Destroy and Tinker

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Destroy

Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
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Antonyms for Destroy
Tinker is an antonym for destroy.
Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Tinker

Tinker verb - Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.
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Synonyms for Tinker
Destroy is an antonym for tinker in fiddle with topic.
Nearby Words: tinkering, tinkered
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Common collocations

unit destroy unit tinker unit

Both words in one sentence

  • Death knew that to tinker with the fate of one individual could destroy the whole world.
    Source: Screw The Rules Im Doing Whats Right / Literature
  • Star Killing From classic Doctor Who, there's the Hand of Omega, a remote stellar manipulator that the Time Lords use to tinker with stars to make them do as they wish; in "Remembrance of the Daleks", the Doctor uses it to destroy the Skaro solar system.
    Source: Star Killing
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