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wipe out
[wahyp-out]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; get rid of |
| Synonyms: | X-out, abate, abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, decimate, delete, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, massacre, obliterate, remove, root out, slaughter, slay, uproot |
| Antonyms: | build, create |
| Main Entry: | annihilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy completely |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, root out, rub out, ruin, slaughter, take out*, undo, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck |
| Antonyms: | help, preserve, revive, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | void an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, blot out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare, delete, discharge, dissolve, efface, erase, expunge, get off the hook, invalidate, kill, negate, neutralize, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, render null and void, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, undo, vacate, vitiate, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | keep, restore, retain, revalidate, validate |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, relent, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detonate weapon |
| Synonyms: | attack, blast, blitz, blow up, bombard, cannonade, destroy, napalm, prang, raid, rain destruction, rake, shell, strafe, torpedo, wipe out, zero in |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail miserably |
| Synonyms: | blow it, flop, flummox, go out of business, lose, wash out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | do well, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | cancel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call off; erase |
| Synonyms: | X-out, abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, finish off, go back on one's word, kill, obliterate, off*, omit, quash, remove, render invalid, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, rub out, scratch out, scrub, sink*, smash, squash, stamp across, strike out, torpedo, total*, trash*, trim*, undo, wash out, wipe out, wipe slate clean, zap |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, arrange, establish, permit, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
| Synonyms: | ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, finish off, halt, hinder, impede, lick, mow down, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, prevail over, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, roll back, rout, route, sack, scatter, shipwreck, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, torpedo, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, surrender |
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