| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. Law. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. See CONTINUE. 2. To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, 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. 3. To cause to stop burning or giving light: douse, put out, quench, snuff out. See CONTINUE. 4. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN.
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