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Main Entry:
elimination [ih-lim-uh-ney-shuhn]
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
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
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
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