Destroy and Upholding

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

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Upholding is an antonym for destroy.

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

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Destroy is an antonym for upholding in maintain topic.

Nearby Words: uphold, upholder

King Kai responds that Goku's thinking about it the wrong way: Beerus's "job" and the whole reason for his existence is to destroy things, and his destruction of things is necessary for the upholding of cosmic balance across the universe.

Source: Above Good and Evil

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Upholding and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/upholding

Destroy & Upholding. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/upholding>.

Upholding or Destroy. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/upholding.

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