Devastate and Invent

Devastate

Devastate verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: the explosion devastated an entire city block

Invent is an antonym for devastate.

Invent

Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Devastate is an antonym for invent.

Common collocations

life devastate life invent life
kind devastate kind invent kind
plan devastate plan invent plan
world devastate world invent world
Other words: planets.
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