swallows up (verb) destroy: demolish, devastate
Sinonime: abort,
annihilate,
annul, axe, blot out,
break down, butcher,
consume,
cream*,
crush,
damage, deface,
desolate, despoil,
dismantle,
dispatch,
end,
eradicate,
erase, exterminate,
extinguish,
extirpate, gut,
impair,
kill, lay waste,
level, liquidate,
maim,
mar, maraud,
mutilate, nuke,
nullify, overturn, quash,
quell,
ravage,
ravish,
raze,
ruin,
sabotage,
shatter, slay,
smash, snuff out, spoliate, stamp out,
suppress, swallow up, tear down, torpedo,
total,
trash*, vaporize,
waste, wax, wipe out,
wreck, zap
Antonime: build,
construct,
create,
improve,
repair,
restore