CONSTITUTES Antonyms

• the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

• use up (resources or materials)

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• take apart into its constituent pieces

• take off or remove

• declare invalid

• make invalid for use

• show to be invalid

• take away the legal force of or render ineffective

• lessen the strength of

• become weaker

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

• lessen in force or effect