The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RUINS which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.
Destroys crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUINS | 20 % | 5 |
| SLAYS | 20 % | 5 |
| TOTALS | 13 % | 6 |
| WRECKS | 9 % | 6 |
| RASES | 7 % | 5 |
| RAZES | 4 % | 5 |
| TRASHES | 4 % | 7 |
| DECIMATES | 2 % | 9 |
| UNDOES | 2 % | 6 |
| TEARSDOWN | 2 % | 9 |
| DEVOURS | 2 % | 7 |
| SHATTERS | 2 % | 8 |
| RUINATES | 2 % | 8 |
| LOUSESUP | 2 % | 8 |
| UNCREATES | 2 % | 9 |
| ERASES | 2 % | 6 |
| BLASTS | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Destroys
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ruin
- demolish
- annuls
- batters
- breaks
- cancels
- culls
- damages
- debunks
- demolishes
- demolishing
- destruction
Crossword Answer definitions
RUINS noun- (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A fall or tumble.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- To cause the fiscal ruin of.
- To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- To fall into a state of decay.
- To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RUINS
- Destroys
- Archaeologist's spots
- Archaeologists' interest
- Archaeologist's milieu
- Archaeologist's find
- Wrecks
- Bankrupts
- Archaeological-dig sites
- Archeological digs, usually
- Antioch, nowadays
More clues leading to the result SLAYS
- Amusingly overwhelms
- Brings down the house
- Dispatches a dragon
- Fells
- Bumps off
- Leaves in stitches
- Kills, as a dragon
- Really impresses, as a lover
- Does in
- Does in a dragon
More clues leading to the result TOTALS
- Destroys
- Comes to
- Wrecks royally
- Demolishes
- Bottom lines
- Adds up to
- Aggregates
- Wrecks beyond repair
- Sums
- Wrecks irreparably
More clues leading to the result WRECKS
- Divers' visiting spots
- Totals
- Celebrity gossip site fodder
- Demolishes
- Bundles of nerves
- Destroys
- Ruins
- Divers' destinations
- Junkyard fillers
- Shatters.
More clues leading to the result RASES
- Brings down the house, in London
- Destroys
- Levels, as a theatre, say
- Demolishes, in Devon
- Demolishes
- Tears down
- Levels, in Leeds
- Tears down, in Taunton Deane
- Tears down, in Dover
- Wrecks, in Wimbledon
More clues leading to the result RAZES
- Knocks down
- Clears a level?
- Levels
- Tears down
- Demolishes
- Brings down the house
- Brings down
- Brings down a building
- Makes a lot out of a building?
- Cause to implode, perhaps
More clues leading to the result TRASHES
- Destroys, as a hotel room
- Does a number on, as a hotel room
- Redecorates, as a Marriott, perhaps
- Condemns as worthless
- Damages deliberately
- Destroys
- Reduces to junk
- Speaks disparagingly of
- Wrecks
- Makes a mess of
More clues leading to the result DECIMATES
More clues leading to the result UNDOES
More clues leading to the result TEARSDOWN
More clues leading to the result DEVOURS
More clues leading to the result SHATTERS
- Cracks up
- Breaks to bits
- Destroys
- Destroys, as illusions
- Smashes.
- Breaks to flinders.
- Splinters.
- Breaks, as a vase
- Demolishes
- Breaks into pieces
More clues leading to the result RUINATES
More clues leading to the result LOUSESUP
More clues leading to the result UNCREATES
More clues leading to the result ERASES
- Rubs out
- Formats
- Wipes off
- Clears away
- Rubs the wrong away
- Deletes
- Does some board work
- Gets the word out?
- Obliterates
- Wipes clean