| shear(verb, taking) |
| suck dry(expression, reduce, weaken, consume, drain) |
| swallow up(verb, phrasal verb, waste, taking) |
| abate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ruin) |
| annihilate(verb, destroy, spoil, cancel, invalidate) |
| botch(noun, verb, break, reduce, ruin) |
| bring down(expression, break, reduce, ruin, defeat) |
| bring to ruin(noun, expression, idiom, break, reduce) |
| clean out(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, break) |
| confiscate(verb, stick, exhaust, drain, squeeze) |
| cramp(destroy, weakness, spoil, cancel, invalidate) |
| crush(noun, verb, break, reduce, ruin) |
| damage(verb, break, destroy, spoil, smash) |
| debase(verb, break, cut, decline, reduce) |
| decrease(verb, cut, decline, reduce, fail) |
| deface(noun, verb, break, reduce, ruin) |
| defeat(noun, verb, break, reduce, ruin) |
| defile(noun, verb, break, reduce, ruin) |
| demolish(noun, verb, break, reduce, ruin) |
| deplore(noun, verb, break, reduce, ruin) |