Synonyms of the word

eradicate

• v. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
• v. (transitive) To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

annihilate

• v. To reduce to nothing, to be nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
• v. (particle physics) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation.
• v. (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.

decimate

• v. (archaic) To kill one-tenth of a group, (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman…
• v. To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
• v. (loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
• v. (obsolete) To exact a tithe or other 10% tax.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
• v. (obsolete) To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths etc.
• v. (proscribed) To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.
• v. (computer graphics) To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.
• n. (obsolete) A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
• n. (obsolete) A tenth of something.
• n. (obsolete) A set of ten items.

destroy

• v. (transitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
• v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
• v. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
• v. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
• v. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
• v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
• v. (computing, transitive) To remove data.

destruct

• v. (transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
• v. (intransitive) To self-destruct.

eliminate

• v. (transitive) To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
• v. (slang) To kill (a person or animal).
• v. (physiology) To excrete (waste products).
• v. To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
• v. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

exterminate

• v. (transitive) To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies…

extinguish

• v. (transitive) to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.
• v. (transitive) to destroy or abolish something.
• v. (transitive) to obscure or eclipse something.
• v. (transitive, psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex.
• v. (transitive, literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction.

extirpate

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
• v. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
• v. (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
• v. (transitive) To surgically remove.

kill

• v. (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• v. (transitive) To render inoperative.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
• v. (transitive) To use up or to waste.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
• v. (transitive) To force a company out of business.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To produce intense pain.
• v. (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
• v. (transitive, sports) To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot…
• v. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
• v. (mathematics, transitive, idiomatic, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
• v. (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
• n. The act of killing.
• n. Specifically, the death blow.
• n. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
• n. (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
• n. A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
• n. A kiln.

uproot

• v. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.
• v. (by extension) To remove utterly; to eradicate.