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Main Entry:
cancel [kan-suhl]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: call off; erase
Synonyms: X-out, abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, finish off, go back on one's word, kill, obliterate, off*, omit, quash, remove, render invalid, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, rub out, scratch out, scrub, sink*, smash, squash, stamp across, strike out, torpedo, total*, trash*, trim*, undo, wash out, wipe out, wipe slate clean, zap
Antonyms: allow, approve, arrange, establish, permit, uphold
Main Entry: kill
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deprive of existence; destroy
Synonyms: X-out, annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with, do in, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase*, execute, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, get*, guillotine, hang, hit*, immolate, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, off*, poison, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out, sacrifice, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste*, wipe out, zap
Antonyms: bear, create, give birth
Main Entry: knock off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: kill
Synonyms: assassinate, blow away, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do away with, do in, do in, dust, dust*, eliminate, execute, finish, grease, hit, ice, kill, liquidate, murder, off, rub out, rub out, shoot, slay, snuff out, stab, stretch out, waste, wax, whack, zap
Antonyms: bear, create
Main Entry: murder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: kill
Synonyms: abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, blot out, bump off, butcher, chill*, cool*, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, dust off, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, garotte, guillotine, hang, hit*, knife, knock off, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off*, put away, rub out, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, take a life, take for a ride, take out*, thrash*, waste*
Notes: the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness
Antonyms: guard, preserve, protect, save
Main Entry: obliterate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: destroy
Synonyms: KO, X-out, annihilate, ax, black out, blot out, blue pencil, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, finish off, kill, knock off, knock out, level*, liquidate, mark out, nix, obscure, off, ravage, root out, rub off, rub out, scratch, scrub, shoot down, sink, smash, squash, take apart, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, wash out, waste, wipe off face of earth, wipe out, zap
Antonyms: build, construct, create
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: 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
Main Entry: recede
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: withdraw; diminish
Synonyms: abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, die off, diminish, drain away, draw back, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, flow back, go away, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, return, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane
Antonyms: advance, forge, forward, increase
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