| VERB | change | eradicate, eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, carry off | kill / kill / kill in large numbers |
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| creation | eradicate, uproot, extirpate, root out, exterminate | destroy completely, as if down to the roots |
| Sounds | ihrae'dahkey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | kill / kill / kill in large numbers. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, carry off | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Similar to | decimate | kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies |
| Spanish | anihilar, aniquilar, diezmar, eliminar, erradicar | |
| Catalan | anihilar, aniquilar, delmar, eliminar, eradicar, erradicar | |
| Meaning | Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | uproot, extirpate, root out, exterminate | |
| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| Spanish | desarraigar, erradicar, exterminar, extirpar | |
| Catalan | desarrelar, erradicar, exterminar, extirpar | |
| Nouns | eradication | the complete destruction of every trace of something |
| eradicator | someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | |
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