1. (

• eliminate ,
• annihilate ,
• extinguish ,
• eradicate ,
• wipe_out ,
• decimate ,
• carry_off

) kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" ;

1. (

• annihilative ,
• annihilating ,
• devastating ,
• withering

) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" ;

2. (

• annihilating ,
• devastating ,
• withering

) making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert ;