| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. Law : extinguish. See CONTINUE. 2. To destroy all traces of: abolish, blot out, clear, eradicate, 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. 3. To kill savagely and indiscriminately: butcher, decimate, massacre, slaughter. See CRIMES, HELP, MAKE. 4. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal : massacre, wallop. Slang : clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See WIN.
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