Destroying
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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HUNG

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ICING
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal

AXING

DYING
The time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

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TAKING
The act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"

ENDING
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

MARING

RAPING

MOVING
Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'"

TIRING
Producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

DEADLY
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

EATING
The act of consuming food

OFFING
The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"

NIXING

DIEING

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SEIZING
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

TAKEING

GETTING
The act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

DUMPING
Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market

LIFTING

NABBING

BUSTING

KILLING
The act of terminating a life

UNDOING
An act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

TEARING
Shedding tears

CUTTING
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

ZAPPING

ROBBING

ABATING

HANGING
A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

ERODING
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

BEATING
The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

HARMFUL
Causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

BLAMING

PURGING
An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

MAIMING

BOMBING
An attack by dropping bombs

RAIDING
Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"

SLAYING
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

WEEDING

WASTING
A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

PULLING
The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"

HARMING

HITTING
The act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

SACKING
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

MARRING

SWIPING

PARTING
The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

DASHING
Lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"

COOLING
The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

HURTING
A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

SINKING
A descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"

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CHILLING
The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

LOWERING
The act of causing something to move to a lower level

REDUCING
Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

DROPPING
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"

CRUSHING
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

SEVERING
The act of severing

SPOILING
The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"

FLOODING
A technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them

BURSTING

CHECKING

INJURING

MANGLING

HARRYING

DIVIDING

TRASHING

TOTALING

INVADING
Involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war"

CRACKING
The act of cracking something

COVERING
A natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"

DEFILING

BLASTING
Unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"

EXCISING

PINCHING

WEARYING
Producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

FORAYING

WRESTING

CREAMING

DIRTYING
The act of soiling something

DECAYING

THROWING

RAVAGING
Plundering with excessive damage and destruction

STRIKING
The act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

DROWNING

DAMAGING
Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"

LEVELING
The act of making equal or uniform

SMASHING
The act of breaking something into small pieces

REMOVING

TRIMMING
Cutting down to the desired size or shape

QUELLING
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

SUBDUING

NEGATING

DISPOSAL
The act or means of getting rid of something

ABORTING

BREAKING
The act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

OMITTING

QUASHING

CRASHING
Informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"

USURPING