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Decimate

To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

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Verb group 8

Annihilate 84% connected

To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Annihilate 84% connected

To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Eliminate 84% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Eliminate 84% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Eradicate 84% connected

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Eradicate 84% connected

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Extinguish 84% connected

To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Extinguish 84% connected

To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Extermination 74% connected

The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds fro…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Extermination 74% connected

The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds fro…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Annihilate 92% connected

To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Eliminate 92% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Eradicate 92% connected

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Extinguish 92% connected

To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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