Destroy and Rot

Destroy

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

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Rot and destroy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rot" instead a verb "Destroy".

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Rot verb - To become worse or of less value.

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Destroy and rot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destroy" instead a verb "Rot".

Nearby Words: rotted, rotting, rote

heart	destroy heart	rot heart
soul	destroy soul	rot soul
mind	destroy mind	rot mind
people	destroy people	rot people
Other words: body, system, time, world, brain.

What the Reapers do is slowly destroy your free will and when they are done with you they leave you to rot as a mindless shell.

Source: Cruel And Unusual Death / Video Games
Since the biosphere as it now exists couldn't survive such an imbalance, the only real difference between the three is that The Rot will destroy the world fastest.

Source: Comicbook / Rotworld
The Rot doesn't want to destroy all life, but to conquer it.

Source: Comicbook / Rotworld

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