| Main Entry: | extinguishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annihilation |
Synonyms: |
decimation, destruction, elimination, eradication, excision, extermination, extinction, genocide, liquidation, obliteration, slaughter |
| Main Entry: | extinguishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abolition |
Synonyms: |
abolishment, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, elimination, ending, invalidation, nullification, rescinding, termination, voidance |
| Main Entry: | eclipse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shadowing of the sun |
Synonyms: |
concealment, darkening, decline, diminution, dimming, extinction, extinguishment, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, penumbra, shading, shroud, veil |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | extermination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annihilation |
Synonyms: |
decimation, destruction, elimination, eradication, excision, extinction, extinguishment, genocide, liquidation, obliteration, slaughter |
| Main Entry: | liquidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annihilation |
Synonyms: |
abolishing, abolition, assassinating, bane, carnage, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extinguishment, extirpation, havoc, invalidating, invalidation, loss, massacre, murder, obliteration, overthrow, ravaging, ruin, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaughter, slaying, subjugation, subversion, subverting, undoing, wreckage, wrecking |
| Main Entry: | obliteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annihilation |
Synonyms: |
abolishing, abolition, assassinating, bane, carnage, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extinguishment, extirpation, havoc, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ravaging, ruin, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaughter, slaying, subjugation, subversion, subverting, undoing, wreckage, wrecking |
| Concept: | [Suppression of sign] Obliteration. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
obliteration; erasure, rasure; cancel, cancellation; circumduction; deletion, blot; tabula rasa; effacement, extinction.
-verbs
efface, obliterate, erase, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge., be effaced; leave no trace; "leave not a rack behind."
-adjectives
obliterated; out of print; printless; leaving no trace; intestate; unrecorded, unregistered, unwritten.
-phrases
delenda est Carthago [Cato].
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Antonyms: |
record |
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