Blow up and Wreck

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Blow up verb - To cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive.

Usage example: blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away

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Wreck and blow up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wreck" instead a verb "Blow up".

Wreck verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters

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Blow up and wreck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blow up" instead a verb "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

If you blow up another player's ship they will blow up your ship in response but will completely ignore your buddy who is looting the wreck of your victim for all its valuables.

Source: Police Are Useless / Video Games
Berserk Button: Scooter doesn't like it when people blow up, crash, and otherwise wreck his runners, or when they sleep with his mom, known as Mad Moxxi.

Source: Video Game / Borderlands
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning has the CPP Kickstart blow up the Statue of Liberty when Pirk's forces are invading the US.

Source: Monumental Damage

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