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10. raze, tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batten down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, floor, bulldoze, flatten; cut down, chop down, hew down, mow down.
11. quash, crush, subdue, quell, stifle, suppress, squelch, vanquish, squash; cut short, shoot down, Inf put the kibosh on, Inf. cook one's goose, nip, nip in the bud, scuttle; terminate, check, put an end to, dissolve, stop.
12. subvert, topple, cause the downfall of, upset, Sl. put the skids under, defeat, triumph over, conquer; overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, overcome; damn, seal the doom of, curse.
13. extirpate, destroy totally, annihilate, discreate, exterminate, abolish; expunge, obliterate, efface, eradicate, erase, decimate; strike out, blot out, stamp out, crush out, snuff out, wipe out; purge, eliminate, remove, liquidate, get rid of, leave no vestige or trace of, cast off, expel; extinguish, put an end to, bring to an end; kill, kill off, slay, slaughter, cut [s.o.'s] throat; murder, finish, finish off, Sl. do in, Sl. zap, sacrifice.
14. blunder, fail, Sl. gum up the works, mess up, Inf. rain on, play havoc with, raise havoc with; spoil, Dial. butch, botch, Sl. cook, Sl. louse up, Sl. screw up, Inf. make a hash of, upset the or one's applecart.
15. corrupt, deprave, pervert, demoralize, vitiate; debase, degrade, disgrace, dishonor; taint, poison, pollute, defile; injure, harm, impair, damage, spoil; mar, mark, stain, scar, deface, blemish.
16. undermine, sap, weaken; discredit, invalidate; nullify, neutralize, counteract.
17. deteriorate, decay, waste, break down, disintegrate, disrupt, disorganize; collapse, break up, dissipate, disperse.
18. reduce to poverty, impoverish, bring to want, pauperize, bankrupt; fleece, defraud, swindle.
19. violate, deflower, devirginate, rape, debauch, ravish, ravage; assault, attack, abuse, molest; seduce, betray, deceive, lead astray.
ruination, n. 1. demolition, wiping out, laying waste, gutting, devastation, desolation; destroying, bringing to ruin, laying in ruins; wrecking, knocking to pieces, dashing to pieces, smashing; dismantling, disassembly, taking apart.
2. razing, tearing down, pulling down, taking down, bringing down, breaking down, throwing down, beating down; casting down, knocking down, flinging down, hurling down, precipitating, Inf. spilling; felling, leveling, prostration; cutting down, chopping down, hewing down.
3. pulverizing, crushing, squelching, Sl. smushing, mashing; crashing, shattering, battering, breaking; fracturing, tearing apart, wrenching apart, cracking, splitting; mutilation, mangling, making mincemeat of.
4. annihilation, discreation, extermination, extirpation, extinguishment, extinction; erasure, erasion, ef-facement, eradication, expunction, cancellation, obliteration; excising, cutting out, cutting off; blotting out, striking out, stamping out, crushing out, rubbing out; killing, slaying, slaughter; murdering, finishing off, Sl. zapping, sacrificing.
5. quashing, crushing, subduing, quelling, suppressing, squelching, vanquishing, squashing; cutting short, shooting down, Inf. putting the kibosh on, Inf. cooking [s.o.'s] goose, nipping in the bud; termination, checking, putting an end to, stopping.
6. blundering, failing, Sl. gumming up the works, messing up, playing havoc with, raising havoc with; spoiling, Dial, hutching, botching, SI.lousing up, SI. screwing up, Inf. making a hash of, upsetting the applecart.
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