Cancel and Decimate

Cancel

Cancel verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order

Decimate and cancel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decimate" instead a verb "Cancel".

Decimate

Decimate verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Cancel and decimate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cancel" instead a verb "Decimate".

Nearby Words: decimal, decimation, decimating
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