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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal |
| Synonyms: | cut, destruction, discard, displacement, dropping, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, extermination, omission, rejection, riddance, taking away, weeding out, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | purgation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination |
| Synonyms: | cut*, destruction, discard, displacement, dropping, ejection, eradication, evacuation, exclusion, excretion, expulsion, extermination, omission, purification, rejection, riddance, taking away, weeding out, withdrawal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically remove, draw out |
| Synonyms: | avulse, bring out, catheterize, cull, derive, distill, eke out, elicit, eradicate, evoke, evulse, exact, express, extirpate, extort, extricate, garner, gather, get, glean, obtain, pick up, pluck, press out, pry, pull, reap, secure, select, separate, siphon, squeeze, take, tear, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest, wring, yank |
| Antonyms: | add, insert, put in |
| Main Entry: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make diluted or less dense |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, cook, cut, cut back, decrease, delete, diminish, disperse, doctor, edit, emaciate, expand, extenuate, irrigate, lace, needle, prune, rarefy, reduce, refine, shave, spike, trim, water, water down, weaken, weed out |
| Antonyms: | beef up, thicken |
| Main Entry: | uproot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; rip out of a place |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, demolish, deracinate, dig up, displace, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, excavate, exile, exterminate, extirpate, extract, move, overthrow, overturn, pull up, remove, root out, tear up, weed, weed out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | plant, settle, sow |
| Main Entry: | phase out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slowly get rid of |
| Synonyms: | cancel, eliminate, terminate, weed out |
| Main Entry: | rarefy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thin |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, cook, cut back, cut*, decrease, delete, diminish, disperse, doctor, edit, emaciate, expand, extenuate, irrigate, lace, needle, prune, reduce, refine, shave, spike, trim, water, water down, weaken, weed out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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