History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
abolish

to put an end to (a law, an old custom, war etc.)

away with or put an end to

annihilate

to destroy (a group, community) completely

destroy completely

cut-out

an article etc cut out of a newspaper; a device that disconnects a circuit

excise, remove

destroy

to break (something) to pieces; make (something) useless; put an end to (hopes, a career etc)

demolish, devastate

eradicate

to destroy or put an end to (something bad)

destroy; remove

erase

to rub or scrape out (something)

remove; rub out

exterminate

to destroy completely (a disease, a race etc)

kill

kill

an act of killing a wild animal, person etc

deprive of existence; destroy

obliterate

to remove all signs of (something); destroy (something)

destroy

quash

to end, reject (something) as not valid (by legal procedure)

destroy, defeat

raze

to destroy (towns, buildings) completely, especially by making them level with the ground

flatten, knock down; wipe out

rid

to make (a person, animal, place etc) free of

do away with; free

unbuilt

not (yet) built

flatten, knock down; wipe out

uproot

to pull with the roots; to take a person out of one place to work or settle in another

destroy; rip out of a place

EXTIRPATE as in Wiktionary
EXTIRPATE as in Wikipedia