Synonyms: carry off, wipe out, extinguish, eliminate, eradicate, decimate, annihilate
Definition: kill in large numbers
Usage: the plague wiped out an entire population
Similar words: kill
Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: destroy, destruct
Definition: do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
Usage: The fire destroyed the house
Synonyms: snuff out, extinguish
Definition: put an end to; kill
Usage: The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
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: crush out, press out, stub out, extinguish
Definition: extinguish by crushing
Usage: stub out your cigar
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I