Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Make up for is an antonym for destroy.
Make up for
Make up for verb - To balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective.
Both terms in one sentence
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Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001) — Intending to make up for his past failures, Cortex creates a secret weapon to destroy Crash — a bandicoot named Crunch.
Source: Franchise / Crash Bandicoot - Then, while doped up on morphine, he flips on the TV and hears Carson Daly talking about (the Theme Park Version of) karma, and decides that the reason his luck has been so bad lately is that he's done a lot of bad things...and that this karma thing will destroy him if he doesn't make up for them.
Source: Being Evil Sucks -
Lara Procopio has tried to make up for her role in engineering the disease that was used to destroy the Shakara race through humanitarian missions and dedicating the rest of her life to helping the sick and wounded.
Source: The Atoner
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Make up for and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/make_up_for
Destroy & Make up for. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/make_up_for>.
Make up for or Destroy. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/make_up_for.
