Destroy
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Wednesday, 1 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 12 Nov 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 30 Aug 2021
  • The Mirror Quick - Friday, 28 May 2021
  • USA Today - Saturday, 8 May 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 4 May 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Saturday, 24 Apr 2021
  • USA Today - Wednesday, 14 Apr 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 1 Mar 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Sunday, 28 Feb 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 22 Jan 2021
  • The Daily Mail Smallest Hardest - Thursday, 14 Jan 2021

Crossword Answers

3 letters

END
The part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"

MAR
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

ZAP
A sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of radiation"

4 letters

RUIN
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

DOIN
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

SLAY
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

UNDO
Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

RAZE
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

5 letters

SMASH
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

ERASE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

TOTAL
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"

WRECK
A ship that has been destroyed at sea

TRASH
Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

WRACK
Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp

SHRED
A tiny or scarcely detectable amount

CREAM
Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

RIPUP
Tear into shreds

ERODE
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

6 letters

UNMAKE
Deprive of certain characteristics

TEARUP
Tear into shreds

TEARUP

7 letters

TORPEDO
Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

PUTDOWN
Make a record of; set down in permanent form

SHATTER
Cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

RUINATE

8 letters

DESTRUCT
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

DISSOLVE
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

DEMOLISH
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

9 letters

OVERTHROW
The termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)

DEVASTATE
Overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

ELIMINATE
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

LIQUIDATE Chris Roberson
Eliminate by paying off (debts)

10 letters

ANNIHILATE
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

OBLITERATE
Reduced to nothingness

11 letters

EXTERMINATE
Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

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