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decimate: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

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decapitate collapse: cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

dynamite collapse: an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp; blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"

unmake collapse: deprive of certain characteristics

dismantle collapse

depredate collapse

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

swallow up collapse

lay waste collapse

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

massacre collapse: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

rub out collapse

engorge collapse

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

wreak havoc collapse

demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

pull down collapse

shatter collapse: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"; break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

vaporize collapse

pulverize collapse

raze collapse

annihilate collapse

upheave collapse: lift forcefully from beneath

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

wipe out collapse: eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out"

devour collapse: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"; eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"; enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

gobble collapse: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock; make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys; eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

wrack collapse: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore; the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

slaughter collapse: the killing of animals (as for food); the savage and excessive killing of many people

despoil collapse

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