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Best answers for Destroy – Crossword Clue


Answer: devastate


Clue Length Answer
Destroy3 lettersmar
  1. Definition: 1. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

Destroy3 lettersfry
  1. Definition: 1. cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"

Destroy3 letterssap
  1. Definition: 1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

Destroy3 lettersuse
  1. Definition: 1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

Destroy3 lettersend
  1. Definition: 1. a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"

Destroy4 letterstrim
  1. Definition: 1. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"

Destroy4 lettersskin
  1. Definition: 1. a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"

Destroy4 letterstear
  1. Definition: 1. the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"

Destroy4 lettersdoin

    Destroy4 lettersmake
    1. Definition: 1. constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"

    Destroy4 lettersrout
    1. Definition: 1. defeat disastrously

    Destroy4 lettersvoid
    1. Definition: 1. the state of nonexistence

    Destroy4 lettersroar
    1. Definition: 1. laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

    Destroy4 lettersrape

      Destroy4 lettersrage
      1. Definition: 1. feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"

      Destroy4 letterspull
      1. Definition: 1. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

      Destroy4 lettersprey
      1. Definition: 1. prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"

      Destroy4 lettersrant
      1. Definition: 1. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

      Destroy4 lettersramp
      1. Definition: 1. an inclined surface connecting two levels

      Destroy4 letterskill
      1. Definition: 1. cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

      Destroy4 lettersroot
      1. Definition: 1. take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"

      Destroy4 lettersriot
      1. Definition: 1. a public act of violence by an unruly mob

      Destroy4 lettersrave
      1. Definition: 1. an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave"

      Destroy4 letterssack
      1. Definition: 1. plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"

      Destroy4 letterswhip
      1. Definition: 1. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

      Destroy4 lettersraze
      1. Definition: 1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

      Destroy4 lettersruin
      1. Definition: 1. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

      Destroy4 lettersnuke
      1. Definition: 1. cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers"

      Destroy4 lettersundo
      1. Definition: 1. remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"

      Destroy4 lettersslay
      1. Definition: 1. kill intentionally and with premeditation;

      Destroy5 letterswrong
      1. Definition: 1. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

      Destroy5 letterstrash
      1. Definition: 1. dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

      Destroy5 lettersripup

        Destroy5 lettersquash
        1. Definition: 1. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

        Destroy5 lettersoffer
        1. Definition: 1. make available for sale; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"

        Destroy5 lettersscrew
        1. Definition: 1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

        Destroy5 letterswound
        1. Definition: 1. cause injuries or bodily harm to

        Destroy5 letterssully
        1. Definition: 1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

        Destroy5 letterssweep
        1. Definition: 1. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

        Destroy5 letterstaint
        1. Definition: 1. the state of being contaminated

        Destroy5 lettersstump
        1. Definition: 1. the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed

        Destroy5 lettersstorm
        1. Definition: 1. a direct and violent assault on a stronghold

        Destroy5 lettersannul
        1. Definition: 1. cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

        Destroy5 lettersspike
        1. Definition: 1. a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"

        Destroy5 lettersstamp
        1. Definition: 1. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

        Destroy5 lettersworst
        1. Definition: 1. reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"

        Destroy5 letterscream
        1. Definition: 1. the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

        Destroy5 letterswreck
        1. Definition: 1. a ship that has been destroyed at sea

        Destroy5 lettersrebut
        1. Definition: 1. prove to be false or incorrect

        Destroy5 lettersupset
        1. Definition: 1. form metals with a swage

        Destroy5 letterswrack
        1. Definition: 1. dried seaweed especially that cast ashore

        Destroy5 letterssmash
        1. Definition: 1. break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"

        Destroy5 lettersqueer
        1. Definition: 1. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

        Destroy5 lettersspoil
        1. Definition: 1. alter from the original

        Destroy5 letterstotal
        1. Definition: 1. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"

        Destroy5 letterswaste
        1. Definition: 1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

        Destroy5 lettersshred
        1. Definition: 1. a small piece of cloth or paper

        Destroy5 letterserase
        1. Definition: 1. remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

        Destroy5 letterspurge
        1. Definition: 1. an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"

        Destroy6 letterstackle
        1. Definition: 1. (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground

        Destroy6 lettersthrash
        1. Definition: 1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

        Destroy6 letterstearup

          Destroy6 lettersstarve
          1. Definition: 1. die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

          Destroy6 lettersunmake

            Destroy6 lettersravage
            1. Definition: 1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

            Destroy6 lettersstifle
            1. Definition: 1. smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

            Destroy6 lettersuproot
            1. Definition: 1. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

            Destroy6 lettersquench
            1. Definition: 1. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"

            Destroy6 lettersinvert
            1. Definition: 1. turn inside out or upside down

            Destroy6 lettersdefeat
            1. Definition: 1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

            Destroy6 lettersthwart
            1. Definition: 1. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

            Destroy6 lettersrevoke
            1. Definition: 1. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

            Destroy6 letterscancel
            1. Definition: 1. make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"

            Destroy6 lettersscathe
            1. Definition: 1. the act of damaging something or someone

            Destroy6 letterssavage
            1. Definition: 1. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

            Destroy6 lettersscotch
            1. Definition: 1. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

            Destroy6 lettersblight
            1. Definition: 1. a state or condition being blighted

            Destroy6 letterssettle
            1. Definition: 1. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy"

            Destroy7 letterstear-up

              Destroy7 lettersshatter
              1. Definition: 1. break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"

              Destroy7 lettersrampage
              1. Definition: 1. violently angry and destructive behavior

              Destroy7 lettersrubbish
              1. Definition: 1. nonsensical talk or writing

              Destroy7 letterstorment
              1. Definition: 1. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

              Destroy7 letterstorture
              1. Definition: 1. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

              Destroy7 lettersabolish
              1. Definition: 1. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

              Destroy7 lettersviolate
              1. Definition: 1. destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"

              Destroy7 lettersvitiate
              1. Definition: 1. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"

              Destroy7 lettersnullify
              1. Definition: 1. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

              Destroy7 lettersreverse
              1. Definition: 1. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

              Destroy7 letterssubvert
              1. Definition: 1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

              Destroy7 lettersconsume
              1. Definition: 1. engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

              Destroy7 lettersoverset

                Destroy7 lettersupheave

                  Destroy7 lettersexpunge
                  1. Definition: 1. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

                  Destroy7 letterstriumph
                  1. Definition: 1. the exultation of victory

                  Destroy7 letterstrouble
                  1. Definition: 1. an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

                  Destroy7 letterstrample
                  1. Definition: 1. injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"

                  Destroy7 letterstrounce
                  1. Definition: 1. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

                  Destroy8 lettersdemolish
                  1. Definition: 1. Pull down

                  Destroy8 lettersabrogate
                  1. Definition: 1. revoke formally

                  Destroy8 lettersroot-out

                    Destroy8 letterssuppress
                    1. Definition: 1. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

                    Destroy8 lettersovercome
                    1. Definition: 1. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"

                    Destroy8 lettersoverturn
                    1. Definition: 1. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

                    Destroy8 lettersstampout

                      Destroy8 lettersdecimate
                      1. Definition: 1. kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

                      Destroy8 lettersput-down

                        Destroy8 lettersput-away

                          Destroy8 lettersthreaten
                          1. Definition: 1. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

                          Destroy8 letterspuncture
                          1. Definition: 1. the act of puncturing or perforating

                          Destroy8 letterssabotage
                          1. Definition: 1. a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

                          Destroy8 letterstake-off

                            Destroy8 lettersfracture
                            1. Definition: 1. the act of cracking something

                            Destroy8 lettersvaporize

                              Destroy9 lettersvandalize

                                Destroy9 lettersslaughter
                                1. Definition: 1. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

                                Destroy9 lettersoverthrow
                                1. Definition: 1. rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

                                Destroy9 lettersdevastate
                                1. Definition: 1. overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

                                Destroy9 letterspulverize

                                  Destroy9 lettersprejudice
                                  1. Definition: 1. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

                                  Destroy9 lettersstonewall
                                  1. Definition: 1. engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"

                                  Destroy9 lettersterrorize

                                    Destroy9 lettersdiscomfit
                                    1. Definition: 1. cause to lose one's composure

                                    Destroy9 letterseradicate
                                    1. Definition: 1. kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

                                    Destroy9 lettersextirpate
                                    1. Definition: 1. surgically remove (an organ)

                                    Destroy9 lettersshipwreck
                                    1. Definition: 1. suffer failure, as in some enterprise

                                    Destroy9 lettersoverpower
                                    1. Definition: 1. overcome by superior force

                                    Destroy9 letterssupersede
                                    1. Definition: 1. take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

                                    Destroy9 letterssacrifice
                                    1. Definition: 1. (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

                                    Destroy10 lettersextinguish

                                      Destroy10 lettersannihilate
                                      1. Definition: 1. kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

                                      Destroy10 lettersobliterate
                                      1. Definition: 1. reduced to nothingness

                                      Destroy10 lettersswallow-up

                                        Destroy10 lettersinvalidate
                                        1. Definition: 1. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"

                                        Destroy11 letterswreak-havoc

                                          Destroy11 lettersexterminate
                                          1. Definition: 1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

                                          Destroy12 lettersteartoshreds

                                            Destroy16 lettersstand-in-the-way


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