destroy vs overhaul

destroy

verb
  • To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up. 

  • To sing a song poorly. 

  • To put down or euthanize. 

  • To remove data. 

  • To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way. 

  • To damage beyond use or repair. 

  • To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. 

  • To defeat soundly. 

  • To neutralize, undo a property or condition. 

overhaul

verb
  • To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely. 

  • To search (a ship) for contraband goods. 

  • To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs. 

  • To pass, overtake, or travel past. 

noun
  • A major repair, renovation, or revision. 

  • The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul. 

How often have the words destroy and overhaul occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )