Question

Choose the antonym of the word given below:
Destroy
a. Finish
b. Ruin
c. Operate
d. Create

Answer 1

Hint: You need to find the word that is opposite in meaning of what ‘destroy’ means.

Complete answer:
First, you must get familiar with the meaning of the given word; ‘destroy’ means to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its powers and functions so that restoration is impossible. An example of its usage is – fire destroys everything.
Now, to find the proper solution, we must first understand the options provided to us. So, we will look into the options one by one –
Finish defines the act of bringing something to an end or to complete a task. For e.g. she was working hard to finish that assignment.
Ruin defines physical destruction of something or something that is destroyed. For e.g. the old building just fell and became ruins.
Operate means to control the functioning of something or perform a medical procedure. For e.g. I operate the whole team.
Create means to bring something or someone into existence. For e.g. I created the fan.
As you can see from the discussion above that the best suited antonym for the given word – ‘destroy’ is create, i.e. option d. Because create means bringing to life and destroying means to end something.

Note: You can eliminate the options that share similar meaning to the given word, or those words which share no similarity (or opposite meaning word) to the given word. That will help you get to the right answer.