Construct
Construct verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Exterminate is an antonym for construct.
Exterminate
Exterminate verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison
Construct is an antonym for exterminate.
Common collocations
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