Greek-English translations for αφανίζω

annihilate
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An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
consume
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The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.Desire consumed him.

destroy
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The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexesHooligans destroy unprovokedSmoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
eliminatea ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemiesBill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
eradicate
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Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
erase
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I erased that note because it was wrong.Im going to erase this tape.Im going to erase those files.
exterminate
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Well use poison to exterminate the rats.The public school failed to exterminate truancy.
extinguish
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She extinguished all my hopes.They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbersThe rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.

extirpate
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The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization
finish offI was hungry, so I finished off the last of the cakes.It was the blow to the head that finished him off, not the bullet wound.
kill
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Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combinedHe killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waitingThe editor decided to kill the story
kill offWe killed off the Dodo by over-hunting.The writers are killing off lots of people in the soap opera.
lay waste
liquidate
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obliterate
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root outThey rooted out all vestiges of corruptionIt took them hours to root out exactly where the water was coming in
rub outThe teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the blackboard.
slaughter
snuff out
take outLet me take you out for dinnerThe soldiers were instructed to take out the enemy base by any means necessarytake out a loan; take out medical insurance; take out a membership; take out a patent
waste
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The cage was littered with animal wasteThat was a waste of timeHer life seemed a waste
wipe off the face of the earth
wipe off the map
wipe out
zap
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You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.I think they zapped the processor.

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