| Main Entry: | stamp out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put an end to |
Synonyms: |
abolish, blot out, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, kill, put down, put out, quell, snuff out, squelch, stop, suppress, wipe out |
| Main Entry: | abolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with or put an end to |
Synonyms: |
abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, disestablish, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, set aside, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap |
Antonyms: |
confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeating soundly |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, bear down, beat, blot out, blow away, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, force down, ice*, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quelch, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck |
Antonyms: |
lose, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | decimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, butcher, commit genocide, execute, exterminate, kill off, massacre, obliterate, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
Synonyms: |
abort, annihilate, annul, axe, blot out, break down, butcher, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, impair, kill, lay waste, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out, spoliate, stamp out, suppress, swallow up, tear down, torpedo, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax, wipe out, wreck, zap |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
Synonyms: |
depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, take apart, total*, trash*, waste, wipe off map, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
| Main Entry: | eliminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, throw out |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, blot out, bump off, cancel, cast out, count out, cut out, defeat, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, dispose of, disqualify, disregard, do away with, drive out, drop, eject, eradicate, erase, evict, exclude, expel, exterminate, get rid of, ignore, invalidate, kill, knock out, leave out, liquidate, murder, omit, oust, phase out, put out, reject, rub out, rule out, set aside, shut the door on, slay, stamp out, take out, terminate, waive, waste, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome |
| Main Entry: | eradicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; remove |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, demolish, deracinate, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, mow down, obliterate, off*, purge, raze, root out, rub out, scratch*, scrub, shoot down, squash, stamp out, take out*, torpedo, total, trash, unroot, uproot, wash out, waste, weed out, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, bear, create, establish, fix, help, institute, plant |
| Main Entry: | erase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove; rub out |
Synonyms: |
X-out, abolish, annul, black out, blank, blot, blue pencil, cancel, cross out, cut, cut out, delete, disannul, dispatch, efface, eliminate, excise, expunge, extirpate, gut, kill, launder, negate, nullify, obliterate, scratch out, stamp out, strike, strike out, take out, trim, wipe out, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
add, insert, put in |
| Main Entry: | excise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, delete |
Synonyms: |
X out, amputate, black out, blot out, blue pencil, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase, expunge, exscind, exsect, exterminate, extirpate, extract, gut, knock off, launder, lop off, resect, scissor out, scratch out, slash, stamp out, strike, trim, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
add, put in |