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obliterate

v. do away with completely, without leaving a trace

obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide

v. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

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blotted out, obliterate, obliterated

adj. reduced to nothingness

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

delete, cancel

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

excise

v. remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"

erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

erase, delete

v. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

end, terminate

v. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

demolish, destroy

v. defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"

destroy, put down

v. put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"

dry, dry out

v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

cure

v. make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"

cure

v. be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"

drain

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

enfeeble, debilitate, drain

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

preserve, keep

v. prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

salt

v. preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"

delete, cancel

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

edit

v. supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

exterminate, kill off

v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in

v. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

smear, blur, smudge, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

obscure

v. reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

streak

v. move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"

annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(p)

adj. destroyed completely

desolate, wasted, blasted, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined

adj. "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"

blighted, spoilt

adj. affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"

demolished, dismantled, razed

adj. torn down and broken up

despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked

adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"

done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)

adj. destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"

extinguished

adj. of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement

finished, ruined

adj. brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"

wrecked

adj. destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars"

war-torn, war-worn

adj. laid waste by war

clarify, make clear

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

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