Destroy and Specify

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

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Specify is an antonym for destroy.

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Specify verb - To give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly.

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Destroy is an antonym for specify in designate topic.

One of the Mercenaries Guild challenges is to "destroy a scaffold by throwing someone into it." It does NOT specify that it had to be an enemy.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Revelations
He never did specify WHEN he would destroy Earth, you see.

Source: I Gave My Word

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Specify and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/specify

Destroy & Specify. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/specify>.

Specify or Destroy. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/specify.

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