Delete
Delete verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.
Exterminate and delete are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exterminate" instead a verb "Delete".
Exterminate
Exterminate verb - To destroy all traces of.
Delete and exterminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delete" instead a verb "Exterminate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- liquidate and delete
- liquidate and exterminate
- annihilate and delete
- annihilate and exterminate
- extinguish and delete
- extinguish and exterminate
- eliminate and delete
- eliminate and exterminate
- abolish and delete
- abolish and exterminate
- cancel and delete
- cancel and exterminate
- destroy and delete
- destroy and exterminate
Common collocations
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