2. demolish, pulverize, wreck, Sl. total, knock to pieces, dash to pieces, smash, reduce to nothing; devastate, desolate, lay waste; ravage, work havoc upon, destroy, ruin, Dial, ruinate, bring to ruin, lay in ruins; vandalize, waste, SI. trash; undo, unmake, unbuild, dismantle, disassemble, take apart.
3. annihilate, discreate, exterminate, extirpate, extinguish; erase, efface, eradicate, expunge, cancel, obliterate; scrape off, cut off, cut out, excise; blot out, strike out, stamp out, crush out, wipe out, rub out; purge, get rid of, leave no vestige or trace of, liquidate, remove, dispose of; terminate, dissolve, bring to an end, put an end to, do away with. reach, v. 1. stretch out or forth; outstretch, extend, hold out, thrust out, stick out.
2. touch, grasp, seize; clutch at, grab at, catch at.
3. attain, gain, accomplish, achieve, make, Inf. make it, Inf get there; amount to, come to, run to, measure up to, come up to, Inf stack up to; approach, overtake, keep pace with, rival, correspond, be level with, parallel, match, equal.
4. reach or extend to, go as far as, go to, stretch to; touch, neighbor, border on, abut, be contiguous, adjoin, conjoin; penetrate, enter. ‘
5. arrive at, get to, set foot in or on, land at or on, Naut. put in or into.
6. span, straddle, take in, hold, encompass.
7. influence, impress, interest, affect, stimulate, quicken, waken, awake, awaken, excite, arouse; touch, move, move to tears; animate, impassion, inspirit.
8. hit, hit the mark, strike, Inf be on target.
9. be heard, register, make an impression, carry; contact, get to, get through to, make oneself heard, communicate, make contact with.
-n. 10. reaching, stretching, going for; stretch, ex
tension, effort, strain, aspiration.
11. purview, scope, compass, range, latitude; authority, jurisdiction, dominion, sway, rule, power, sovereignty; precinct, orbit, circuit, vicinage, proximity; field, zone, territory, sphere, area; capacity, function; grasp, control, grip, hold, influence.
12. extent, span, sweep, swing, expanse, distance, space, room, length, breadth, width; limit, bounds, margin. react, v. 1. respond, reply, answer, acknowledge; retort, rebut, refute, come back.
2. reciprocate, return, match; retaliate, repay, requite, get back at, come back at, get even.
3. counteract, conflict, oppose, contradict; counterbalance, offset, frustrate, hinder, counterwork.
4. retroact, reverse, back up; recoil, rebound, boomerang, spring back, bounce back, resile.
5. revert, retrovert, backslide, regress, retrogress, relapse, slip or sink back, retrograde.
6. recede, retrocede, ebb, withdraw, shy, shy away; retire, draw back, retreat; renege, back-pedal, back down or out, do an about face.
7. be moved or affected or stimulated; become angry or sad or happy; emote; weep, sob, lament, bewail, cry; scream, shout, cheer, applaud; laugh, chuckle, snort, guffaw; flush, glow, blush; blanch, quake, Inf. shiver in one's shoes; thrill, throb, pant, quiver, flutter; jump, start, swoon, faint.
8. (all in reference to a particular stimulus or circumstance) act, behave, move, play, comport or conduct oneself; proceed, operate, function, work; deal with, cope with, handle. reaction, n. 1. counteraction, opposition, resistance, recalcitration, renitence, contradiction, antagonism; offset, neutralization, compensation, counterbalance, counterpoise; retroaction, recoil, rebound, ricochet, boomerang, backlash.