Destroy
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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
Repair is an antonym for destroy in demolish topic.
Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying
Antonyms for Destroy
Repair
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Repair verb – To bring back to a former condition or vigor. Destroy is an antonym for repair in topics: mend, fix, leave.
Nearby Words: repaired, repairing, repairable, repairer
Antonyms for Repair
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The issue is that humans weren't attentive enough and so things have now got to a point where human science is not enough and the earth basically has to go through a cycle of destroy and repair (there's a very strong analogy to the inflammatory response in humans).
Source: Space Whale Aesop -
This leads to much frustration when they destroy the base you worked so hard to build, or when they destroy a mission critical capture target that the computer isn't smart enough to repair.
Source: Video Game / Total Annihilation -
He keeps doing it despite pleas to not destroy the Argent filters, kicking them to beyond repair.
Source: Videogame / Doom (2016)
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Repair and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2022, May 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/repair
Destroy & Repair. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 May. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/repair>.
Repair or Destroy. 2016. Accessed May 21, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/repair.
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