| demolish | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. demolish, pulverise, pulverize | destroy completely.; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. crush, demolish, smash | humiliate or depress completely.; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" |
| ~ abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify | cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| v. (competition) | 3. demolish, destroy | defeat soundly.; "The home team demolished the visitors" |
| ~ smash | overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful).; "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off" |
| ~ swallow | engulf and destroy.; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" |
| ~ cut to ribbons | defeat totally.; "We must cut the other team to ribbons!" |
| ~ defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over.; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |
| disintegrate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. disintegrate | break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ powder, pulverize, powderise, powderize, pulverise | make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.; "pulverize the grains" |
| ~ powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize | become powder or dust.; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" |
| ~ unravel, run | become undone.; "the sweater unraveled" |
| ~ crumble, fall apart | break or fall apart into fragments.; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" |
| ~ digest | soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture. |
| ~ dissolve | pass into a solution.; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee" |
| ~ break apart, break up, crash | break violently or noisily; smash. |
| v. (change) | 2. disintegrate | cause to undergo fission or lose particles. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ decay, decompose, disintegrate | lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current.; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" |
| v. (change) | 3. decay, decompose, disintegrate | lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current.; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ disintegrate | cause to undergo fission or lose particles. |
| fall apart | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. fall apart, go to pieces | lose one's emotional or mental composure.; "She fell apart when her only child died" |
| ~ lose it, break down, snap | lose control of one's emotions.; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" |
| v. (contact) | 2. break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear out | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
| ~ decay, dilapidate, crumble | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
| ~ fray, frazzle | wear away by rubbing.; "The friction frayed the sleeve" |
| ~ bust, break | ruin completely.; "He busted my radio!" |
| v. (change) | 3. crumble, fall apart | break or fall apart into fragments.; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" |
| ~ disintegrate | break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
| v. (change) | 4. break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ burst, break open, split | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.; "The bubble burst" |
| ~ puncture | be pierced or punctured.; "The tire punctured" |
| ~ bust, burst | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully.; "The dam burst" |
| ~ smash | break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow.; "The window smashed" |
| ~ ladder, run | come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.; "Her nylons were running" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| ~ snap, crack | break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.; "The pipe snapped" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| ~ crush | become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure.; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" |
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