kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
eliminate — Completely remove or get rid of (something).
annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
assassinate — When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
rub out — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
