| Main Entry: | eradication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extermination |
Synonyms: |
annihilation, destruction, elimination |
| Main Entry: | abolition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal act of putting an end to, annulling |
Synonyms: |
abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, invalidation, negation, nullification, obliteration, overthrow, overturning, quashing, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, voiding, wiping out, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
confirmation, establishment, establishment, institution, legalization, promotion |
| Main Entry: | death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of life |
Synonyms: |
afterlife, annihilation, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extermination, extinction, fatality, finis, finish, grave, grim reaper, heaven, loss, mortality, necrosis, obliteration, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, quietus, release, repose, ruin, ruination, silence, sleep, termination, tomb |
Antonyms: |
being, birth, entity, existence, life, living |
| Main Entry: | destruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demolition, devastation |
Synonyms: |
abolishing, abolition, annihilation, assassinating, bane, carnage, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extirpation, havoc, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ravaging, ruin, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaughter, slaying, subjugation, subversion, subverting, undoing, wreckage, wrecking |
Antonyms: |
building, construction, creation, improvement, reparation, restoration |
| Main Entry: | elimination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal |
Synonyms: |
cut, destruction, discard, displacement, dropping, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, extermination, omission, rejection, riddance, taking away, weeding out, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | extraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal from whole; distillation |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, derivation, drawing, elicitation, eradication, evocation, evulsion, expression, extirpation, extrication, pulling, separation, taking out, uprooting, withdrawal, wrenching, wresting |
Antonyms: |
addition, insertion, introduction |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination, removal |
Synonyms: |
abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purification, reign of terror, suppression, witch hunt |
Antonyms: |
holding, keeping, maintenance |
| Main Entry: | erasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancellation |
Synonyms: |
blotting out, canceling, crossing out, deleting, deletion, effacing, eradication, expunction, expunging, obliteration, rubbing out, scratching out, wiping out |
| Main Entry: | removal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the state of being removed |
Synonyms: |
banishment, deportation, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, eradication, evacuation, eviction, exile, expatriation, expulsion, extermination, extirpation, extraction, replacement, transference |
Antonyms: |
entrance, induction, introduction |
| Main Entry: | annihilation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Utter destruction. |
Synonyms: |
decimation, demolishment, demolition, destruction, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, liquidation, massacre, obliteration, ruin, slaughter |