cut down, chop down, hew down.
2. devastate, desolate, lay waste; ravage, wreak havoc upon, destroy, ruin, Dial, ruinate, bring to ruin, lay in ruins; wreck, Si total, knock to pieces, dash to pieces, smash, waste, Si trash, reduce to nothing; undo, unmake, unbuild, dismantle, disassemble, take apart.
3. pulverize, crush, squelch, Si smush, mash; crash, shatter, batter, break; fracture, splinter, tear, crack, split, rend, tear apart, wrench apart; mutilate, mangle, maim, make mincemeat of; mar, damage, spoil, mark, spot, stain; disfigure, scar, deface, blemish.
4. annihilate, discreate, exterminate, extirpate, extinguish; erase, efface, eradicate, expunge, cancel, obliterate; excise, cut, cut out, cut off; blot out, strike out, stamp out, crush out, wipe out, rub out; kill, kill off, slay, slaughter; murder, finish, finish off, Si do in, Si. zap, sacrifice, mow down.
5. purge, get rid of, leave no vestige or trace of, liquidate, remove, dispose of; terminate, dissolve, bring to an end, pyt an end to, do away with; explode, burst, blast, blow up.
6. quash, quell, suppress, squelch, crush, vanquish, squash; nip, nip in the bud, Inf put the kibosh on; overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, subvert, cause the downfall of, defeat, conquer.
7. devour, swallow up, gobble up, consume, gorge, eat away, bolt, stuff; guzzle, gulp, drown. demolition, n. 1. razing, tearing down, pulling down, taking down, bringing down, breaking down, throwing down, beating down; casting down, knocking down, flinging down, hurling down, precipitation; felling, leveling, prostration; cutting down, chopping down, hewing down.
2. devastation, desolation, laying waste, gutting, wipe-out; ravagement, havoc, holocaust, destruction, dilapidation, ruination, bringing to ruin, laying in ruins; wrecking, wreckage, knocking to pieces, dashing to pieces, smashing*, dismantling, disassembly, taking apart.
3. pulverization, crushing, squelching, Si smushing, mashing; crashing, shattering, battering, breaking, breakup; fracturing, tearing apart, wrenching apart, cracking, splitting; mutilation, mangling, making mincemeat of; marring, damage, spoilage, mark, spotting, stain; disfigurement, scarring, defacement.
4. annihilation, discreation, extermination, extirpation, extinguishment, extinction; erasure, erasion, ef-facement, eradication, expunction, cancellation, obliteration; excision, cutting out, cutting off; blotting out, striking out, stamping out, crushing out, wiping out, rubbing out; killing, slaying, slaughter; murder, finishing off, Si zapping, sacrifice, mowing down.
5. purgation, getting rid of, leaving no vestige or trace of, liquidation, removal; termination, dissolution, bringing to an end, putting an end to, doing away with.
6. quashing, quelling, suppression, squelching, crushing, vanquishment, squashing; nipping, nipping in the bud, Inf. putting the kibosh on; overthrow, overturn, subversion, defeat, conquest. demon, n. 1. devil, evil spirit, cacodemon, Arab. Myth, afreet, Islamic Myth, genie or jinn or djinn, Class. Myth. Alastor, Astarotte; fiend, ogre, ghoul, monster, vampire, harpy; werewolf, wolfman, lycan-thrope, Fr. loup-garou; incubus, succubus, nightmare, siren, nymph, Slavic Myth, rusalka; troll, sprite, Ger. Folklore, nix, elf, Irish Folklore, leprechaun; pixy, brownie, imp, dwarf; goblin, host, Irish Folklore, banshee, barghest; hobgoblin, bogy, Puck, boogeyman, boogey, spook.