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(v)
(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
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(transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
(transitive, idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
(n)
The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
removal
(transitive) To delete.
(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
The act of deleting.
(printing, usually imperative) To delete.
(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
(transitive) To throw away, to reject.
Alternative form of phaseout. [The action of phasing out; an incremental removal or reduction.]
The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
(intransitive) To vanish.
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
(intransitive) To cease moving.
The act by which things are disposed, or set out.
(countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something.
The act or process of making or becoming clear.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
(formal, intransitive) To stop.
(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
(transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
The act, process, or result of reducing.
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
(adj)
(chemistry) That causes reduction.
(transitive) (also reflexive) Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
(transitive) To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle and gerund of combat
The opposite of something.
A termination or conclusion.
(transitive) To fight; to struggle against.
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
(intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
(intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
(transitive) To complete (something).
(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
(transitive) To eject; to expel.
(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.
To contradict, oppose.
(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
(transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.
(transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
inclined, minded
(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
Movement through phases; arrangement of a sequence or cycle.
(with in or out) To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
To be or make a bridge over something.
To remove the stem from.