| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See HELP, MAKE. 2. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eliminate, liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See HELP, KEEP.
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