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Moth :: Moth (n.) Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus..

Pith :: Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal..

Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants..

Extirpate :: Extirpate (v. t.) To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy..

Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power..

Starve :: Starve (v. t.) To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air..

Destructiveness :: Destructiveness (n.) The quality of destroying or ruining.

Cannonade :: Cannonade (n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance..

Deperdit :: Deperdit (n.) That which is lost or destroyed.

Wilt :: Wilt (v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of..

Unformed :: Unformed (a.) Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed..

Destruct :: Destruct (v. t.) To destroy.

Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To make as if dead; to destroy.

Snag :: Snag (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes..

Pupivora :: Pupivora (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects..

Unwork :: Unwork (v. t.) To undo or destroy, as work previously done..

Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.

Disaccustom :: Disaccustom (v. t.) To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.

Blight :: Blight (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects..

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