Destroy and Immortalize

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

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Immortalize is an antonym for destroy.

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Immortalize verb - To give eternal or lasting existence to.

Usage example: immortalized the words “Call me Ishmael” as the novel's opening line

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Destroy is an antonym for immortalize.

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Immortalize and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/immortalize

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