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Rabbit

punishable by fine up to 5l. By the (English) Night Poaching Act, 1828, s. 1, unlawfully taking or destroying game or rabbits by night is punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment up to three months with hard

De

Latin dis apart away or sometimes to de Cf Dis It is negative and opposite in derange deform destroy etc It is intensive in deprave despoil declare desolate etc

Countermine

An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy

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Poison

No comprehensive definition can be given to the word poison. Under this term would fall anything calculated to destroy life. Substances harmless in themselves might become poison by the time or manner of their administration. Nothing is

expunge

expunge ex·punged ex·pung·ing : to cancel out or destroy completely [ the court records of an acquitted defendant] ex·punge·ment n

Disinfect

To free from infectious or contagious matter to destroy putrefaction to purify to make innocuous

avoid

avoid [modification of Old French esvuider to destroy, literally, to empty, from es- out + vuider to empty] 1 : to make void or undo :

cancel

cancel -celed or: -celled -cel·ing or: -cel·ling 1 : to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a : to render (one's will or a provision in one's

deface

deface de·faced de·fac·ing : to destroy or mar the face or surface of de·face·ment n de·fac·er n

defeasance

defeasance [Anglo-French defesance, literally, undoing, destruction, from Old French deffesant, present participle of deffaire to destroy, undo see defeat ] 1 a : a condition (as in a deed or will) that upon fulfillment

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