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Search phrase: destroy

Plays

 22 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW V.iii.64Destroy our friends and after weep their dust;Destroy our friends, and after weepe their dust:
CoriolanusCor IV.v.146To fright them ere destroy. But come inTo fright them, ere destroy. But come in,
CoriolanusCor IV.vi.42.1Destroy what lies before 'em.Destroy, what lies before 'em.
CoriolanusCor V.iii.133To save the Romans, thereby to destroyTo saue the Romanes, thereby to destroy
HamletHam III.ii.207Their own enactures with themselves destroy.Their owne ennactors with themselues destroy:
HamletHam III.ii.231Meet what I would have well, and it destroy,Meet what I would haue well, and it destroy:
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.i.115To slay your sovereign and destroy the realm.To slay your Soueraigne, and destroy the Realme.
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vi.25Here, purposing the Bastard to destroy,Here purposing the Bastard to destroy,
King JohnKJ IV.ii.229Made it no conscience to destroy a prince.Made it no conscience to destroy a Prince.
King LearKL IV.vi.230.1That must destroy thee.That must destroy thee.
MacbethMac II.iii.68Approach the chamber and destroy your sightApproch the Chamber, and destroy your sight
MacbethMac III.ii.6'Tis safer to be that which we destroy'Tis safer, to be that which we destroy,
PericlesPer II.v.88And being joined, I'll thus your hopes destroy,and being ioynd, / Ile thus your hopes destroy,
Richard IIR2 II.i.105Seen how his son's son should destroy his sons,Seene how his sonnes sonne, should destroy his sonnes,
Richard IIR2 V.iii.119Dost thou teach pardon pardon to destroy?Dost thou teach pardon, Pardon to destroy?
Richard IIIR3 I.iv.246'Tis he that sends us to destroy you here.'Tis he that sends vs to destroy you heere.
The TempestTem I.ii.139.1That hour destroy us?That howre destroy vs?
The TempestTem III.ii.46I would my valiant master would destroy thee!I would my valiant Master would destroy thee.
The TempestTem III.ii.115.1Wilt thou destroy him then?Wilt thou destroy him then?
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.59So thou destroy Rapine and Murder there.So thou destroy Rapine and Murder there.
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.243Shall I destroy him? – whether there, or there, or there? – Shall I destroy him? Whether there, or there, or there,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.23I would destroy th' offender, coz; I would,I would destroy th' offender, Coz, I would

Poems

 6 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.215 For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy? For one sweete grape who will the vine destroy?
The Rape of LucreceLuc.514 For in thy bed I purpose to destroy thee; For in thy bed I purpose to destroie thee.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1369 For Helen's rape the city to destroy, For HELENS rape, the Cittie to destroy,
Venus and AdonisVen.346 How white and red each other did destroy! How white and red, ech other did destroy:
Venus and AdonisVen.760 If thou destroy them not in dark obscurity? If thou destroy them not in darke obscuritie?
Venus and AdonisVen.1163 Sith in his prime death doth my love destroy, Sith in his prime, death doth my loue destroy,

Glossary

 37 result(s).
blastblight, wither, destroy
blastdestroy, ruin, lay waste
brawldestroy with uproar, force down with clamour
bruisecrush, smash, destroy
castdestroy, ruin
confounddestroy, overthrow, ruin
dashdiminish, infringe, destroy
defeatdestroy, ruin, wreck
distastemake distasteful, destroy the relish of
dodestroy, consume, reduce to nothing
empoisongive poison, destroy by poison
empoisonpoison, corrupt, destroy
envenompoison, taint, destroy
exterminedestroy, end, exterminate
fordowreck, destroy, ruin
fordoput an end to, kill, destroy
loseruin the reputation of, destroy the credibility of
murdertear off, mangle, destroy
overflowoverwhelm, destroy, defeat
overthrowdefeat, destroy, vanquish
perishdestroy, wither, become ruined
quailoverpower, destroy, make an end
quelldestroy, overcome, vanquish
quellkill, destroy, slay
ridget rid of, destroy, kill
spilldestroy, overthrow
spoilruin, destroy, bring to an end
starvedestroy, wither, waste away
stroydestroy
subvertdestroy, overthrow, raze
takeconquer, overthrow, destroy
undoruin, destroy, wipe out
undodestroy the reputation of
unmakeundo, destroy, make incapable
unshapedeform, disfigure, destroy
wasteefface, wipe out, destroy
wrackdestroy, ruin, dishonour

Thesaurus

 41 result(s).
credibility, destroylose
destroyblast
destroyblast
destroybruise
destroycast
destroyconfound
destroydash
destroydefeat
destroydo
destroyempoison
destroyenvenom
destroyextermine
destroyfordo
destroyfordo
destroymurder
destroyoverflow
destroyoverthrow
destroyperish
destroyquail
destroyquell
destroyquell
destroyrid
destroyspill
destroyspoil
destroystarve
destroystroy
destroysubvert
destroytake
destroyundo
destroyunmake
destroyunshape
destroywaste
destroywrack
destroy by poisonempoison
destroy the credibility oflose
destroy the relish ofdistaste
destroy the reputation ofundo
destroy with uproarbrawl
relish, destroy thedistaste
reputation, destroy aundo
uproar, destroy withbrawl

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DESTROYBASICdestroy v, destroyer n, destroying adj, destruction n
DESTROYPEOPLEdestroyer n

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