Destroy, v. a.
- 1. Demolish, overturn, overthrow, subvert, raze, ruin, throw down, pull down, break up, sap the foundations
of.
- 2. Annihilate, quench, take away, put an end to, bring to nought.
- 3. Waste, ravage, desolate, devastate, devour, lay waste, make desolate, swallow up, ravage with fire
and sword.
- 4. Extirpate, eradicate, uproot, kill, slay, extinguish, carry off, root out, grub up, pluck up by the roots, cut
up root and branch, strike at the root of, give a death-blow to, scatter to the winds.
Destruction, n.
- 1. Demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreck.
- 2. Desolation, devastation, ravage.
- 3. Eradication, extirpation, extinction, ruin.
- 4. Death, slaughter, murder, massacre.
- 5. Destroyer, destroying agent, plague.
Destructive, a.
- 1. Ruinous, pernicious, deleterious, baleful, mischievous, fatal, deadly.
- 2. [With of.] Extirpative, eradicative, annihilatory.
Desuetude, n. Disuse, discontinuance, non-observance, obsoleteness or obsolescence.
Desultory, a. Immethodical, unconnected, unsystematic, irregular, fitful, capricious, rambling, wandering, roving, discursive, cursory, slight, by fits and starts.
Detach, v. a.
- 1. Separate, disjoin, disengage, disunite, sever, dissever, part, divide.
- 2. Detail, send away, appoint to a special service.