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41wipe something off the map — obliterate something totally. → map …
42obliteration — obliterate ► VERB 1) destroy completely. 2) blot out or erase. DERIVATIVES obliteration noun. ORIGIN Latin obliterare strike out, erase , from littera letter …
43erase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. efface, rub out, expunge, cancel, obliterate, blot out. See nullification, destruction, extraction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To rub or wipe out] Syn. delete, cancel, obliterate, expunge, efface,… …
44expunge — ex·punge /ik spənj/ vt ex·punged, ex·pung·ing: to cancel out or destroy completely expunge the court records of an acquitted defendant ex·punge·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
45erase — erasability, n. erasable, adj. /i rays /, v., erased, erasing. v.t. 1. to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface. 2. to eliminate completely: She couldn t erase the tragic scene from her memory. 3. to… …
46efface — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. obliterate, erase, expunge, excise, delete, dele, strike, cancel, wipe out, blot. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rub out, obliterate, erase; see cancel 1 , destroy 1 , erase 1 . See… …
47cancel — cancelable; esp. Brit., cancellable, adj. canceler; esp. Brit., canceller, n. /kan seuhl/, v., canceled, canceling or (esp. Brit.) cancelled, cancelling, n. v.t. 1. to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation. 2. to dec …
48annihilate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. demolish, destroy; eliminate, exterminate. See destruction, nonexistence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. destroy, demolish, exterminate, obliterate; see destroy 1 . See Synonym Study at destroy . III (Roget… …
49erase — erase, expunge, cancel, efface, obliterate, blot out, delete mean to strike out something so that it no longer has effect or existence. Erase basically implies a scraping or rubbing out of something that is written, engraved, or painted {erase a… …
50blot out — verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (Freq. 6) a hidden message a veiled threat • Syn: ↑obscure, ↑obliterate, ↑veil, ↑hide • Derivationally related forms …
