| incinerate blow to pieces blow up brain bring down bring to ruin burn burn down burn to death burn up condemn confound consume cremate cut down cut to pieces damn deal a deathblow deal destruction decimate depredate desolate despoil destroy devastate devour disintegrate dissolve drop engorge fell frag give the quietus gobble gobble up gun down gut gut with fire havoc incendiarize jugulate lapidate lay in ruins lay low lay waste pistol poleax ravage reduce to ashes riddle ruin ruinate shipwreck shoot shoot down shoot to death shotgun silence stab to death stone stone to death strike dead swallow up throw into disorder unleash destruction unleash the hurricane upheave vandalize vaporize waste wrack wreak havoc wreck |
| go up in smoke be consumed be gone blow up break down burn down burn up cease cease to be cease to exist collapse come to naught come to nothing consume cremate dematerialize depart die die away die out disappear dispel disperse dissipate dissolve do a fade-out dwindle erode evanesce evaporate exit explode fade fade away fade out fail miserably fall down fall flat fall through fizz out fizzle fizzle out flee fleet flit fly get bogged down get hung up get mired get nowhere go go away go phut go to pot go to seed go to waste hang up hide incendiarize incinerate leak leak away leave no trace leave the scene melt melt away melt like snow misfire pass pass away pass out perish peter out poop out reduce to ashes retire from sight run to seed run to waste sink sink away suffer an eclipse vanish vanish from sight waste waste away wear away |
| burn up ablate absorb aggravate anger annoy assimilate badger bait be at bedevil beset bleed white bother bristle brown off bug bullyrag burn down chivy consume cremate deplete devil digest discompose distemper disturb dog drain drain of resources eat eat up erode exasperate exercise exhaust expend fash finish finish off gall get gobble gobble up grate gripe harass harry heckle hector hound impoverish incendiarize incinerate inflame ingest irk make angry make mad make sore miff molest nag needle nettle nudzh peeve persecute pester pick on pique plague pluck the beard pother provoke reduce to ashes ride rile roil ruffle spend squander suck dry swallow swallow up tease tick off torment try the patience tweak the nose use up vex waste away wear away worry |