Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course
Pillage and destroy are semantically related in victimize topic. In some cases you can use "Pillage" instead a verb "Destroy".
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Once he helps destroy the giant monster-dragon that has enslaved the other dragons and is forcing them to pillage the viking village to feed its endless hunger, anyway.
Source: Zombie Advocate -
Richard will pillage, destroy, and kill indiscriminately, but he respects women and will only sleep with one if she's willing.
Source: Series / Galavant - Or you can go into the other lord's lands, destroy their crops and pillage their villages, and then sit back and watch as the peasants get upset and throw an uprising against the lord.
Source: Combat Pragmatist / Video Games
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Pillage and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/pillage
Destroy & Pillage. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/pillage>.
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