineer over
unseat
improve upon
be better than
outpace
shoot ahead of
keep under thumb
put to shame
nullify
humiliate
outsmart
raze to the ground
eat alive
beat the pants off
dismantle
take down
do in
break down
outfight
shoot down
shake off
overpass
shame
shoot ahead
make a fool of
get one up on
gain the advantage over
break someone's spirit
get the upper hand over
gain the upper hand over
see off
dictate
hegemonize
hose
exploit
scourge
order around
lord it over
dictate to
order about
treat brutally
have someone under your thumb
rule despotically
encumber
overload
saddle
beset
ride
outrage
annoy
press
despotize
worry
harry
strain
handicap
vex
tax
upstage
put upon
pick on
outvie
put screws to
seize
annex
US
predominate
put the squeeze on
outstep
outgo
stand above
be on another level
be head and shoulders above
be superior to
leave standing
be a cut above
tower above
be a class above
be master of
go one better
take precedence
stand head and shoulders above
go beyond
be greater than
occupy
invade
appropriate
annexe
UK
capture
take control of
take over
take possession of
mistreat
menace
threaten
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
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
murder
do in
liquidate
eliminate
execute
assassinate
butcher
massacre
take out
ice
knock off
whack
annihilate
do away with
bump off
off
wipe out
eradicate
put to death
waste
top
stiff
smoke
neutralize
US
put away
neutralise
UK
blow away
snuff
cut down
do to death
carry off
mow down
take
fell
get
polish off
finish off
scrag
erase
decimate
finish
dispose of
end the life of
shoot down
cut to pieces
do for
cause the death of
get rid of
zap
make away with
extirpate
snuff out
abolish
put to the sword
put an end to
take someone's life
give someone the works
terminate with extreme prejudice
obliterate
euthanize
cool
down
hit
send to the gas chambers
guillotine
blot out
dust off
put out of its misery
remove
silence
cancel
vaporize
US
vaporise
UK
extinguish
lynch
hang
behead
shoot
wax
electrocute
decapitate
blow someone's brains out
mutilate
end
genocide
immolate
blackball
nix
ruin
purge
grease
depopulate
expunge
efface
deep-six
cause to die
mass murder
gun down
wipe off the face of the earth
crucify
put end to
bring down
stone
ethnically cleanse
cost
murk
sweep away
stamp out
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
take off
put paid to
smother
garotte
defeat
garrotte
UK
chill
do
knife
asphyxiate
strangle
garrote
US
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
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 a life
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
cause the loss of
result in the loss of
cull
thin out the population of
reduce the numbers of
thin out
blast
bag
smite
strike down
gibbet
take care of
stretch out
wipe from the face of the earth
hang by the neck
neck
stab
dust
fry
bowstring
prey on
discard
drop
suffocate
kill in cold blood
clear
sacrifice
carry out a sentence of death on
pot
plug
see the back of
lop
make swing
pick off
put a bullet in
pump full of lead
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
quash
squash
check
crush
curb
stop
squelch
hinder
scupper
stifle
extinguish
overcome
repress
obstruct
quell
end
scotch
rout
block
dash
halt
arrest
nix
scuttle
curtail
spoil
spike
clobber
crack down on
stamp out
put paid to
snuff out
put the lid on
wipe out
get rid of
mess up
clamp down on
nip in the bud
put the kibosh on
slap down
bring to an end
shut down
impede
inhibit
hamper
trammel
handicap
restrain
encumber
cramp
interfere with
hamstring
clog
cumber
restrict
retard
hold up
hold back
fetter
delay
hobble
baulk
UK
balk
US
baffle
hog-tie
slow down
shackle
embarrass
cripple
bar
handcuff
short-circuit
hang up
tie up
constrain
slow
manacle
crimp
cramp one's style
get in the way of
put a brake on
set back
stand in the way of
get in the way
stall
detain
brake
interrupt
oppose
deter
bork
choke
intermit
interfere
close off
shut off
keep back
choke off
decelerate
bridle
forestall
postpone
derail
retardate
tie
stay
confine
remit
defer
entangle
inconvenience
bind
shelve
stonewall
bring to screeching halt
give a hard time
put back
back off
bog down
crab
be a hindrance to
slow up
take down
cut off
slacken
lessen
mire
leash
debilitate
bog
weigh down
drag your feet
tie one's hands
let up
limit
straiten
catch
withhold
pause
protract
ensnare
enmesh
net
capture
snag
tether
prorogue
hem in
bottleneck
prohibit
affect
disturb
put off
stave off
make late
hold
hold off on
prolong
hold over
suspend
muzzle
burden
neutralize
US
tamper
influence
box in
contravene
debar
queer someone's pitch
shut out
throw a spoke in the wheel of
neutralise
UK
resist
counteract
louse up
confuse
jam
incommode
conflict
trouble
discommode
freeze
discomfit
rattle
faze
dam
foul up
screw up
saddle with
chain
disconcert
discontinue
ward off
snooker
defeat
puzzle
confound
stump
mystify
nonplus
flummox
put on hold
dead-end
pigeonhole
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
corner
upset
give the run around
hold off
hang fire
subvert
disempower
destabilize
US
shake
attenuate
demoralize
US
emasculate
sandbag
sap
drag through the mud
clip one's wings
poke full of holes
demoralise
UK
soften
queer the pitch of
destabilise
UK
undermine
botch
challenge
more ❯
“The horrible weather would
destroy
our plans for a weekend by the beach.”
Verb
▲
To overwhelm the composure of
break
floor
discompose
nonplus
overwhelm
chagrin
take aback
“The constant criticisms failed to
destroy
him due to his thick skin.”
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
cast aside
abandon
axe
UK
ax
US
cast away
can
dispose
relinquish
cull
have done with
set aside
desert
dispatch
banish
throw
clear
fling
part with
toss aside
shuck
give up
offload
cut
throw aside
throw off
shake off
rid oneself of
free oneself of
thrust aside
sluff off
shrug off
throw overboard
cast out
leave
heave
repudiate
rid
shelve
yield
disburden
doff
dispossess
scrub
exclude
chase
refuse
slip
evict
extrude
unburden
abdicate
fling out
nix
86
auction
adios
turn down
bung out
bung away
forgo
away
negative
sweep away
give the boot
do without
manage without
knock something on the head
pull the plug on
cope without
clear away
wash your hands of
fob off
divest yourself of
file in circular file
relieve yourself of
kiss goodbye
kiss off
make over
deep six
dispel
dissipate
quell
eradicate
discharge
oust
dislodge
disown
moult
UK
disperse
surrender
cancel
ignore
exuviate
molt
US
shut out
let go
cut out
leave out
let drop
peel off
shut the door on
let fall
extract
release
unhand
trim
put aside
loosen one's hold on
loose one's hold on
ostracize
US
exfoliate
marginalize
US
exile
sluff
peel
snub
excommunicate
flake
mew
disfellowship
isolate
sideline
melt off
reduce
take off
flake off
skin
scale
renounce
ostracise
UK
marginalise
UK
displace
scatter
cede
sacrifice
cut dead
disqualify
throw out on your ear
give the bum's rush
kick out
turf out
boot out
send packing
waive
lay aside
disregard
omit
let go of
give away
hand over
deliver up
rule out
cross 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
corrupt
damage
engrave
melt
exhaust
dissipate
liquefy
tarnish
oxidate
sear
flake
wear
canker
wear through
run through
pockmark
attack
chafe
rasp
scrape
rub
scratch
fray
graze
frazzle
scuff
chip away
grind
gall
corrade
whittle away
wear out
distress
undercut
ablate
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
reduce
use
fade
bother
overwork
tax
overuse
wear thin
become worn
rub away
crumble away
rub down
wash away
grind away
become threadbare
scrape off
cut down
use up
go to seed
eat at
skin
excoriate
grate
file
flay
strip
roughen
irritate
triturate
erase
wear off
rub off
scrape out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To break, or cause to break, suddenly and violently into pieces
blow out
smash
crack
fragment
split
splinter
disintegrate
shatter
break
bust
fracture
shiver
demolish
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
nuke
waste
fragmentalize
fragmentize
splinterize
smash to smithereens
break into pieces
blow apart
burst
rive
rend
explode
implode
snap
break up
crush
break down
annihilate
disrupt
total
dismember
divide
fall to pieces
crumble
collapse
fall apart
spall
crack open
disunite
burst apart
crack apart
tumble down
split up
come to pieces
come apart
wrack
crash
wreck
extinguish
desolate
decimate
ruin
cream
raze
devastate
vaporize
US
smatter
rub out
impair
crush to smithereens
pull down
exhaust
tear down
scrunch
crunch
vaporise
UK
do in
wrack up
disable
separate
sever
rupture
tear
bust up
torpedo
perforate
trash
eradicate
make hash of
part
make mincemeat of
pull to pieces
finish off
puncture
fall to bits
blow up
cleave
powder
physically break
pop
blast
blow
pash
squash
prang
squish
break to pieces
crumple
break to smithereens
founder
subside
fall
fail
disperse
fold
disband
dismantle
disconnect
turn
disorganize
disimprove
sink
taint
detach
give way
cave in
break apart
fly apart
go to pieces
go belly-up
go to rack and ruin
take apart
fade away
fall apart at the seams
turn to dust
more ❯
Verb
▲
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
rebut
refute
disprove
contradict
deny
negate
controvert
discredit
confute
disconfirm
invalidate
debunk
negative
belie
counter
explode
confound
quash
falsify
break
cross
overturn
defeat
shoot down
shoot full of holes
prove false
give the lie to
prove wrong
blow sky-high
drive a coach and horses through
demolish
overthrow
annihilate
blow out of the water
make a nonsense of
go against
gainsay
repudiate
disaffirm
disavow
disclaim
reject
dispute
disown
oppose
shoot down in flames
challenge
disallow
show to be false
expose
prove to be false
call into question
contravene
contest
question
argue
knock the bottom out of
bust
disagree with
debate
blow sky high
undermine
impugn
answer
traverse
squelch
be at odds with
disacknowledge
tear down
disagree
show to be wrong
oppugn
cancel
puncture
thumbs down
query
weaken
cancel out
silence
deflate
object to
contend
crush
disbelieve
call in question
argue against
fly in the face of
nullify
retract
show up
find unfounded
throw out
poke holes in
declare untrue
dissent from
give thumbs down to
recant
have bone to pick
declare to be untrue
take a stand against
blow up
prove to be wrong
set aside
conflict with
run counter to
prove unsound
compromise
retort
discuss
deceive
respond
backtalk
confront
ridicule
vanquish
subvert
deflect
discard
squash
discount
argue with
undo
naysay
withstand
brush aside
resist
combat
fight
prove impossible
put paid to
pick holes in
buck
refuse to accept
counteract
show in its true light
cut down to size
shoot holes in
reverse
bring to naught
put down
knocks props out from under
shut up
examine
address
moot
put an end to
say the opposite of
knock props out
knock bottom out of
do for
altercate
canvass
bandy
raise doubts about
pooh-pooh
canvas
wrangle
cast doubt on
put under suspicion
pettifog
poke full of holes
shake one's faith in
render null and void
reply to
contend over
argue about
pick a bone
dissent against
quibble over
hammer away at
quibble about
put up argument
differ with
agitate against
abjure
forswear
counterclaim
renounce
pick an argument with
argue the pros and cons of
take issue with
protest against
parry
eschew
bandy words concerning
wonder about
have an argument about
refuse
renig
welsh
renege
defend against
plead against
retaliate against
give up
drop out
defend oneself against
wash your hands of
weasel out of
go back on your word
worm out of
doubt
rebuff
backpedal
spurn
withsay
take exception to
take back
not buy
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
figuratively
)
To botch or mangle
murder
botch
bungle
fluff
muff
ruin
blow
bobble
flub
foozle
mar
mishandle
mismanage
spoil
butcher
mangle
boggle
boot
bumble
dub
fumble
goof up
bollix up
make a mess of
muck up
mess up
foul up
screw up
louse up
balls up
make a hash of
make a muck of
make a Horlicks of
bodge
wreck
blunder
err
stumble
muddle
boob
trip
miscalculate
slip up
bollix
gum up
confuse
do something badly
make a nonsense of
make a pig's ear of
jumble
mess
goof
damage
flounder
misdirect
ball up
drop the ball
hash
mix up
stuff up
mutilate
miscompute
distort
misapply
mend
fudge
fail
miss
make a botch of
fall down
trip up
muddle up
misconduct
misgovern
foul-up
louse
snafu
queer
make hash of
do clumsily
crool
patch
misconjecture
misjudge
misconstrue
waste
squander
mishit
miscarry
lose
choke
slip
pull a boner
make a dog's dinner of
get wrong
make a hash
throw away
deliver badly
make a mistake
botch up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Confuse
ball up
confuse
confound
disorder
jumble
make unclear
mix up
ruin
scramble
Verb
▲
Burst through
burst through
breach
infiltrate
penetrate
batter down
break down
break through
come through
wear down
Verb
▲
To put at east or quell
allay
assuage
soothe
ease
mitigate
alleviate
lessen
relieve
diminish
calm
moderate
mollify
reduce
soften
palliate
temper
decrease
dull
quell
pacify
abate
appease
deaden
subdue
lull
blunt
quiet
compose
relax
check
lighten
cushion
help
repress
dispel
smooth
lenify
banish
dissipate
dismiss
eliminate
tone down
take the edge off
take the bite out
take the sting out
pour oil on
chase away
drive away
drive off
put to rest
cool out
still
cool
tranquilize
US
tranquillise
UK
settle
placate
quieten
dampen
attenuate
salve
weaken
stifle
suppress
damp
lower
curb
restrain
smother
dilute
comfort
becalm
lullaby
control
calm down
muffle
soft-pedal
modify
gentle
ameliorate
ebb
sweeten
slake
reassure
damp down
extinguish
console
de-escalate
subside
mute
ease off
contain
balm
solace
cure
heal
assure
numb
benumb
conciliate
quench
wane
extenuate
remit
silence
propitiate
dwindle
taper
shrink
satisfy
slacken
mellow
succor
US
sate
put a damper on
wind down
succour
UK
hush
peter out
resolve
overcome
tail off
decline
recede
cheer
fade
fall
relent
curtail
thin
depress
cut
settle down
minimize
US
pall
quiet down
improve
disarm
nurse
dulcify
remedy
tame
minimise
UK
chill out
doctor
drop off
taper off
cool off
let up
fall away
buffer
die down
smooth over
phase down
put the lid on
drain away
make better
give solace to
die out
ratchet down
die away
drop away
steady
cauterize
US
stabilize
US
stop
adjust
cauterise
UK
depreciate
content
stabilise
UK
defuse
squelch
drop
inhibit
treat
limit
reconcile
contract
absorb
modulate
qualify
erode
impair
hearten
sink
quieten down
downsize
keep in check
obtund
cut down
slow
support
uplift
condole
make peace with
slack
fix up
take the sting out of
gladden
lift
collect
make less intense
put damper on
sedate
encourage
bolster
elevate
throw cold water on
rehabilitate
cheer up
cut back
buck up
roll back
attend to
grow less
buoy up
pour cold water on
dampen down
condole with
bring comfort to
make well
put at ease
put an end to
re-collect
put at rest
degrade
commute
address
excuse
decrement
disempower
rein
pipe down
ease up
chill
reduce the force of
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
quash
deplete
downscale
diffuse
attend
fix
subjugate
mask
satiate
make less
take the bite out of
desensitize
US
make reasonable
untrouble
unburden
rise above
nourish
wear away
abase
wear down
anaesthetize
UK
cut off
choke off
undermine
make weaker
decelerate
take sting out
patch things up
unlax
gratify
anesthetize
US
kill
smooth down
rectify
shut down
gruntle
meliorate
rachet down
neutralize
US
regulate
mend
neutralise
UK
reduce the effect of
hebetate
get rid of
remove
desensitise
UK
humour
UK
humor
US
become weaker
cool it
fade away
restrict
smooth out
clear the air
loose
disintegrate
refresh
crumble
relaxed
water down
constrain
protect against
crush
brighten
hold in
iron out
sort out
chasten
mince
break
take the heat off
counteract
win over
set right
defend against
shield against
temperate
punctuate
vary
put down
stroke
grease
con
square
pacificate
explain
patch up
safeguard against
liss
interrupt
put to rights
meet halfway
play down
keep under control
prevent
aid
break up
assist
impose peace upon
butter up
make peace
restore harmony to
lay back
upraise
bring respite to
kiss and make up
clear the air with
bury the hatchet
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
free
bring an end to
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
let up on
take load off
clear up
take a load off
make something bearable
give respite to
bring aid
bring aid to
rehab
medicate
restore
amend
cleanse
dose
better
treat successfully
make whole
restore to health
minister to
make healthy
plummet
flag
nosedive
drain
close
blur
minify
desist
clip
go down
waste away
grow smaller
become smaller
get less
die off
slow down
come down
slack up
fall off
slump
plunge
melt away
evaporate
disappear
wither
dip
vanish
deteriorate
crash
go downhill
come to an end
dive
droop
tumble
slack off
descend
fail
decay
slacken off
dissolve
degenerate
dim
waste
trail off
take a nosedive
become less
dry up
fizzle out
wear off
shrivel
dent
die
cease
trail
run low
grow faint
knock down
devaluate
run out
languish
sap
crater
skid
fall steeply
loosen
fall sharply
give out
go away
hit the floor
drop rapidly
go into a tailspin
regress
constrict
collapse
sag
bate
slide
wilt
disperse
grow dim
become weak
come to nothing
trail away
go through the floor
get smaller
fade out
get lower
narrow
rebate
take a dive
come to a halt
release
lose edge
narrow down
lapse
atrophy
enfeeble
debilitate
enervate
deflate
melt
vitiate
terminate
tail away
go
downturn
slope
retrench
revise
disable
cripple
finish
pare down
dump
end
clear
scale down
fall short
take a header
make smaller
cave in
turn down
break down
become lower
come to a stop
be reduced
level off
eat away
slash
shorten
prune
discount
grow weaker
falter
lose strength
lose intensity
untighten
peter
gutter
disengage
minimalize
decimate
retrograde
minish
give way
evanesce
give in
faint
abbreviate
fall through
slip
be on the way out
drop down
put a lid on
run dry
muddy up
retire
lose ground
fizzle
be used up
go downwards
become less intense
devitalize
etiolate
draw to a close
adulterate
rarefy
offset
close out
die away or out
die away or down
straiten
pass
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
ebb away
anaesthetise
UK
scale back
lag
blow over
emaciate
step down
tire
subvert
relapse
wither away
thin out
be gone
totter
withdraw
devalue
be no more
lose
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
phase out
make narrower
wreck
prostrate
ruin
thin down
drag
backslide
cheapen
buckle
wizen
take pressure off
flop
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
bow out
become listless
feel weak
lose energy
feel faint
make less strict
make less formal
ease up on
get narrower
become narrower
lay off
lose value
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
hit the dirt
tip over
corrode
rob from
be precipitated
scatter
pale
eat
gnaw
abrade
consume
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
spoil
balance
attune
lose lustre
grow dull
weather
harmonize
US
become less dense
become less in number
become less numerous
clear out
nibble
rot
fret
devour
set
tone
tune
scrape away
scour
grind down
eat away at
bite
bite at
inflect
chip away at
eat into
gnaw away at
fine-tune
transmogrify
change
alter
switch
shift
revamp
adapt
harmonise
UK
tweak
more ❯
Verb
▲
To undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
puncture
humble
flatten
deflate
demolish
discredit
disprove
erode
prick
reduce
ruin
undermine
explode
shoot down
blow sky high
knock bottom out
put an end to
knock props from under
poke full of holes
shoot full of holes
take wind out of sails
take down a peg
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
vilify
denounce
denigrate
berate
malign
reprehend
reprimand
reprove
rebuke
chastise
objurgate
run down
deprecate
scold
cut up
pull to pieces
upbraid
reproach
lace into
maul
rate
rail against
give a bad press to
reprobate
inveigh against
chide
slur
carpet
cast aspersions on
fulminate against
chew out
dress down
besmirch
bawl out
derogate
asperse
take to task
arraign
blame
pour scorn on
vituperate against
fault
slag
admonish
carp at
harangue
nitpick about
animadvert on
haul over the coals
lash
dis
cavil at
hit out at
impugn
give some stick to
sledge
disapprove of
ream out
give flak to
sail into
rail at
find fault
tear a strip off
denunciate
dispraise
rant at
tell off
give a rocket
give someone hell
lecture
give someone a roasting
bollock
cut down
tear off a strip
read the riot act
decry
carp
blister
rip
rap
remonstrate with
insult
skin
tongue-lash
rap over the knuckles
give someone a rollicking
nag at
give someone a bollocking
light into
bag on
nit-pick
rip into
give someone a dressing-down
come down on
cane
rollick
smear
stigmatize
US
ridicule
score
scorch
execrate
lash out
stigmatise
UK
tick off
pass strictures upon
go for the jugular
rake over the coals
scoff at
let someone have it
take down
pick at
belittle
rag
slander
keelhaul
curse
deride
baste
jaw
injure
calumniate
traduce
lampoon
rail
scourge
fustigate
slang
contemn
cavil
scorn
ream
nitpick
clobber
judge
backbite
zap
slug
rave at
trim
ostracize
US
ostracise
UK
tie into
jeer at
shout at
call out
get at
throw shade
give a talking-to
lash into
beat up on
yell at
do a number on
call down
set upon
cast a slur on
jump down one's throat
round on
let fly
do down
pass judgment
slap on the wrist
tear to shreds
wade into
call over the coals
nitpick over
let fly at
lash out at
lam into
find lacking
brand
take
get angry with
refute
badmouth
harsh
heap
argue with
assault verbally
proscribe
depreciate
disagree with
pile in
discredit
start on
start in
reject
criticize harshly
take on
jump down someone's throat
shellac
whip
beat
slap
scarify
drub
show someone up
deplore
animadvert upon
scream at
anathematize
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
fluff
inveigh
hit
slog
prosecute
declaim
slight
taunt
wig
impeach
indict
rap knuckles
row
expose to ridicule
hold up to shame
offend
nag
chasten
complain about
skin alive
give bad press
give the business
cut to bits
detract from
bring under fire
talk down
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
lay down the law
minimize
US
discount
libel
defame
declaim against
show up
charge with
blacken someone's reputation
give a tongue-lashing
oppress
persecute
put someone on the hot seat
pin your ears back
crawl all over
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
throw shade at
pull up
discipline
exprobate
miscall
ride
zing
minimise
UK
hose
blow up at
give someone a caning
give someone some stick
give someone an earful
give someone a mouthful
give someone a telling-off
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
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
remonstrate
be rude to
call names
blow off
cuss out
swear at
cut to the quick
dump on
give a black eye
look askance
get after
trash-talk
pick apart
vilipend
strike
accuse
growl
rile
turn on
set on
hit out
go for
take a swing
strike out
set about
cry down
bark at
blow up
complain
diminish
dismiss
object
moan
grumble
poor-mouth
fuss
speak ill of
play down
disapprove
whine
gripe
write off
kiss off
whinge
grouse
drag through the mud
expostulate
object to
kick
take exception to
beef
oppose
kvetch
undervalue
downgrade
underrate
protest
quibble
sound off
grouch
detract
mock
bleat
bellyache
fulminate
go on at
throw mud at
challenge
underestimate
trivialize
US
dispute
speak evil of
tear down
niggle
speak badly of
take issue with
crab
call on the carpet
marginalize
US
slap someone's wrist
grizzle
deflate
marginalise
UK
grump
pooh-pooh
wail
keen
caterwaul
scream
repine
blacken the name of
trivialise
UK
holler
express disapproval of
yammer
squawk
whimper
murmur
croak
yawp
maunder
mutter
squeal
sneer at
yowl
yaup
downplay
demean
kick up a stink about
protest against
be against
take down a peg
frown on
opprobriate
demur
check
recriminate
come down hard on
quibble about
minify
split hairs
misprize
disdain
disgrace
argue against
thunder
argue
rage
rant
treat lightly
kick up a fuss about
question
kick up a fuss
hold cheap
make a fuss about
give a piece of one's mind
take to the woodshed
query
degrade
punish
gripe about
look askance at
lower
except
hypercriticize
chunter
caution
mither
create
mudsling
carp about
moan about
grouse about
lesson
monish
beef about
discommend
discountenance
bother
dissent
make light of
abhor
go on about
talk to
raise objections to
call to account
draw the line
take issue
take a stand against
detest
despise
speak out against
bring to book
cut down to size
climb all over
bring into disrepute
spread lies about
fume
sully the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
give a bad name
storm
conduct a smear campaign against
find unacceptable
vociferate
speak out
contest
jeer
blacken
whine about
grouch about
understate
demonize
US
make a stand
controvert
contradict
pettifog
demonise
UK
negate
provoke
rake
bellyache about
whinge about
oppose strongly
resist
charge
remonstrate against
objurate
jawbone
expostulate about
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
outrage
dig
sound off about
gainsay
contravene
pick on
mouth off about
downcry
oppugn
preach
twit
needle
disesteem
cross
disavow
take a dim view of
complain vociferously about
mortify
humiliate
take exception
sneer
pick holes
lodge a protest against
express disagreement with
trounce
rant about
sell short
strongly criticize
be on at someone
be in opposition to
spurn
make a fuss
speak to
take a swipe at
twine
disagree
frown upon
laugh at
kvetch about
rag on
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
give a going over
go after
laugh off
tell a thing or two
poor mouth
be hostile to
throw the book at
call into question
swipe at
lose one's temper with
jump all over
pooh pooh
make fun of
kick up a stink
affront
stick it to
reprimand severely
be critical of
be malicious about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
speak of with disfavour
blacken the character of
give a rough time
sling mud at
mumble
satirize
US
satirise
UK
demote
devalue
snipe at
attask
have a pop at
hold forth against
exprobrate
ferule
mark down
take away
debate
cudgel
smother
visit
take swipe at
throw stones at
harass
threap
niggle about
misrepresent
earbash
protest strongly
disregard
rebut
fry
accost
moralise
UK
moralize
US
yelp
yap
bawl
sully
lessen
devaluate
cheapen
compromise
chew
warn
make little of
frown
explode
make a protest
correct
counsel
adjure
advise
rake over coals
give tongue-lashing
back-bite
gossip about
take a dig at
have words with
snipe
sort out
have words
think little of
put hooks in
tax
crush
carp on
get on
give a hard time
burn one's ears
humble
clamor against
look down on
severely reprimand
rap across the knuckles
be picky
be hypercritical
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
burst out
speak
lay on
give comeuppance
keep after
have someone on the carpet
mete out punishment to
make an example of
criticize hatefully
give someone a carpeting
eat out
give one hell
spout
bluster
huff
rave
have your knife in
shame
snub
comment negatively
be hard on
teach a lesson
deliver a tirade to
express strong disapproval of
have at
work over
crack down on
take dim view of
not go for
call to task
point the finger
think wrong
not support
raise objections
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
sound off to
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
express objections
backstab
give the devil
intimidate
take a stand
menace
not believe in
mess with
express disagreement
lodge a protest
express objections to
mind
express disapproval
withstand
combat
squabble
bicker
rain
object strongly to
fight
grieve
vociferate about
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
be in opposition
bemoan
bewail
groan
lament
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
express a poor opinion of
be hostile towards
chop logic
think badly of
express disapprobation of
express disapprobation
have a problem
quarrel with
chirp
fret
snivel
lay
crib
impute
differ
defy
natter
ascribe
grumble about
have a problem with
raise an
dig into
assault
tuck into
rant and rave
raise trivial objections to
be pedantic
frame
hold someone to blame
complain to
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
debase
make an objection
be displeased
baulk
UK
make a stink
go-one-on-one
raise objection
draw the line at
mix it up with
tangle with
balk
US
beg to differ
pronounce
name
adjudge
plain over
put the boot in
lodge a complaint
carry on
speak up
make a complaint
hold responsible
hold accountable
pass on
jinx
traverse
doubt
negative
disaffirm
break
deny
tar
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
give the dickens
squash
squelch
declare unfit
tease
send up
put away
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
torment
make mincemeat of
make short work of
rip to shreds
cast doubt upon
cut to shreds
cast aspersions upon
throw doubt on
pin on
thumb nose at
heckle
rip up
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
hassle
chaff
goad
rage against
rib
guy
haze
bait
protest strongly at
be scandalized by
be offended by
be shocked by
gibe
gibe at
thunder against
make sport of
scout
poke fun at
flout
jab
quiz
twitter
rally
lout
take the piss out of
disagree violently with
wound
pique
vex
remonstrate about
make a protest against
kick against
make a stand against
complain bitterly about
kick up
put up a fight against
take great exception to
displease
irk
hurt
disrespect
gall
anger
disgruntle
annoy
rankle
scandalize
US
disgust
distress
put
put out
upset
give a zinger
confront
scandalise
UK
hit where one lives
give the cold shoulder
put your back up
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
peck
go on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Deprive of strength and vigour
devitalize
weaken
debilitate
enervate
sap
enfeeble
exhaust
prostrate
tire
cripple
drain
overtax
tax
undermine
fatigue
jade
overtire
weary
disable
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
impair
incapacitate
indispose
make feeble
make weak
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
bush
etiolate
frazzle
knacker
poop
reduce
shatter
soften
tire out
wash out
waste
wear out
whack
disempower
lay low
render infirm
torpefy
disembowel
do in
emasculate
eviscerate
exenterate
knock out
put out of action
wear to a frazzle
take it out of
deplete
wear down
vitiate
burn out
attenuate
tucker out
flag
blunt
wear
break
bust
outwear
kill
sap your strength
eat away
handicap
diminish
erode
ruin
wreck
sink
impoverish
strain
droop
pain
harass
wear away
sap the strength of
make feebler
remove the sting from
deprive of force
reduce the powers of
do up
unnerve
tucker
lessen
lower
subvert
sicken
bore
atrophy
encumber
hamper
injure
hinder
hurt
mar
harm
extenuate
hamstring
unstrengthen
burden
wither
plague
overwork
cause weariness
dilute
disarm
depress
overthrow
emaciate
shrivel
mow
drowse
defeat
fail
oppress
fade
glut
weigh
rob from
shrink
consume
pull the teeth of
reduce the power of
water down
make tired
cause ennui
grow tired
gnaw
corrode
make powerless
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
make weary
poop out
make helpless
make impotent
bring someone to their knees
bring low
languish
wilt
falter
lose energy
give out
grow weak
lose strength
test
stretch
peter out
conk out
try
overextend
put a strain on
challenge
make demands on
overexert
succumb
overfatigue
fizzle
run ragged
push
overstretch
stress
overdo
drop
bedraggle
sag
bankrupt
draw
exasperate
use up
suck dry
shag out
grow weary
drain of energy
get tired
be too much for
make severe demands on
bonk
hit the wall
put demands on
get the better of
fold
faint
overburden
overstrain
yawn
collapse
put great demands on
work over
root
be exacting on
impose on
run out of steam
run down
become drained
break down
stress out
become exhausted
become fatigued
wipe out
nearly kill
go stale
become tired
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
put to sleep
wear oneself to a frazzle
fray
overstep
trouble
upset
take
annoy
irritate
afflict
vex
inconvenience
irk
bother
torture
agonise
UK
crucify
frustrate
rack
torment
excruciate
distress
agonize
US
martyr
wring
exceed the range of
exceed the scope of
exceed the limits of
make sleepy
wear on
make excessive demands on
give someone grief
task
empty
overuse
pressure
push too far
weigh heavily on
prey on
press hard on
make heavy demands on
ask too much of
put pressure on
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 one's nose into
mess
monkey
play
play with
meddle with
interfere with
tamper with
mess with
tinker with
trifle with
finger
potter
touch without permission
handle without permission
puddle
doodle
putter
toy with
muck about with
muck around with
experiment
monkey about
twirl
jiggle
dally with
swivel
wiggle
juggle
twist
turn
move
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
dabble with
play about with
put right
mend
feel
touch
handle
fidget
twiddle
fidget with
bumble
paw
thumb
stroke
caress
maul
fondle
rub
grab
palpate
manhandle
pull
grope
twiddle with
put one's hands on
lay a finger on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To ingest or consume food
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
shift
gorge
guzzle
scarf up
gormandize
US
snarf
demolish
tuck into
gollop
gormandise
UK
scoff down
stuff
snarf down
cram
snarf up
slop
partake of
shovel down
feed on
munch
pack away
gorb
raven
nosh
chow down
pig out on
sink
glut
gobble down
take
chomp
tuck away
put down
pig oneself on
gorge on
tuck in
dispose of
eat greedily
eat hungrily
murder
cram down
toss down
pig out
drink
snack on
cram in
imbibe
stuff oneself with
champ
feed
slosh
finish
digest
finish off
get stuck into
feast upon
feed one's face
make short work of
chew
manducate
nibble
engorge
gluttonize
gourmandize
englut
Hoover
suck up
swallow hurriedly
munch on
graze on
lap up
stuff your face
drink in
make a pig of oneself
eat like a horse
stuff one's face with
get one's laughing gear round
chug
quaff
sip
chomp on
chow
partake
snack
gorge oneself
choke
overeat
sate
put
satiate
swill down
pig oneself
ruminate
bite
have
masticate
attack
woof
hork
surfeit
clean out
dig in
choke down
peck at
pork out on
pack
guzzle down
eat heartily
eat quickly
delight in
cram oneself with
gourmandize on
woof down
toss off
meal on
mow down
devour greedily
gorge oneself with
dine
taste
binge
lunch
breakfast
bevvy
UK
bib
neck
sup
bevy
US
cloy
congest
jade
lap
kill
binge-eat
have supper
eat between meals
eat voraciously
blimp out
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
crunch
gnaw
grind
graze
chaw
pasture
chumble
browse
crop
bite on
overindulge
crush
triturate
gnaw on
crunch on
live on
fill
rustle
forage
scrunch
indulge
prey on
tear
live off
gum
stuff oneself
subsist on
exist on
rend
sink your teeth into
chew up
nibble at
touch
banquet
rip
chavel
squash
chow on
regale
scarf out
dive in
pork out
load up on
overfeed
bite at
press
mash
soften
reduce
smash
junket
overfill
browse on
shovel it in
eat to excess
sicken
nip
feast
wound
chew noisily
indulge in
wine and dine
nauseate
depend on
eat sumptuously
eat your fill
break up
pall
satisfy
eat one's fill of
fare sumptuously
binge on
eat to your heart's content
overindulge in
take nourishment
gnaw at
bite off
tear at
bite into
make a pig of oneself on
chaw on
clamp
pulverize
US
knead
gnash
rely for nourishment on
thrive on
have as food
pulverise
UK
subsist
chew the cud
fare on
rely on for nourishment
take as nourishment
sustain oneself of
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
reject
rule out
boycott
refuse
blackball
restrict
banish
deny
shut out
suspend
nix
blacklist
ostracize
US
black
eliminate
except
disqualify
ostracise
UK
omit
pass up
illegalize
freeze out
give the red light to
give the thumbs down to
obviate
decline
negative
dismiss
disapprove
expel
pass by
declare ineligible
turn down
negate
count out
hinder
check
say no to
disbar
sideline
penalise
UK
penalize
US
disclude
forfend
reprobate
rebuff
oppose
withhold
declare illegal
revoke
close out
spurn
ice out
pass
discountenance
cut out
keep out
throw out
lock out
shoot down
pass on
knock back
obstruct
impede
kill
ignore
forestall
censure
freeze
bate
felonize
misdemeanorize
occlude
rusticate
disentitle
forbid to
officially forbid
discount
close down
put an embargo on
put down
repudiate
put the kibosh on
deselect
leave out
give something a miss
balk at
not grant
give thumbs down to
throw over
curb
let
sentence
doom
condemn
thwart
override
circumvent
limit
exile
overlook
place injunction on
place an injunction on
deny access to
refuse to admit
censor
shut off
shut the door on
disfellowship
make something punishable
declare something a punishable offence
shut out of
deprive
overrule
refuse admission to
stand in the way of
give the cold shoulder to
refuse entrance to
leave out in the cold
quash
fail to include
not include
factor out
down
nullify
rule against
squash
declare taboo
shut down
say no
put the chill on
ward
quit
discontinue
cease
interrupt
deter
spike
zing
cork
stymie
cut
dissent
defeat
burn
unfit
make impossible
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
bottle up
box in
hang up
hold up
jam up
lock up
tie up
thumbs down
declare null and void
throw away
refuse permission to
make impracticable
keep lid on
give thumbs down
not go for
incapacitate
disable
invalidate
avoid
cut off
put half nelson on
throw cold water on
shun
disfranchise
eighty-six
paralyze
US
impair
weaken
disenable
paralyse
UK
pour cold water on
snub
repulse
forgo
strike
not make the cut
withhold patronage
begrudge
turn your back on
brush off
have nothing to do with
stay away from
steer clear of
impose sanctions
wash your hands of
hold aloof from
abstain from
refrain from
give a wide berth to
cold-shoulder
refuse to take part in
remove
give the brush-off to
enjoin from
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
set aside
ward off
pass over
cancel
disregard
avert
get rid of
close one's doors to
plug
foreclose
exempt
counteract
oust
vote against
evict
cashier
drum out
discard
consider undesirable
prohibit from entering
refuse to employ
hit list
force out
abolish
recant
weed out
head off
stave off
prevent the occurrence of
put on hit list
leave out of account
mark off
put paid to
not consider
forget about
disown
overturn
countermand
reverse
give the cold shoulder
disclaim
abjure
disavow
throw
disacknowledge
deny admittance to
keep off
keep at arm's length
prevent from entering
refuse admittance
keep back
drop
miss
bypass
elide
pretermit
skip
overpass
overleap
slight
not bother
leave off
dispense with
let something slide
fail to mention
take out
skip over
miss out
cast aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
with reference to an organized group
)
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 in different directions
disunite
disjoin
disassemble
adjourn
diverge
move in different directions
say adieu
say farewell
wave goodbye
part ways
go different ways
say goodbye
say your goodbyes
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
smear
tarnish
degrade
blot
taint
stain
debase
stigmatize
US
belittle
stigmatise
UK
traduce
vilify
bring into disrepute
lower
calumniate
decry
reproach
give a black eye
attack
derogate
spot
rubbish
knock
soil
bad-mouth
speak ill of
give a bad name
assail
spoil
rip
blotch
reduce
deride
breathe on
reflect badly 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
abase
chasten
cheapen
demean
foul
poison
undermine
mortify
take down
put in a bad light
give a bad name to
slam
vilipend
humiliate
pan
humble
prejudice
scorch
blister
blemish
sink
reflect negatively
ridicule
own
tear down
bring dishonour to
desecrate
snub
blacken the name of
shoot down
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
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
abash
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
poor-mouth
chagrin
disconcert
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
disregard
cause to lose face
attaint
lose face
put down
mock
lower the status of
bemean
downgrade
bring low
bring down
diminish
cut down
cast down
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
tell lies about
run a smear campaign against
defame someone's character
blacken someone's name
sully someone's reputation
abuse
dump on
vituperate
criticize
US
slate
impugn
diss
criticise
UK
trash
dis
deprecate
bash
discount
trash-talk
minimize
US
mudsling
dismiss
have a go at
cry down
pour scorn on
offend
pull apart
condemn
tear into
take to pieces
minimise
UK
hit out at
talk down
berate
skewer
lambaste
contemn
lay into
spread lies about
denounce
hammer
play down
detract from
write off
kiss off
inveigh against
pummel
US
bag
curse
speak badly of
jump on
pummelled
UK
rap
sully the reputation of
rail against
fulminate against
blast
monster
taunt
conduct a smear campaign against
deflate
slang
throw brickbats at
pull to pieces
cut to the quick
pooh-pooh
pillory
sneer at
do down
back-bite
castigate
outrage
accuse
provoke
excoriate
wound
rebuke
annoy
lambast
villainize
affront
savage
caricature
burlesque
scold
upbraid
underestimate
undervalue
demonize
US
upset
demonise
UK
scathe
potshot
scorn
belabor
US
underrate
downplay
slap
trivialize
US
zing
blacken the character of
compromise
disdain
miscall
minify
belabour
UK
flame
misprize
write false reports about
hit where one lives
spread tales about
treat lightly
trivialise
UK
be rude to
mark wrong
scoff at
make light of
call names
drag name through mud
find fault with
drag someone's name through the mire
dispraise
hold cheap
find fault
rip up
pick holes in
lampoon
slag
gossip about
backstab
gossip
lie
spite
lie about
cast slur on
put zingers on
devaluate
lessen
nag
marginalize
US
sell short
persecute
oppress
reprove
brand
look down on
discountenance
clamor against
spurn
fault
ride
hose
insinuate
aggravate
marginalise
UK
pooh pooh
take a dig at
tear to pieces
blow off
vituperate against
shout at
cuss out
swear at
cut up
skin alive
laugh off
laugh at
put hooks in
tease
kick in the teeth
slap in the face
taint someone's name
tarnish someone's name
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
irritate
disoblige
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
reprimand
sledge
gird
jeer
scoff
chastise
give offence to
devalue
chide
carpet
expose
cause offence to
pique
vex
disesteem
rate
displease
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
hurt somebody's feelings
rail
blame
irk
step on one's toes
crucify
throw shade
harangue
anger
disgruntle
needle
bother
rankle
disgust
distress
gall
lash
put out
put
rile
growl
give a zinger
confront
put your back up
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
give the cold shoulder
ruin the reputation of
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
bawl out
tell off
chew out
tongue-lash
take to task
read the riot act
give someone a dressing-down
light into
yell at
rip into
tie into
tear a strip off
beat up on
sail into
bark at
dig
jinx
dress down
call down
rag on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take away the self-esteem or conceit from
deflate
humble
humiliate
chasten
mortify
dispirit
squash
chagrin
cow
subdue
crush
disconcert
discourage
dishearten
dismay
flatten
belittle
bring down
bring low
dash
debunk
put down
quash
snub
cut down to size
knock down
puncture balloon
shoot down
take down
let down easy
kick in the teeth
knock the stuffing out of
take down a peg or two
let wind out of sails
take the wind out of your sails
shame
degrade
disgrace
debase
demean
abase
discredit
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
abash
embarrass
put someone in their place
lower
sink
smirch
cheapen
foul
discomfit
own
make a fool of
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
make someone eat crow
depress
make ashamed
show up
take down a peg
settle someone's hash
devalue
downgrade
break
bemean
tear down
cause to lose face
pull down
get the better of
have the last laugh on
cast down
expose
show in a bad light
reduce
let down
take to bits
take to pieces
take apart
demolish
pop one's balloon
silence
make one feel small
upset
squelch
overcome
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
fix someone's wagon
put one away
put away
strike dumb
demote
cut to the quick
bring down a peg
demoralize
US
put a damper on
devastate
deject
denigrate
hurt
shatter
take the edge off
rip
smear
slam
pan
discountenance
blister
wither
confuse
vanquish
downplay
demoralise
UK
dump
tame
put out of countenance
run down
play down
cause to feel small
put in one's place
psych out
disparage
taint
defame
tarnish
stigmatize
US
blacken
stigmatise
UK
drag through the mud
bring shame to
sully
stain
diminish
blot
lower the status of
bring into disrepute
reflect badly on
drag down
besmirch
besmear
lessen
give a bad name to
give a black eye
bring shame on
blemish
corrupt
debauch
slur
drop
prostitute
derogate
make lose face
put in a bad light
drag through the mire
defile
ridicule
set down
let fall
slander
bastardize
US
scandalize
US
profane
reproach
undervalue
depreciate
minimize
US
insult
ground
give a bad name
deign
condescend
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
compromise
stoop
blacken the name of
bring shame upon
dehumanise
UK
descend
detract from
bastardise
UK
let sink
cut down
bring dishonour to
desecrate
vail
minimise
UK
mar
dehumanize
US
bring discredit to
move down
lay
scandalise
UK
throw down
reduce the status of
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
get one's comeuppance
blight
be prejudicial to
ruin
dump on
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
vilify
malign
betray
sell out
be untrue to oneself
strike
abandon one's principles
beat down
calumniate
censure
soil
mudsling
lower oneself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
succumb
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
do a hatchet job on
destroy someone's credibility
cast aspersions on
disesteem
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
blacken someone's name
injure
spot
scorn
decry
dis
poor-mouth
contemn
bad-mouth
detract
despise
disregard
deride
tar and feather
disrespect
attaint
lose face
mock
libel
brand
vitiate
couch
hand down
throw
detrude
haul down
submerge
push down
demit
make lower
pervert
subvert
deprave
harm
cast a slur
deteriorate
warp
lower in rank
poison
damage
lower in status
undermine
relegate
cripple
canker
declass
dismiss
debilitate
tip
cause to sink
devaluate
bump
set back
revert
mark down
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
disrate
bust
make a landing with
touch down
land
more ❯
Verb
▲
To weaken someone's morale over a long period
grind down
persecute
suppress
oppress
torment
maltreat
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
scourge
harass
harry
torture
afflict
molest
weaken
ill-treat
subjugate
crush
repress
enslave
keep down
treat harshly
dominate
coerce
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
keep under thumb
order about
victimise
UK
dictate to
order around
dictate
terrorise
UK
have someone under your thumb
rule despotically
treat brutally
lord it over
terrorize
US
abuse
subdue
wrong
overpower
hegemonize
overcome
master
overwhelm
subject
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
rule over
overload
put down
pick on
force
be cruel to
distress
hold sway over
walk all over
rule
smother
ride
put the squeeze on
tyrannize over
bring under the yoke
beat down
hound
chasten
aggrieve
be brutal to
trample on
overthrow
mistreat
punish
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
injure
menace
crucify
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
excruciate
martyr
threaten
overbear
cow
discriminate against
beat
push about
wound
mangle
lacerate
smite
maim
whip
ill-use
kick around
work over
give someone the works
mess over
scare
manhandle
misuse
hector
frighten
mishandle
conquer
martyrize
put on the rack
have it in for
play the heavy with
subordinate
steamroller
gain mastery over
gain ascendancy over
gain control of
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
hunt
anguish
curse
besiege
harrow
bedevil
pursue
agonize
US
rack
agonise
UK
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