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Verb
Leach, subsequently dealt from the Seals to the Flyers in May 1974, won the Cup with the Broad Streeters in ‘75 and amassed his 19 the following spring, when they were rubbed out by the Canadiens, 4-0, in the Cup Final. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023 The Penguins were rubbed out easily Tuesday night by the resurgent Devils, 5-1, a dispiriting loss that dipped them 1 point out of a wild-card spot behind the Panthers and Islanders. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023 But church officials warn that secularization more than anything led them to rub out the godparents, a Sicilian thing that’s been going on for 2,000 years, or at least since the church’s dicey first days, when sponsors known to bishops vouched for converts to prevent pagan infiltration. New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021 The resort can arrange a local masseuse to rub out all that daring inside the comfort of your cabin. Rina Nehdar, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2022 See all Example Sentences for rubout 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubout
Noun
  • Relatives of some of the victims murdered by a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper have backed a call for the investigation to be reopened after new evidence emerged. Jack the Ripper, whose identity has never been confirmed, was linked to 11 murders between 1888 and 1892 in east London.
    Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The White House also sought to tackle transnational repression by issuing a travel ban on Saudi citizens connected to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and by tasking federal agencies to reach out to diaspora communities across the United States.
    Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Now, after two major wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes and left at least two dozen dead in and around Los Angeles, the state’s wildfire fund would face its first major test if another utility is found liable for sparking the blazes.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The fourth device was located at the marsh and destroyed by the Stamford bomb squad.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The tradition of a national day of mourning following the death of a notable public figure began in the U.S. after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, according to The New York Times.
    Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The honor is not exclusively reserved for presidents, though—there were national days of mourning after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.
    Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Israel then vowed to eradicate Hamas and have since devastated the Palestinian territory.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • How The Decline In Cases Was Achieved The key to eradicating Guinea worm is providing access to clean water without the crustaceans.
    Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For homicides, the biggest category is made up of individuals with previous violent criminal records, often associated with gangs, killing other criminals or members of gangs—or people who happen to be present during those shootings.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The killing is Kansas City’s 8th homicide of 2025, according to data maintained by The Star.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Sign up » Nonfiction In the past fifteen years, an avalanche of literature has been published about how technology has ruined our attention spans.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
  • However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Putin cannot slay inflation because Russian interest rates are already at a whopping 21%, and the Russian ruble is collapsing.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
  • With Mikko camped out to his right midway through the second stanza, Makar beat DeSmith glove-side with a wrister from the blue line for his 100th career goal, slaying the Avs’ power-play dragon and becoming the fastest active defenseman in the NHL to hit the century mark as a pro.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The odds are that the response will sit in an internal digital memory buffer for a while and not be immediately erased or discarded.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Nearby Altadena, a historically largely Black neighborhood, has essentially been erased from the map.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Rubout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubout. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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