- (v.t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
- (v.t.) To put an end to the existence, prosperity or beauty of; to kill.
- (v.t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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