Synonyms of eliminate
111 similar words
Another word for eliminate is ruin. Other synonyms of eliminate are harry, subvert, exterminate, disperse and eradicate.
Synonyms and similar words for eliminate
verbTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- abrogate
- abolish
- erase
- destroy
- annihilate
- aerosolize
- atomize
- bewreckTo wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
- blot out
- blotto
- dashTo ruin; to destroy.
- decompose
- demolish
- desolateTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- devastate
- diffuse
- disintegrate
- disperseTo break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- dissolve
- eradicateTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
- exterminateTo kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
- extinguishTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- extirpateTo destroy completely; to annihilate.
- fuck vulgarTo break, to destroy.
- harryTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
- jazz
- lay wasteTo completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
- level
- liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
- nukeTo destroy or erase completely.
- obliterateTo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- overturn
- pull down
- pulverizeAmerican and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
- razeTo completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from...
- ravageTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- remove
- ruinTo destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- ruinate
- stamp out
- total
- subvertTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- unbreed figuratively
- unexist
- unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
- uprootTo destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- waste
- wipe out
- wipe off
- wreck
- benothing obsolete, rareTo reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- fordo obsolete
- overthrow rare
- race obsoleteTo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- ravel obsoleteTo destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
verbTo render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight...
verbTo excrete (waste products).
- break the sealTo urinate, particularly for the first time after drinking alcohol.
- hit the headTo urinate or defecate; to go to the bathroom.
- micturateTo urinate.
- pass waterTo urinate.
- pee
- piddle British
- piss vulgar
- slash British
- take a leakTo urinate.
- take a pissTo urinate, especially of a male person.
- take a whizTo urinate.
- tinkle
- urinateTo pass urine from the body.
- void
- weeTo urinate.
- wee wee
- widdle British
- whiz
- boo-boo
- cack
- crap slang, vulgar
- defecate formal
- ease oneself euphemisticTo defecate or urinate.
- do a number two euphemisticTo defecate.
- drop a bomb slang
- drop a deuce slangTo release feces into a toilet; to defecate.
- dung
- feceateTo discharge feces from the digestive tract.
- have a shit vulgarSynonym of take a shit.
- move one's bowelsTo excrete feces from one's bowels: to defecate.
- pinch a loaf slangTo defecate.
- pinch one off slangTo defecate.
- poo
- pooh
- poop
- sharnThe dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
- shartTo defecate while farting, typically unintentionally.
- shiss
- shit vulgar
- shite vulgarTo defecate.
- stool
- take a dump slangTo defecate.
- take a shit vulgar
- take a crap slang, vulgarTo defecate.
- uncoil slang
- void one's bowels formal
- choke a darkie offensive, rareTo defecate.
- do one's ease obsolete, slangTo ease one's bowels; to defecate.
- do one's easement obsolete, slangTo ease one's bowels: to defecate.
- drite dialectal, obsoleteTo defecate.
- drop a chalupa rare, slangTo release feces into a toilet; to defecate.
- drop anchor rare, slang
- drop the kids off at the pool rare, slangTo defecate into a toilet.
- excrementize archaicTo defecate.
- take the Browns to the Super Bowl US, rareTo defecate.
Meaning of eliminate
- verb To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- verb To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing).
- verb To kill (a person or animal).
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Questions about synonyms of eliminate
- What is another word for eliminate?
- Eliminate has 111 synonyms on Word.ws, such as ruin, harry, subvert, exterminate, disperse, eradicate, obliterate and desolate.
- What does eliminate mean?
- Eliminate means to completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
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