Synonyms of the word

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…

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.

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.

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.