Destroy and Lay

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Destroy

Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
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Lay is an antonym for destroy.
Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Lay

Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
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Antonyms for Lay
Destroy is an antonym for lay in put topic.
Nearby Words: laying, laid
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Common collocations

soul destroy soul lay soul
life destroy life lay life
people destroy people lay people
body destroy body lay body
Other words: way, head, lives.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Angel's Egg Our Angels Are Different: Apparently, they lay eggs and / or destroy them, or something.
    Source: Anime / Angel's Egg
  • Video Game / Rise of the Tomb Raider As he lay dying, he gave Lara premission to destroy the Source, knowing that it would kill him.
    Source: Video Game / Rise of the Tomb Raider
  • Smoking Hot Sex In one Teen Titans comic, Terra enjoys a post-coital puff as she and Deathstroke lay out their plans to destroy the Titans.
    Source: Smoking Hot Sex
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