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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, delete |
| Synonyms: | X out, amputate, black out, blot out, blue pencil, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase, expunge, exscind, exsect, exterminate, extirpate, extract, gut, knock off, launder, lop off, resect, scissor out, scratch out, slash, stamp out, strike, trim, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | add, put in |
| Main Entry: | exterminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annihilate, blot out, decimate, destroy, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, massacre, obliterate, put an end to, rub out, send to kingdom come, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
| Main Entry: | extinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill; quash |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, check, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, obscure, put down, put the lid on, quell, remove, squash, stamp out, suppress, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
| Main Entry: | extirpate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; uproot |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, cut out, demolish, deracinate, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, excise, expunge, exsect, exterminate, extinguish, kill, raze, remove, root out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | help, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | iron out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reconcile a situation |
| Synonyms: | agree, arbitrate, clear up, compromise, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expedite, get rid of*, harmonize, negotiate, put right, reach agreement, resolve, settle, settle differences, simplify, smooth over, sort out, straighten out, unravel |
| Antonyms: | make worse, mess up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of existence; destroy |
| Synonyms: | X-out, annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with, do in, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase*, execute, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, get*, guillotine, hang, hit*, immolate, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, off*, poison, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out, sacrifice, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste*, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obliterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | KO, X-out, annihilate, ax, black out, blot out, blue pencil, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, finish off, kill, knock off, knock out, level*, liquidate, mark out, nix, obscure, off, ravage, root out, rub off, rub out, scratch, scrub, shoot down, sink, smash, squash, take apart, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, wash out, waste, wipe off face of earth, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid of; clean out |
| Synonyms: | abolish, absolve, clarify, cleanse, clear, depurate, disabuse, dismiss, dispose of, do away with, eject, eradicate, erase, excrete, exonerate, expel, expiate, expunge, exterminate, forgive, kill, liquidate, oust, pardon, prevent, purify, remove, rout out, shake out, sweep out, unload, wash, wipe off map, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | raze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatten, knock down; wipe out |
| Synonyms: | batter, blow down, bomb, break down, bulldoze, capsize, cast down, crash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, dynamite, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fell, level, mow down, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, remove, rub out, ruin, scatter, scratch out, smash, spill, strike out, subvert, tear down, tear up, throw down, topple, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, upset, wipe out, wrack, wreck, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
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