annihilation/annihilate

decimation/decimate

destruction/destroy

eelimination/eliminate

eradication/erradicate

extirpation/extirpate

mitigation/mitigate

obliteration/obliterate

termination/terminate

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Mitigation is not a synonym for destruction. It means to minimize impact.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

    Exactly

    I want you to read back that line about minimizing the impact and make the association between how human threats are mitigated in destruction&mafia parlance

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Colloquial use of words don't change their definition

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Obliterate is another good one

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    EEXTEERMIINAATE!!!

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Eradication was the one I was reaching for.

    I love Dennis' line from Sunny (when seeing grey hairs):

    so I'll eradicate those

    Then he "dyes@ his hair black with printer ink a l a Superman

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Well, if slangs are on the table, then one of my favs is:

    subtract

    But there is also:

    end (transitive: to end X)

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