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61rub out — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v., slang, murder, assassinate (see killing). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cancel] Syn. eradicate, erase, delete; see cancel 1 , eliminate 1 . 2. [*To kill] Syn. murder, slay, shoot; see kill 1 . III (Roget …
62wipe out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove] Syn. erase, delete, eliminate; see cancel 1 , remove 1 . 2. [To exterminate] Syn. slay, annihilate, eradicate; see destroy 1 , kill 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. destroy, eradicate, annihilate, obliterate,… …
63snuff out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to stop burning or giving light: douse, extinguish, put out, quench. See CONTINUE. 2. To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate,… …
64black out — verb Date: 1890 transitive verb 1. a. to suppress by censorship < black out the news > b. blot out, erase < blacked out the event from his mind > 2. to envelo …
65wipe out — [v] destroy; get rid of abate, abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, decimate, delete, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, massacre, obliterate, remove, root out, slaughter, slay,… …
66block something out — trees blocked out the light Syn: conceal, keep out, blot out, exclude, obliterate, blank out, stop …
67stamp out — [v] extinguish abolish, blot out*, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, kill, put down, quell, snuff out, suppress, wipe out*; concepts 95,252 …
68black out — lack out v. t. 1. to cause to become black, such as a stage, a computer screen, or a city. [PJC] 2. to impose a blackout on (news or a sports event). [PJC] 3. to make (a written text) illegible by applying a black ink over it; to blot out. [PJC] …
69strike out — I. (Active.) 1. Produce (by a blow), force out. 2. Erase, efface, expunge, blot out, strike off. 3. Devise, contrive, invent, plan. 4. Bring to light. II. (Neuter.) Rove, wander, make a sudden excursion …
70block something out — Syn: keep out, exclude, stop, conceal, blot out, obliterate …
