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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | decimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, butcher, commit genocide, execute, exterminate, kill off, massacre, obliterate, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, axe, blot out, break down, butcher, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, impair, kill, lay waste, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out, spoliate, stamp out, suppress, swallow up, tear down, torpedo, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax, wipe out, wreck, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do away with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of; destroy |
| Synonyms: | abolish, bump off, cancel, discard, discontinue, do in, eliminate, exterminate, finish, kill, liquidate, murder, put an end to, put to death, remove, slaughter, slay, take away, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, get, keep |
| Main Entry: | eliminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, throw out |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blot out, bump off, cancel, cast out, count out, cut out, defeat, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, dispose of, disqualify, disregard, do away with, drive out, drop, eject, eradicate, erase, evict, exclude, expel, exterminate, get rid of, ignore, invalidate, kill, knock out, leave out, liquidate, murder, omit, oust, phase out, put out, reject, rub out, rule out, set aside, shut the door on, slay, stamp out, take out, terminate, waive, waste, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die or kill |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annihilate, cease, depart, desist, destroy, die, expire, exterminate, extinguish, lapse, put to death, ruin, run out, wane |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
| Main Entry: | eradicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; remove |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, demolish, deracinate, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, mow down, obliterate, off*, purge, raze, root out, rub out, scratch*, scrub, shoot down, squash, stamp out, take out*, torpedo, total, trash, unroot, uproot, wash out, waste, weed out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, bear, create, establish, fix, help, institute, plant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excise |
| 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: | expunge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, obliterate |
| Synonyms: | KO, X out, abolish, annihilate, annul, black, black out, blot out, blue pencil, call all bets off, call off, cancel, cut, delete, discard, drop, efface, eradicate, erase, exclude, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, kayo, kill, knock off, launder, omit, raze, remove, scrub, strike out, take out, trim, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | bear, build, construct, create |
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