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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

annul

to cause (a marriage agreements, a law etc) to exist no longer

void an agreement

counterorder

an offer (of a price) made in reply to an earlier offer

take back; cancel

decimate

to kill or destroy a large number of (people, plants etc)

destroy

delete

to take out (something written or printed)

erase, remove

despise

to feel contempt for (a person); consider (a person) to be worthless

look down on

destroy

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

demolish, devastate

devour

to eat (food, a meal) hungrily or greedily

swallow, consume

drown

(to cause a person, animal) to die under water because unable to breathe

submerge in liquid; submerge and die

efface

to remove (something) by rubbing or wiping

erase

eliminate

to remove (something); get rid of (something) because unnecessary or unwanted

remove, throw out

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

raze

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

flatten, knock down; wipe out

remove

to take something away, off or out (from a place); to dismiss a person (which is more usual)

lift or move object; take off, away

revoke

to cancel, end (a decree, consent, permission etc)

take back; cancel

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

wash-out

to clean (the inside of) something

cancel, revoke

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