obliterate
101expunge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. erase; efface. See deduction, destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. erase, delete, efface; see cancel 1 . See Synonym Study at erase . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. erase, blot out, delete,… …
102extirpate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. uproot, eradicate, destroy (see destruction). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. exterminate, annihilate, abolish, root out; see destroy 1 . See Synonym Study at exterminate . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v …
103wipe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. clean, rub, brush, dust, mop; dry, towel. See cleanness, dryness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rub, clean, dry, dust, mop, clear, wash, swab, soak up, obliterate. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. rub,… …
104destroy — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to nothing] Syn. ruin, demolish, exterminate, raze, annihilate, tear down, throw down, plunder, ransack, pillage, eradicate, do away with, overthrow, cause the downfall of, devastate, swallow up, butcher, extirpate …
105wipe out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove] Syn. erase, delete, eliminate; see cancel 1 , remove 1 . 2. [To exterminate] Syn. slay, annihilate, eradicate; see destroy 1 , kill 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. destroy, eradicate, annihilate, obliterate,… …
106Inexistence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inexistence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inexistence inexistence Sgm: N 1 nonexistence nonexistence nonsubsistence Sgm: N 1 nonentity nonentity nil Sgm: N 1 negativeness negativeness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N …
107letter — [13] The distant ancestry of the word letter has never been satisfactorily explained. One possible candidate as a source that has been put forward is Greek diphthérai ‘writing tablets’. But the earliest precursor that can be positively identified …
108obliteration — (n.) 1650s, from L.L. obliterationem (nom. obliteratio), noun of action from pp. stem of obliterare (see OBLITERATE (Cf. obliterate)) …
109blot something out — 1) Mary blotted out her picture Syn: erase, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge, eradicate; cross out, strike out, wipe out 2) clouds were starting to blot out the stars Syn: conce …
110erase — verb 1) they erased his name from all lists Syn: delete, rub out, wipe off, blot out, cancel; efface, expunge, excise, remove, obliterate, eliminate, cut 2) the old differences in style were erased Syn …
