15
devastate(verb, help, end, bother, ruin)
13
destroy(verb, break, ruin, defeat, crush)
13
ravage(verb, help, end, bother, ruin)
12
ruin(noun, verb, break, end, reduce)
10
demolish(noun, verb, break, end, reduce)
9
wreck(noun, verb, break, end, reduce)
8
desolate(verb, help, end, ruin, destroy)
8
raze(noun, verb, break, end, reduce)
7
despoil(noun, verb, break, end, reduce)
7
plunder(noun, verb, bother, ruin, destroy)
7
sack(noun, verb, break, reduce, bother)
6
gut(verb, end, ruin, destroy, crush)
6
pillage(noun, verb, break, reduce, bother)
5
annihilate(verb, break, end, ruin, defeat)
5
cause death
5
crush(noun, verb, break, end, reduce)
5
loot(verb, ruin, destroy, damage, waste)
5
smash(noun, verb, break, end, reduce)
5
waste(verb, help, end, ruin, destroy)
5
wipe out(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, break)
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