1. (

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

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

2. (

• uproot ,
• eradicate ,
• extirpate ,
• root_out ,
• exterminate

) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption" ;