Destroy and Wage

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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
Wage is an antonym for destroy.
Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Wage

Wage verb - Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns).
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Synonyms for Wage
Destroy is an antonym for wage in carry on topic.
Nearby Words: wager, waged, waging
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Common collocations

race destroy race wage race
core destroy core wage core
rest destroy rest wage rest
army destroy army wage army
Other words: barrier, anyone, forces, missiles.

Both words in one sentence

  • Franchise / Terminator SkyNet was a military computer designed to do nothing else but destroy and wage war, which it turned out to be very good at, so of course when you build a machine for that purpose, the consequences are horrific.
    Source: Franchise / Terminator
  • Belial and Azmodan in particular wage bloody and COSTLY war instead of taking the smart route and stealing what they need to destroy everyone.
    Source: With Us or Against Us
  • Tyop on the Cover The Transformers: Autobots wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons, except on this title card◊... (See also Transformers Energon above.)
    Source: Tyop on the Cover
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