| abolish | | |
| v. (social) | 1. abolish, get rid of | do away with.; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" |
| ~ cashier | discard or do away with.; "cashier the literal sense of this word" |
| ~ abrogate | revoke formally. |
| delete | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. cancel, delete | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ rub out, score out, erase, wipe off, efface | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" |
| ~ excise, expunge, scratch, strike | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" |
| v. (communication) | 2. delete, erase | wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information.; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" |
| ~ recording, transcription | the act of making a record (especially an audio record).; "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" |
| ~ take away, take out | take out or remove.; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" |
| ~ demagnetise, demagnetize | erase (a magnetic storage device). |
| v. (change) | 3. blue-pencil, delete, edit | cut or eliminate.; "she edited the juiciest scenes" |
| ~ censor | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship.; "This magazine is censored by the government" |
| efface | | |
| v. (change) | 1. efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory.; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
| ~ slur, dim, blur | become vague or indistinct.; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" |
| ~ blot out, obliterate, veil, hide, obscure | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. efface | make inconspicuous.; "efface oneself" |
| ~ humble | cause to be unpretentious.; "This experience will humble him" |
| v. (contact) | 3. efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ sponge | erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard. |
| ~ delete, cancel | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| ~ scratch out, cut out | strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out.; "scratch out my name on that list" |
| erase | | |
| v. (change) | 1. erase, wipe out | remove from memory or existence.; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| obliterate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. kill, obliterate, wipe out | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase.; "kill these lines in the President's speech" |
| ~ take away, take out | take out or remove.; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" |
| v. (change) | 2. blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory.; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
| ~ mystify | make mysterious.; "mystify the story" |
| v. (change) | 3. obliterate | do away with completely, without leaving a trace. |
| ~ do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish | terminate, end, or take out.; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" |
| adj. | 4. blotted out, obliterate, obliterated | reduced to nothingness. |
| ~ destroyed | spoiled or ruined or demolished.; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind" |
| rid | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. disembarrass, free, rid | relieve from.; "Rid the house of pests" |
| ~ cleanse | purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins.; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins" |
| ~ relieve | free from a burden, evil, or distress. |
| ~ smooth out, smooth | free from obstructions.; "smooth the way towards peace negotiations" |
| ~ clear | clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..; "clear the water before it can be drunk" |
| ~ disinfest | rid of vermin.; "The exterminator disinfests the house" |
| ~ disembody | free from a body or physical form or reality. |
| whisk | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. whisk | a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream. |
| ~ mixer | a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. whisk, whisk broom | a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes. |
| ~ broom | a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle. |
| v. (motion) | 3. whisk | move somewhere quickly.; "The President was whisked away in his limo" |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| v. (motion) | 4. whisk | move quickly and nimbly.; "He whisked into the house" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (contact) | 5. whisk, whisk off | brush or wipe off lightly. |
| ~ wipe, pass over | rub with a circular motion.; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth" |
| v. (contact) | 6. whip, whisk | whip with or as if with a wire whisk.; "whisk the eggs" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ scramble, beat | stir vigorously.; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
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