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Discomfort :: Discomfort (v. t.) To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive o/ quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family..

Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice..

Transpose :: Transpose (v. t.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed..

Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste..

Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.

Blaster :: Blaster (n.) One who, or that which, blasts or destroys..

Abolish :: Abolish (v. t.) To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out..

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..

Antisocial :: Antisocial (a.) Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles..

Figeater :: Figeater (n.) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.

Corrosive :: Corrosive (a.) Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid..

Destruction :: Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.

Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

Abash :: Abash (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit..

De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..

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

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.

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