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ANNIHILATE Synonyms

There are 15 synonyms of the word annihilate. (exact relations)
There are 6 hypernyms of the word annihilate. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for ANNIHILATE

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extinguish
verbv
verb

• extinguish by crushing

• put an end to; kill

• put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

• terminate, end, or take out

• kill in large numbers

decimate
verbv
verb

• kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

• kill in large numbers

destroy
verbv
verb

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

eliminate
verbv
verb

• terminate, end, or take out

• get rid of something

• kill in large numbers

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• eliminate from the body

• remove from a contest or race

• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

wipe out
verbv
verb

• use up (resources or materials)

• kill in large numbers

• eliminate completely and without a trace

• remove from memory or existence

• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

• wipe out the effect of something

erase
verbv
verb

• remove from memory or existence

• remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

• wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

exterminate
verbv
verb

• kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

extirpate
verbv
verb

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

• pull up by or as if by the roots

• surgically remove (an organ)

liquidate
verbv
verb

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• eliminate by paying off (debts)

• convert into cash

• settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off

massacre
nounn
noun

• the savage and excessive killing of many people

verb

• kill a large number of people indiscriminately

obliterate
verbv
adjective satellite

• reduced to nothingness

verb

• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• remove completely from recognition or memory

• do away with completely, without leaving a trace

vaporize
verbv
verb

• kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

• turn into gas

• lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

• decrease rapidly and disappear

extermine
verbv
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eradicate
verbv
verb

• kill in large numbers

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

carry off
verbv
verb

• be successful; achieve a goal

• remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

• kill in large numbers

Best Hypernyms For ANNIHILATE

Here is a list of related hypernyms for annihilate, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (6)
destroy eliminate eradicate erase exterminate obliterate

Alternatives for EXTINGUISH

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