Build
Show Definitions
Build verb – To form by putting together parts or materials. Usage example: he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit
Destroy is an antonym for build in topics: carry, increase, initiate, construct structure.
Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder
Antonyms for Build
Destroy
Show Definitions
Destroy verb – To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of. Usage example: their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course
Build is an antonym for destroy in topics: demolish, rid.
Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying
Antonyms for Destroy
Common collocations
| life | build life | destroy life |
| body | build body | destroy body |
| civilization | build civilization | destroy civilization |
| society | build society | destroy society |
| Other nouns: station, base, army, house, world, building, machine, tower, empire, ship, fleet, bridge, town, city, units, buildings, ships, cities, robots. | ||
Both words in one sentence
-
All There in the Manual: Or at least All There on the Wiki including the backstory, how to build and destroy stuff, and other explanations.
Source: Video Game / Space Station 13 - The Story Of Red Cloud, a Dark Soulsbased mod of Terraria, includes a massive pre-built map with strategically placed items and removes the player's ability to freely build or destroy, turning the game into a full-fledged Metroidvania.
Source: Metroidvania -
Almost all human ethnicities are at least competent at fighting, and those who fight after the fashion of humans from Planet Terra can build and destroy multi-thousand world empires.
Source: Humans Are Warriors
More sentences
Cite this Source
Destroy and Build. (2016). Retrieved 2022, May 23, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/destroy
Build & Destroy. N.p., 2016. Web. 23 May. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/destroy>.
Destroy or Build. 2016. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/destroy.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "build" and "destroy" have occurred on timeline: