| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of: break, crush, overwhelm, ruin. See HELP. 2. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack2, wreck. Slang : total. Idioms: put the kibosh on. See HELP. 3. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck. Aerospace : destruct. See HELP. 4. To cause the death of: carry off, cut down, cut off, dispatch, finish (off), kill1, slay. Slang : waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See HELP. 5. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. Informal : put away. Slang : bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See HELP.
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