Destroy and Repopulate

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

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Repopulate is an antonym for destroy.

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

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Destroy is an antonym for repopulate in give birth topic.

Omnicidal Maniac: Pre-Heel Face Turn in the English dub, in the vein of Karl Stromberg and Hugo Drax, where he plans to destroy all life on earth and repopulate it with his clones.

Source: Anime / Pokémon: The First Movie
In Moonraker, the Big Bad decides to destroy mankind with a nerve toxin, and then repopulate with his own super race preserved on a space station.

Source: Restart the World
God Himself decides mankind has become too sinful to continue, and decides to destroy the world in a flood, saving a small group to repopulate afterward.

Source: Restart the World

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