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Verbs (9)

wipe, efface

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

hide, obscure, blot out

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

kill, wipe out

v. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"

put out, extinguish

v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (2)

obliterated, blotted out

adj. reduced to nothingness

Fuzzynyms (112)

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

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

clear, delete, erase

v. wipe out magnetically recorded information

end, terminate, bring to an end, cause to end

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

demolish, destroy

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

destroy

v. put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

dry, dry out, make dry

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

cure, heal

v. provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

cure

v. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"

drain, empty of liquid, drain the liquid from

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

drain, enfeeble, debilitate, make feeble

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

preserve

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

salt, preserve with salt

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

cancel, delete

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

cut, edit, edit out

v. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

exterminate, kill en masse, 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"

waste, knock off, liquidate, 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, smudge, blur, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

hide, obliterate, obscure, blot out

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

streak

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

overcast, cloud

v. make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

veil, hide with a veil, cover with a veil

v. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

throw, flurry, confuse, bewilder, put off, disconcert, consternate, bemuse, discombobulate

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

strain, deform, distort

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

dip, dim

v. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

eclipse

v. cause an eclipse of; of celestial bodies; "The moon eclipsed the sun"

level, even, even out, make straight, make level

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

smear, smudge, blur, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

wipe, obliterate, efface

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

streak

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

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

cancel, delete

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

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

strike, excise, expunge

v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

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

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

Synonyms (35)

put

v. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"

annihilated, exterminated, wiped out

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 events growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"

demolished, dismantled, razed

adj. torn down and broken up

raped, ravaged, despoiled, pillaged, sacked

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

gone, kaput, lost, finished, done for

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

wiped out, ruined, impoverished

adj. destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"

totaled, wrecked, totalled

adj. used of automobiles; completely demolished; "the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled"

war-torn, war-worn

adj. laid waste by war

Antonyms (17)

clear, unclutter, rid of obstructions, remove obstructions from

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

ignite, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire

v. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

enkindle, kindle

v. cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

revive, come to, regain consciousness

v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

light, light up, fire up

v. begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"

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