Destroy and Setting out

Opposite meaning terms

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

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Setting out is an antonym for destroy.

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Definitions of Destroy not found.

Destroy is an antonym for setting out in topics: put, plan, arrive, begin, think out.

Fitting, given that the film ends with Smaug setting out to destroy Esgaroth as he did Dale.

Source: Solemn Ending Theme
Unfortunately, the Terracon had different ideas, preventing its own shutdown, destroying Pluto and setting out to destroy the rest of the solar system.

Source: Video Game / Terracon
Take a Third Option: Presented with setting out to destroy all reborns or standing back and doing nothing as the only alternatives, Paul ignores both and decides to try and find a way to reopen Ascenscion.

Source: Series / The Fades

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