extinguish | (verb) put an end to; kill | Synonyms: snuff out |
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(verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, wipe out |
(verb) terminate, end, or take out | Synonyms: do away with, eliminate, get rid of |
(verb) extinguish by crushing | Synonyms: crush out, press out, stub, stub out |
(verb) put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | Synonyms: blow out, quench, snuff out |
extirpate | (verb) surgically remove (an organ) | - |
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(verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: deracinate, root out, uproot |
(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot |