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  • verb idiomatic To destroy (a large number of people or things); to obliterate.
  • verb To physically erase something written.
  • verb To do away with; to cause to disappear
  • verb intransitive To crash, fall over (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding etc.)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
  • verb wipe out the effect of something
  • verb remove from memory or existence
  • verb use up (resources or materials)
  • verb kill in large numbers
  • verb eliminate completely and without a trace

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