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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = 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: | 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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