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Exterminate

To drive out or away; to expel.

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Destroy 76% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Destruct 76% connected

To destroy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Terminator 74% connected

One who, or that which, terminates.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Terminator 74% connected

One who, or that which, terminates.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Waster 74% connected

One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Waster 74% connected

One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Eradicate 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Extirpate 92% connected

To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uproot 92% connected

To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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