Destroy (5)
'destroy' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ruin that I've seen before include "Destroy or bankrupt" , "financial disaster" , "Destroy completely" , "financial hardship" , "Reduce to bankruptcy" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(desolating is a kind of destroying)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for desolate that I've seen before include "Utterly wretched" , "Miserable" , "Barren" , "alone" , "'Deserted, wretched (8)'" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for overturn that I've seen before include "Reverse; upend" , "Empty out" , "Reverse or capsize" , "Invalidate - upset" , "tip" .)
(Other definitions for knockout that I've seen before include "Render senseless" , "End of bout" , "Decisive blow" , "Decisive punch" , "triumph" .)
(Other definitions for separate that I've seen before include "Different, distinct" , "Come apart" , "Unconnected" , "Not joined or united with others" , "Distinct or discrete" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for sabotage that I've seen before include "Subversion by inflicting damage" , "Scupper" , "Deliberate wrecking" , "Treachery!" , "Wreck" .)
(Other definitions for encroach that I've seen before include "'Trespass, infringe (8)'" , "Impinge, infringe" , "Gradually intrude (upon another's space)" , "Advance gradually (beyond expected limits)" , "Advance gradually into another's area" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(demolishing is a kind of destroying)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for demolish that I've seen before include "Raze to the ground" , "Knock down, a building or argument perhaps" , "Pull or tear down" , "Destroy completely" , "Bulldoze" .)
(Other definitions for displace that I've seen before include "Succeed" , "Oust" , "Shift" , "Move out of position" , "Supplant" .)
(Other definitions for arrogate that I've seen before include "Seize and take control without authority" , "Unjustifyingly claim ones rights" , "Falsely claim" , "Appropriate" , "Claim something without justification" .)
(Other definitions for abrogate that I've seen before include "Annul or revoke" , "Cancel or repeal, say a law" , "Do away with" , "Get a boar to annul" , "Get rid of" .)
(Other definitions for suppress that I've seen before include "Stop publication of" , "squash" , "Prevent from being publicised" , "Stifle or overpower" , "Restrain - crush" .)
(Other definitions for diminish that I've seen before include "Become smaller or less" , "Make smaller or less" , "Get smaller" , "get shorter" , "Contract" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for dynamite that I've seen before include "Nobel's invention" , "an exciting thing" , "Jelly" , "dangerous stuff" , "Tiny dame (anag)" .)
(Another definition for destruct that I've seen is " Destroy a missile in flight".)
'destroy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for decimate that I've seen before include "severely cut" , "Kill a large proportion of" , "Medicate (anag.)" , "Kill one in ten (as Romans did as punishment for mutiny)" , "slaughter" .)
(Other definitions for takeaway that I've seen before include "Out-of-restaurant experience" , "Food for eating off the premises" , "Remove - portable food" , "Indian or Chinese, for those who don't want to cook" , "Cafe selling food to be eaten elsewhere" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dissolve that I've seen before include "In terms of crying, start" , "Break up a partnership, say" , "Finish" , "Melt in fluid" , "End a legal partnership" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(wrecking is a kind of destroying)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for wreck that I've seen before include "Devastate" , "Demolish; sunken ship" , "A destroyed ship" , "Completely spoil" , "Destroy; sunken vessel" .)
'destroy' is the definition.
(make is the opposite of destroy)
This is all the clue.