Synonyms: obliterate, efface
Definition: remove completely from recognition or memory
Usage: efface the memory of the time in the camps
Similar words: blur, dim, slur
Definition: become vague or indistinct
Usage: The distinction between the two theories blurred
Synonyms: obliterate, obscure, veil, blot out, hide
Definition: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Usage: a hidden message; a veiled threat
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: obliterate
Definition: do away with completely, without leaving a trace
Similar words: do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
Definition: terminate, end, or take out
Usage: Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics; Socialism extinguished these archaic customs; eliminate my debts
Synonyms: wipe out, obliterate, kill
Definition: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
Usage: kill these lines in the President's speech
Similar words: take away, take out
Definition: take out or remove
Usage: take out the chicken after adding the vegetables
Synonyms: blotted out, obliterate, obliterated
Definition: reduced to nothingness
Similar words: destroyed
Definition: spoiled or ruined or demolished
Usage: war left many cities destroyed; Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind