οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior
annihilate: P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν, V. ἐκτρίβειν; see also destroy.
eradicate from the mind: P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν.