1) Demote in rank 2) Destroy 3) Take to pieces 4) To cause to lose its nature 5) To destroy or take apart 6) Undo 1) Destroy 
• (v. t.) To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.
[v] - deprive of certain characteristics
to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy. · to depose from office or authority; demote in rank. · to change the essential point of (a book, play, etc.). · to alter the opinion of (one's mind). · to change or alter the character of.