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doing in
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with; kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, blot out, clear away, dispose of, do in, drag, drag down, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exclude, execute, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, get rid of, liquidate, murder, obliterate, purge, scratch, sterilize, take down, take out, waste*, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | give birth, plant, sow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sabotage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incapacitate, damage |
| Synonyms: | attack, block, bollix, break up, cripple, deep six, destroy, disable, disrupt, do in, do*, foul up, frustrate, hamper, hinder, louse up, mess up*, obstruct, put out of action, put out of commission, screw up, subvert, take out*, throw a monkey wrench into, torpedo, undermine, vandalize, wreck |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, fix, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, assassinate, butcher, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do*, down*, eliminate, erase, execute, exterminate, finish, hit, knock off, liquidate, massacre, murder, neutralize, put away, rub out, slaughter, snuff, waste* |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental hurt |
| Synonyms: | bother, cut to the quick, distress, disturb, do in, dump on, get*, grieve, hurt, hurt one's feelings, mortify, offend, outrage, pain, put down*, shake up, sting, traumatize, trouble, upset |
| Antonyms: | appease, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, pile up, put out of commission, ravage, raze, run aground, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck, sink, smash, smash up, spoil, strand, subvert, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
| Antonyms: | build, create, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bump off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intentionally murder someone |
| Synonyms: | blot out, blow away, chill, deep-six, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, off, polish off, rub out, snuff, snuff out, stretch out, waste, wax, whack, wipe out, zap |
| Main Entry: | knock out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock unconscious |
| Synonyms: | KO, coldcock, do in, hamstring, kayo, knock senseless, lay out |
| Main Entry: | rub out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispose of |
| Synonyms: | blow away, bump off, chill, deep-six, dispatch, do away with, do in, dust, erase, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, nuke, off, snuff, snuff out, stretch out, take care of, waste, wax, whack, zap |
| Main Entry: | snuff out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | blow away, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, knock off, murder, off, rub out, stretch out, waste, wax, whack, zap |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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