eradicate

English Thesaurus

1. kill in large numbers (verb.change)

hypernym	:	kill,
definition	:	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)

verb group	:	decimate,
definition	:	kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies (verb.change)

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

hypernym	:	destroy, destruct,
definition	:	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)

3. kill in large numbers (verb.change)

derivation	:	annihilation, obliteration,
definition	:	destruction by annihilating something (noun.act)

derivation	:	decimation,
definition	:	destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) (noun.act)

derivation	:	annihilation, disintegration,
definition	:	total destruction (noun.event)

derivation	:	extermination, extinction,
definition	:	complete annihilation (noun.event)

derivation	:	demolition, destruction, wipeout,
definition	:	an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event)

derivation	:	annihilator,
definition	:	a total destroyer (noun.person)

derivation	:	annihilating, annihilative, devastating, withering,
definition	:	wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction (adj.all)

4. destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

derivation	:	deracination, excision, extirpation,
definition	:	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	eradication, obliteration,
definition	:	the complete destruction of every trace of something (noun.event)

derivation	:	destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster,
definition	:	a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)

derivation	:	eradicator, exterminator, terminator,
definition	:	someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) (noun.person)

5. kill in large numbers (verb.change)

derivation	:	annihilation, obliteration,
definition	:	destruction by annihilating something (noun.act)

derivation	:	decimation,
definition	:	destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) (noun.act)

derivation	:	annihilation, disintegration,
definition	:	total destruction (noun.event)

derivation	:	extermination, extinction,
definition	:	complete annihilation (noun.event)

derivation	:	demolition, destruction, wipeout,
definition	:	an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event)

derivation	:	annihilator,
definition	:	a total destroyer (noun.person)

derivation	:	annihilating, annihilative, devastating, withering,
definition	:	wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction (adj.all)

6. destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

derivation	:	deracination, excision, extirpation,
definition	:	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	eradication, obliteration,
definition	:	the complete destruction of every trace of something (noun.event)

derivation	:	destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster,
definition	:	a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)

derivation	:	eradicator, exterminator, terminator,
definition	:	someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) (noun.person)