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Synonyms for obliterate
verb destroy- annihilate
- black out
- eliminate
- eradicate
- erase
- expunge
- exterminate
- knock out
- obscure
- ravage
- smash
- wash out
- wipe out
- ax
- bog
- cancel
- cover
- cut
- defeat
- delete
- efface
- extirpate
- finish
- kill
- level
- liquidate
- nix
- off
- scratch
- scrub
- sink
- squash
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- waste
- zap
- KO
- X-out
- blot out
- blue pencil
- do in
- finish off
- knock off
- mark out
- root out
- rub off
- rub out
- shoot down
- take apart
- take out
- wipe off face of earth
Antonyms for obliterate
- add
- aid
- assist
- bear
- build
- create
- fix
- help
- revive
- begin
- construct
- initiate
- keep
- leave alone
- save
- schedule
- set up
- start
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
abolished
verb. do away with or put an end to
- abate
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- call off
- cancel
- destroy
- disestablish
- dissolve
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- finish
- inhibit
- invalidate
- kill
- negate
- nix
- nullify
- obliterate
- overthrow
- overturn
- prohibit
- put an end to
- put kibosh on
- put the kibosh on
- quash
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- revoke
- scrub
- set aside
- squelch
- stamp out
- subvert
- supersede
- suppress
- terminate
- undo
- vacate
- vitiate
- void
- wipe out
- zap
abolishing
verb. do away with or put an end to
- abate
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- call off
- cancel
- destroy
- disestablish
- dissolve
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- finish
- inhibit
- invalidate
- kill
- negate
- nix
- nullify
- obliterate
- overthrow
- overturn
- prohibit
- put an end to
- put kibosh on
- put the kibosh on
- quash
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- revoke
- scrub
- set aside
- squelch
- stamp out
- subvert
- supersede
- suppress
- terminate
- undo
- vacate
- vitiate
- void
- wipe out
- zap
annihilate
verb. destroy completely
annihilated
verb. destroy completely
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.