| 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, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, 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 remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law : vacate. See CONTINUE.
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