| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. Also used with out: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, x (out). Law : vacate. See CONTINUE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | wipe out To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See HELP, MAKE. wipe out 1. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, purge, remove. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See HELP, KEEP. 2. Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. Informal : put away. Slang : bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, zap. See HELP.
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