ANNIHILATE Synonyms
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 |