Utter destruction:
annihilation, eradication, extermination, extinction, extirpation, liquidation, obliteration. See crimes, help, makeAn often formal act of putting an end to:
abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, voidance. (Law) avoidance. See continue
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