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Meaning
means(verb) eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out"
sweep away, wipe out
means(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
eradicate, uproot, root out, extirpate, exterminate
means(verb) kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
decimate
means(verb) remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
wipe out, erase
means(verb) kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
exterminate, kill off
means(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
dispatch, polish off, slay, bump off, hit, off, murder, remove
means(verb) put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
destroy, put down
means(verb) kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
extinguish, eradicate, eliminate, wipe out, carry off, annihilate, decimate
means(verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
neutralise, liquidate, do in, waste, neutralize, knock off
means(verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
destruct, destroy
means(verb) destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
pulverise, pulverize, demolish
means(verb) bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
dilapidate
means(verb) terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
eliminate, extinguish, do away with, get rid of
means(verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
ruin, destroy
means(verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
excise, strike, expunge, scratch
means(verb) wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"
wipe out, cancel out
means(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
efface, rub out, score out, wipe off, erase
means(verb) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot
means(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
waste, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, scourge, devastate
means(verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
harry, ravage
means(verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
obliterate, obscure, veil, blot out, hide
means(verb) do away with completely, without leaving a trace
obliterate
means(verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
kill, obliterate, wipe out
means(verb) put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
extinguish, snuff out

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