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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. demolish, level, tear down, obliterate. See destruction.

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(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. destroy, wreck, demolish, dismantle, tear down, level, ruin, scatter, overthrow, tumble, pull down, knock down, break down, mow down, blow down, batter down, cast down, reduce, fell, break up, tear up, annihilate, exterminate, overturn, flatten, topple, dynamite, bomb, bulldoze, subvert, smash, crash; see also destroy 1 .

Ant. build*, raise, erect.

See Synonym Study at destroy .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

tear down, level, flatten, destroy, topple, demolish, wreck, knock down, fell, *total.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, tear down, wreck. Aerospace: destruct. See HELP.