vverb.changemark for deletion, rub off, or eraseSynset:kill wipe out
Examples:- kill these lines in the President's speech
Derivationally Related Form:wipeoutobliterationobliterable
Hypernyms:take away take out
Inherited Hypernyms:killtake awayremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealingSynset:blot out hide obscure veil
Examples:- a hidden message
- a veiled threat
Derivationally Related Form:obliterablehiding
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:obscurechange
Direct Hyponyms:mystify
Full Troponyms:mystify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeremove completely from recognition or memorySynset:efface
Examples:- efface the memory of the time in the camps
Derivationally Related Form:obliteration
Hypernyms:blur dim slur
Inherited Hypernyms:obliterateblurweakendecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changedo away with completely, without leaving a traceDerivationally Related Form:obliterationobliteratorobliterable
Hypernyms:do away with eliminate extinguish get rid of
Inherited Hypernyms:obliterateextinguishdestroyunmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allreduced to nothingnessSynset:blotted out obliterated
Antonyms:preserved
Inherited Hypernyms:blotted out
Similar to:destroyed