Compensate
Compensate verb - To provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury.
Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Compensate is an antonym for destroy.
Common collocations
Cite this Source
Destroy and Compensate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compensate/destroy
Compensate & Destroy. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compensate/destroy>.
Destroy or Compensate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compensate/destroy.
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