Destroy and End

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

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End is a synonym for destroy in demolish topic. In some cases you can use "End" instead a verb "Destroy", when it comes to topics like wreck.

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

End verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

Usage example: unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other

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Destroy is a synonym for end in die or kill topic. Sometimes you can use "Destroy" instead a verb "End".

Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

humanity	destroy humanity	end humanity
life	destroy life	end life
civilization	destroy civilization	end civilization
career	destroy career	end career
Other words: way, universe, earth, lives.

At the end of their second battle, he once AGAIN says he won't destroy the Rangers, instead leaving them alive so they are Forced to Watch his Drills destroy the Earth.

Source: Cruel Mercy
You yourself almost destroy the known world when you screw up singing Metafalica early in the game, and at the end you have to destroy half of it in order to reveal the Very Definitely Final Dungeon.

Source: The End of the World as We Know It
Ratchet & Clank: At the end of the first game, the eponymous duo sends Drek onto his artificial planet and then destroy it with the laser he intended to destroy Veldin with.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Video Games

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