Across
- 1. to level to the ground; demolish
- 3. to usurp the place of; especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
- 7. courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
- 8. to mutually take or give; to respond in kind
- 10. insulting or intended to insult
- 12. to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish
- 13. to put down forcibly; suppress
- 14. to crush as if by trampling; squash
Down
- 2. to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem
- 4. humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity
- 5. to praise highly
- 6. full of praise
- 9. to mock contemptuously
- 11. no longer existing or functioning
- 14. to thwart or stump