destroy, v. annihilate, [undo], [demolish], [raze], [desolate], [devour], [sack], [dismantle], [eradicate], [exterminate], [ruin]. Antonyms: [conserve], [preserve], perpetuate, [spare].
destroyer, n. iconoclast, annihilator, [vandal], hun, destructionist, Apollyon.
destruction, n. annihilation, demolition, [eradication], [ruin], [perdition], [havoc], vandalism, subversion, desolation, [devastation], iconoclasm. Antonyms: conservation preservation, perpetuation.
destructive, a. [ruinous], iconoclastic, [vandal], vandalic, internecine, [deleterious], [pernicious], annihilative.
desultory, a. [fitful], [irregular], cursory, unsystematic.
detach, v. [disconnect], disjoin, [sever], disunite, [isolate], segregate.
detachment, n. [disconnection], [separation], disunion, [isolation], segregation.
detail, v. particularize, enumerate.
details, n. pl. [minutiæ], [particulars].
detention, n. [restraint], [custody], [confinement], [arrest].