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  • 61raze — v 1. tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten; cut… …

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  • 62ruin — n 1. devastation, desolation, ravagement, havoc, destruction; dilapidation, ruination, wreck, wreckage, wrack, wrack and ruin; disruption, upheaval; crash, collision, crack up. 2. overthrow, overturn, subversion, suppression, subdual, conquest;… …

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  • 63subvert — v 1. overthrow, overturn, overpower, topple, defeat, conquer, vanquish, oust; upset, overwhelm, turn upside down, invert, disrupt, upheave; supplant, replace, displace; disestablish; depose, dethrone, unseat, remove from office, uncrown, discrown …

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  • 64undo — v 1. annul, nullify, disannul, disestablish declare null and void, make void, quash, abolish; repeal, revoke, retract, rescind, abrogate; reverse, countermand, cancel, Law. nol pros; invalidate, vacate, vitiate; do away with, cut out, remove, put …

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  • 65uproot — v 1. extirpate, unroot, pull out by the roots, pull up, pluck up, root out, outroot, deracinate; pull out, draw out, tear out, take out, extract; excise, cut, cut out; unearth, excavate, dig up or out, grub up or out, weed out. 2. destroy,… …

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  • 66ruination — [ro͞o΄ə nā′shən] n. [< RUINATE + ION] 1. a ruining or being ruined 2. anything that ruins or causes ruin …

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  • 67ruination — n. 1 the act of bringing to ruin. 2 the act of ruining or the state of being ruined. Etymology: obs. ruinate (as RUIN) …

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  • 68ruinator — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌnād.ə(r), ātə noun ( s) Etymology: ruinate (II) + or : destroyer, ruiner …

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  • 69ru|in|ate — «ROO uh nayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing, adjective. Archaic. –v.t., v.i. to ruin. –adj. ruined: »a famous city now ruinate (Milton) …

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  • 70ruynat — ruynat(e, ruyne, ruynose etc.: see ruinate, ruin (and Ryne1), ruinous …

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