To put an end to, especially formally and with authority

• extinguish

  1. To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
  2. To put an end to or make extinct; destroy:
  3. To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).

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  1. To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
  2. To put an end to or make extinct; destroy:
  3. To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).

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• void

  1. Containing no matter; empty.
  2. Not occupied; unfilled.
  3. Completely lacking; devoid:

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  1. Containing no matter; empty.
  2. Not occupied; unfilled.
  3. Completely lacking; devoid:

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• vitiate

  1. To reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil:
  2. To corrupt morally; debase:
  3. To make ineffective (a contract or legal stipulation, for example); invalidate.

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  1. To reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil:
  2. To corrupt morally; debase:
  3. To make ineffective (a contract or legal stipulation, for example); invalidate.

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• set-aside

  1. Something, such as land or a certain percentage of profits, that is set aside for a specific purpose.
  2. A program requiring that a percentage of government procurement contracts be reserved for disadvantaged businesses.

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  1. Something, such as land or a certain percentage of profits, that is set aside for a specific purpose.
  2. A program requiring that a percentage of government procurement contracts be reserved for disadvantaged businesses.

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• nullify

  1. To make null; invalidate.
  2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of.

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  1. To make null; invalidate.
  2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of.

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• negate

  1. To make ineffective or invalid; nullify:
  2. To make negative:
  3. To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate.

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  1. To make ineffective or invalid; nullify:
  2. To make negative:
  3. To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate.

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• invalidate

  1. To make invalid; nullify.

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  1. To make invalid; nullify.

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• cancel

  1. To annul or invalidate:
  2. To decide or announce that (a planned or scheduled event) will not take place, especially with no intention of holding it at a later time:
  3. To cross out with lines or other markings.

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  1. To annul or invalidate:
  2. To decide or announce that (a planned or scheduled event) will not take place, especially with no intention of holding it at a later time:
  3. To cross out with lines or other markings.

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• annul

  1. To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
  2. To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:

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  1. To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
  2. To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:

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• annihilate

  1. To destroy completely:
  2. To reduce to nonexistence:
  3. To defeat decisively:

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  1. To destroy completely:
  2. To reduce to nonexistence:
  3. To defeat decisively:

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• abrogate

  1. To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority:

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  1. To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority:

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To destroy all traces of

• wipe out

  1. (idiomatic) To destroy (a large number of people or things); to obliterate.
  2. To physically erase something written.
  3. To do away with; to cause to disappear

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  1. (idiomatic) To destroy (a large number of people or things); to obliterate.
  2. To physically erase something written.
  3. To do away with; to cause to disappear

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• uproot

  1. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
  2. To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.
  3. To force to leave an accustomed or native location.

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  1. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
  2. To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.
  3. To force to leave an accustomed or native location.

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• stamp out

  1. to extinguish by stamping.
  2. (idiomatic) To get rid of, eradicate.

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  1. to extinguish by stamping.
  2. (idiomatic) To get rid of, eradicate.

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• snuff out

  1. To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.
  2. To kill a living being.

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  1. To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.
  2. To kill a living being.

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• rub out

  1. To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing.
  2. (criminal slang) To kill.

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  1. To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing.
  2. (criminal slang) To kill.

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• root

  1. The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
  2. Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
  3. The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.

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  1. The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
  2. Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
  3. The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.

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• remove

  1. To move from a place or position occupied:
  2. To transfer or convey from one place to another:
  3. To take off:

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  1. To move from a place or position occupied:
  2. To transfer or convey from one place to another:
  3. To take off:

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• obliterate

  1. To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace.
  2. To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over:
  3. To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.

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  1. To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace.
  2. To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over:
  3. To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.

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• liquidate

  1. To pay off (a debt, claim, or obligation); settle.
  2. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
  3. To convert (assets) into cash.

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  1. To pay off (a debt, claim, or obligation); settle.
  2. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
  3. To convert (assets) into cash.

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• kill

  1. To put to death:
  2. To deprive of life:
  3. To put an end to; extinguish:

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  1. To put to death:
  2. To deprive of life:
  3. To put an end to; extinguish:

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• extirpate

  1. To destroy totally; kill off:
  2. To render absent or nonexistent:
  3. To pull up by the roots.

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  1. To destroy totally; kill off:
  2. To render absent or nonexistent:
  3. To pull up by the roots.

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• extinguish

  1. To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
  2. To put an end to or make extinct; destroy:
  3. To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).

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  1. To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
  2. To put an end to or make extinct; destroy:
  3. To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).

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• exterminate

  1. To get rid of by destroying completely:

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  1. To get rid of by destroying completely:

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• erase

  1. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.
  2. To remove (recorded material) from a magnetic tape or other storage medium:
  3. To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example):

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  1. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.
  2. To remove (recorded material) from a magnetic tape or other storage medium:
  3. To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example):

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• eradicate

  1. To tear up by the roots:
  2. To get rid of; eliminate:

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  1. To tear up by the roots:
  2. To get rid of; eliminate:

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• clear

  1. Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
  2. Not obscured or darkened; bright:
  3. Easily seen through; transparent:

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  1. Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
  2. Not obscured or darkened; bright:
  3. Easily seen through; transparent:

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• blot out

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see blot,"Ž out.
  2. To obscure.
  3. To make indecipherable; to obliterate

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  1. Used other than as an idiom: see blot,"Ž out.
  2. To obscure.
  3. To make indecipherable; to obliterate

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• annihilate

  1. To destroy completely:
  2. To reduce to nonexistence:
  3. To defeat decisively:

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  1. To destroy completely:
  2. To reduce to nonexistence:
  3. To defeat decisively:

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