Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of:
— The fire destroyed the house.

synoniem: destruct.

Roget 681: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive etc. 683; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere [Lat.]; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller [Fr.], faire [Fr.]; stand aloof; refrain etc. (avoid) 623, keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist etc. (relinquish) 624; stop etc. (cease) 142; pause etc. (be quiet) 265.    wait, lie in wait, bide one's time, take time, tide it over.    cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; let the grass grow under one's feet; waste time etc. (inactive) 683.    lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow; keep quiet, slug; have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought.    undo, do away with; take down, take to pieces; destroy etc. 162.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 649: be hurtful etc. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil etc. 619; damnify^†, endamage^†, hurt, harm; injure etc. (damage) 659; pain etc. 830.    wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest etc. 830.    maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite etc. (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.    do mischief, make mischief; bring into trouble.    destroy etc. 162.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 2: not exist etc. 1; have no existence etc. 1; be null and void; cease to exist etc. 1; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct etc. adj.; die out; disappear etc. 449; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die etc. 360.    annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate etc. 756; destroy etc. 162; take away; remove etc. (displace) 185; obliterate, extirpate.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 756: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy etc. 162; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize^†; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow^†; deconsecrate.    disclaim etc. (deny) 536; ignore, repudiate; recant etc. 607; divest oneself, break off.    countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away; throw overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind.    dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of etc. (eject) 297; bounce [U.S.]; fire [Slang], fire out [Slang]; sack [Slang].    cashier; break; oust; unseat, unsaddle; unthrone^†, dethrone, disenthrone^†; depose, uncrown^†; unfrock, strike off the roll; disbar, disbench^†.    be abrogated &c.; receive its quietus; walk the plank.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: vernietigen, verwoesten, slopen

Destroy completely; damage irreparably.

synoniem: ruin.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin; go by the board, go all to smash; be all over, be all up, be all with; totter to its fall.    destroy; do away with, make away with; nullify; annual etc. 756; sacrifice, demolish; tear up; overturn, overthrow, overwhelm; upset, subvert, put an end to; seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish [Slang], undo; break up, cut up; break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down; suppress, quash, put down, do a job on; cut short, take off, blot out; dispel, dissipate, dissolve; consume.    smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver; batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces; laniate^†; nip; tear to rags, tear to tatters; crush to atoms, knock to atoms; ruin; strike out; throw over, knock down over; fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf^†, submerge; lay in ashes, lay in ruins; sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze; level with the dust, level with the ground; waste; atomize, vaporize.    deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut; disorganize; dismantle etc. (render useless) 645; devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound; exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate; snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out; lay in the dust, trample in the dust; prostrate; tread under foot; crush under foot, trample under foot; lay the ax to the root of; make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of; cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons; fling to the winds, scatter to the winds; throw overboard; strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword; cast to the dogs; eradicate etc. 301.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: afbreken, slopen, vernielen, verwoesten, vernietigen

Defeat soundly and humiliatingly.

synoniem: demolish.

Put (an animal) to death:
— The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid.

synoniem: put down.