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destroy
To break up or spoil completely; ruin
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  1. To break up or spoil completely; ruin
  2. To bring about destruction
  3. To kill
demolish
To do away with completely; put an end to:
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  1. To do away with completely; put an end to:
  2. To tear down or break apart the structure of; raze.
  3. To destroy; ruin; bring to naught
exterminate
To destroy or get rid of entirely, as by killing; wipe out; annihilate
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  1. To destroy or get rid of entirely, as by killing; wipe out; annihilate
obliterate
To blot out or wear away, leaving no traces; erase; efface
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  1. To blot out or wear away, leaving no traces; erase; efface
  2. To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over:
  3. To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace.
abolish
To do away with completely; put an end to; esp., to make (a law, etc.) null and void
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  1. To do away with completely; put an end to; esp., to make (a law, etc.) null and void
  2. (Archaic) To destroy completely.
  3. To abrogate, annul, cancel, eliminate, put an end to, recall, repeal, or revoke, especially things of a seemingly permanent nature, such as customs, institutions, and usages. To abrogate, annul, cancel, eliminate, put an end to, recall, repeal, or revoke, especially things of a seemingly permanent nature, such as customs, institutions, and usages.
blot out
To make indecipherable; to obliterate
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  1. To make indecipherable; to obliterate
  2. To obscure.
  3. Used other than as an idiom: see blot,"Ž out.
clear
(Informal) All the way; completely:
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  1. (Informal) All the way; completely:
  2. To become clear, unclouded, etc.
  3. To remove the occupants of:
eradicate
To tear out by the roots; uproot
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  1. To tear out by the roots; uproot
  2. To get rid of; eliminate:
erase
To remove (data) from a computer storage device
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  1. To remove (data) from a computer storage device
  2. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.
  3. To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example):
exterminate
To get rid of by destroying completely:
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  1. To get rid of by destroying completely:
extinguish
To put an end to; destroy or cause to die out
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  1. To put an end to; destroy or cause to die out
  2. (Psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
  3. To cause a fire or light to stop burning or shining; put out.
extirpate
To pull up by the roots; root out
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  1. To pull up by the roots; root out
  2. To remove by surgery.
  3. To destroy or remove completely; exterminate; abolish
kill
To destroy a vitally essential quality in:
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  1. To destroy a vitally essential quality in:
  2. (Informal) To overcome with laughter, chagrin, pleasure, surprise, etc.
  3. To cause (an engine, etc.) to stop; turn off
liquidate
To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
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  1. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
  2. To settle by agreement or legal process the amount of (indebtedness, damages, etc.)
  3. To dispose of or get rid of, as by killing
obliterate
To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over:
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  1. To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over:
  2. To blot out or wear away, leaving no traces; erase; efface
  3. To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace.
remove
To kill or assassinate
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  1. To kill or assassinate
  2. To be removable
  3. To move (something) from where it is; lift, push, transfer, or carry away, or from one place to another
root
To cause (a cutting from a plant) to develop roots, as by placing in water or in sand, soil, etc.
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  1. To cause (a cutting from a plant) to develop roots, as by placing in water or in sand, soil, etc.
  2. A plant part that usually grows underground, secures the plant in place, absorbs minerals and water, and stores food manufactured by leaves and other plant parts. Roots grow in a root system. Eudicots and magnoliids have a central, longer, and larger taproot with many narrower lateral roots branching off, while monocots have a mass of threadlike fibrous roots , which are roughly the same length and remain close to the surface of the soil. In vascular plants, roots usually consist of a central cylinder of vascular tissue, surrounded by the pericycle and endodermis, then a thick layer of cortex, and finally an outer epidermis or (in woody plants) periderm. Only finer roots (known as feeder roots) actively take up water and minerals, generally in the uppermost meter of soil. These roots absorb minerals primarily through small epidermal structures known as root hairs. In certain plants, adventitious roots grow out from the stem above ground as aerial roots or prop roots, bending down into the soil, to facilitate the exchange of gases or increase support. Certain plants (such as the carrot and beet) have fleshy storage roots with abundant parenchyma in their vascular tissues.
  3. To remove or get rid of. Often used with out :
uproot
To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
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  1. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
  2. To remove or force from home or native land
  3. To destroy or remove utterly; eradicate
butcher
To botch; bungle:
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  1. To botch; bungle:
  2. To kill (people, game, etc.) brutally, senselessly, or in large numbers; slaughter
  3. To slaughter or prepare (animals) for market.
decimate
To select by lot and kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers).
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  1. To select by lot and kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers).
  2. (Obs.) To take a tenth part of; tithe
  3. To destroy or kill a large part of
massacre
(Informal) To defeat decisively.
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  1. (Informal) To defeat decisively.
  2. (Informal) To botch; bungle:
  3. To kill indiscriminately and wantonly; slaughter.
slaughter
To kill in a violent or brutal manner.
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  1. To kill in a violent or brutal manner.
  2. (Informal) To conquer or defeat completely
  3. To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher.
crush
To be or become crushed:
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  1. To be or become crushed:
  2. To crumple or rumple:
  3. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
drub
To beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
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  1. To beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
  2. To thrash with a stick.
  3. To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
overpower
To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.
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  1. To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.
  2. To dominate because of superior or excessive strength; overwhelm
  3. To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively:
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  1. To defeat completely and decisively:
  2. To present with an excessive amount:
  3. To turn over; upset:
smash
To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
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  1. To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
  2. To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision:
  3. To break or shatter into pieces with noise or violence
steamroller
To move or proceed with overwhelming or crushing force.
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  1. To move or proceed with overwhelming or crushing force.
  2. To move with overwhelming force, or use steamroller tactics
  3. To overwhelm or suppress ruthlessly; crush.
thrash
To move wildly or violently:
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  1. To move wildly or violently:
  2. To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
  3. To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail:
trounce
To defeat decisively:
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  1. To defeat decisively:
  2. To criticize severely:
  3. To beat; thrash; flog
vanquish
To conquer or defeat in battle; force into submission
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  1. To conquer or defeat in battle; force into submission
  2. To overcome (a feeling, condition, etc.); suppress
  3. To overcome or subdue (an emotion, for example); suppress:
massacre
To kill indiscriminately and mercilessly and in large numbers
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  1. To kill indiscriminately and mercilessly and in large numbers
  2. To kill indiscriminately and wantonly; slaughter.
  3. (Informal) To botch; bungle:
wallop
To move along in a rapid, reckless, awkward way
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  1. To move along in a rapid, reckless, awkward way
  2. To strike with a hard blow:
  3. To move in a heavy or clumsy manner.
clobber
To strike with great force
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  1. To strike with great force
  2. To beat or hit repeatedly; maul
  3. To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.
cream
To add cream to.
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  1. To add cream to.
  2. To separate as cream
  3. To cook with cream or a cream sauce
shellac
(Informal, US) To inflict a heavy defeat; to drub; to batter. Used primarily in sports and political contexts.
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  1. (Informal, US) To inflict a heavy defeat; to drub; to batter. Used primarily in sports and political contexts.
  2. To apply shellac to; cover or varnish with shellac
  3. To coat or finish with shellac.
smear
To apply by spreading or daubing:
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  1. To apply by spreading or daubing:
  2. To spread or daub (a surface, for example) with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.
  3. To apply (a ) to, so as to leave a coating, mark, etc.
abolish
(Archaic) To destroy completely.
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  1. (Archaic) To destroy completely.
  2. To do away with; put an end to; annul:
  3. To abrogate, annul, cancel, eliminate, put an end to, recall, repeal, or revoke, especially things of a seemingly permanent nature, such as customs, institutions, and usages. To abrogate, annul, cancel, eliminate, put an end to, recall, repeal, or revoke, especially things of a seemingly permanent nature, such as customs, institutions, and usages.
abrogate
To cancel or repeal by authority; annul
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  1. To cancel or repeal by authority; annul
  2. To annul, cancel, destroy, overturn, repeal, revoke, set aside, supercede, or otherwise do away with or put an end to.
  3. To abolish a custom or law by some authoritative, formal, legislative, or other legally effective method.
annul
To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:
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  1. To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:
  2. To judicially declare something to be void either from the date of decree or ab initio.
  3. To make an ecclesiastical or judicial declaration that a marriage is void ab initio and never existed. See also divorce.
cancel
To cross out with lines or other marks, as in deleting written matter or marking a check as used and cleared
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  1. To cross out with lines or other marks, as in deleting written matter or marking a check as used and cleared
  2. To offset or cancel each other
  3. To blot out, deface, mark off, perforate, destroy, or otherwise physically alter a writing to render it void.
invalidate
To make invalid; deprive of legal force
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  1. To make invalid; deprive of legal force
negate
To make negative:
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  1. To make negative:
  2. (Computers) To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate.
  3. To deny the existence or truth of
nullify
(Law) to make legally invalid.
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  1. (Law) to make legally invalid.
  2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of.
  3. To cancel out
set-aside
To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding. To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
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  1. To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding. To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
vitiate
To weaken morally; debase; pervert
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  1. To weaken morally; debase; pervert
  2. To invalidate either partially or completely.
  3. To interfere with; to impair; to render null and void; to cause to have no effect.
void
To leave; vacate.
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  1. To leave; vacate.
  2. To make void or of no validity; invalidate:
  3. To take out (the contents of something); empty.
extinguish
To put an end to; destroy or cause to die out
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  1. To put an end to; destroy or cause to die out
  2. (Psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
  3. To cause a fire or light to stop burning or shining; put out.
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  • Did you really almost annihilate the human race?

  • If Ritschl had clearly shown that judgments of value enfold and transform other types of knowledge, just as the "spiritual man" includes and transfigures but does not annihilate the "natural man," then within the compass of this spiritually conditioned knowledge all other knowledge would be seen to have a function and a home.

  • The reasoning behind MAD was that if we can annihilate the Soviets or the Chinese and they in turn can annihilate us, then none of us will start a war.

  • It is now generally recognized that Hertzian wave telegraphy, or radio-telegraphy, as it is sometimes called, has a special field of operations of its own, and that the anticipations which were at one time excited by uninformed persons that it would speedily annihilate all telegraphy conducted with wires have been dispersed by experience.

  • It was not the aim of the Constituent Assembly to pauperize or annihilate the Church; it purposed to reorganize it on a juster basis.

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