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| Main Entry: |
rub out
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| 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: | black out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
| Synonyms: | batten, conceal, cover up, cross out, cut off, darken, delete; cover, eclipse, eradicate, erase, extinguish, faint, go out like a light, hold back, keel over, make dark, obfuscate, pass out, quash, rub out, shade, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, suppress, swoon, zonk out |
| Antonyms: | add, pencil in, uncover |
| Main Entry: | cancel |
| 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: | delete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erase, remove |
| Synonyms: | X-out, annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, pass up, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | add, put in |
| Main Entry: | efface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erase |
| Synonyms: | blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, cross out, delete, destroy, edit, eliminate, expunge, fade, obliterate, rub out, scratch out, white out, wipe out |
| Main Entry: | eliminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, throw out |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blot out, bump off, cancel, cast out, count out, cut out, defeat, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, dispose of, disqualify, disregard, do away with, drive out, drop, eject, eradicate, erase, evict, exclude, expel, exterminate, get rid of, ignore, invalidate, kill, knock out, leave out, liquidate, murder, omit, oust, phase out, put out, reject, rub out, rule out, set aside, shut the door on, slay, stamp out, take out, terminate, waive, waste, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome |
| Main Entry: | eradicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; remove |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, demolish, deracinate, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, mow down, obliterate, off*, purge, raze, root out, rub out, scratch*, scrub, shoot down, squash, stamp out, take out*, torpedo, total, trash, unroot, uproot, wash out, waste, weed out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, bear, create, establish, fix, help, institute, plant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exterminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annihilate, blot out, decimate, destroy, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, massacre, obliterate, put an end to, rub out, send to kingdom come, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; kill |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, assassinate, best*, bring down, carry off, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do in, down, execute, exterminate, get rid of*, liquidate, overcome, overpower, put an end to, put away, rout, rub out, ruin, slaughter, slay, take off, take out*, vaporize, worst* |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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