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extirpation
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extirpation
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extermination |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, destruction, extinction |
| Main Entry: | destruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demolition, devastation |
| Synonyms: | abolishing, abolition, annihilation, assassinating, bane, carnage, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extirpation, havoc, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ravaging, ruin, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaughter, slaying, subjugation, subversion, subverting, undoing, wreckage, wrecking |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation, improvement, reparation, restoration |
| Main Entry: | extraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal from whole; distillation |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, derivation, drawing, elicitation, eradication, evocation, evulsion, expression, extirpation, extrication, pulling, separation, taking out, uprooting, withdrawal, wrenching, wresting |
| Antonyms: | addition, insertion, introduction |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination, removal |
| Synonyms: | abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purification, reign of terror, suppression, witch hunt |
| Antonyms: | holding, keeping, maintenance |
| Main Entry: | excision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extraction |
| Synonyms: | ablation, abscission, cutting, extirpation, removal |
| Main Entry: | removal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the state of being removed |
| Synonyms: | banishment, deportation, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, eradication, evacuation, eviction, exile, expatriation, expulsion, extermination, extirpation, extraction, replacement, transference |
| Antonyms: | entrance, induction, introduction |
| Main Entry: | liquidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annihilation |
| Synonyms: | abolishing, abolition, assassinating, bane, carnage, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extinguishment, extirpation, havoc, invalidating, invalidation, loss, massacre, murder, obliteration, overthrow, ravaging, ruin, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaughter, slaying, subjugation, subversion, subverting, undoing, wreckage, wrecking |
| Main Entry: | nullification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abolition |
| Synonyms: | abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, invalidation, negation, obliteration, overthrow, overturning, quashing, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, voidance, voiding, wiping out, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | obliteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annihilation |
| Synonyms: | abolishing, abolition, assassinating, bane, carnage, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extinguishment, extirpation, havoc, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ravaging, ruin, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaughter, slaying, subjugation, subversion, subverting, undoing, wreckage, wrecking |
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