Synonyms of rubs out

rubs out

verb

present tense third-person singular of rub out

1

as in destroys

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

aerial bombs rubbed out the oil refinery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• ruins
• demolishes
• shatters
• wrecks
• devastates
• smashes
• overcomes
• damages
• tears down
• pulls down
• wastes
• does in
• vaporizes
• erodes
• ravages
• extinguishes
• pulverizes
• annihilates
• mars
• totals
• desolates
• decimates
• wracks
• razes
• creams
• prevails (over)
• breaks
• nukes
• wins (against)
• triumphs (over)
• cripples
• kills
• defeats
• removes
• crushes
• blasts
• blows up
• overbears
• wipes out
• washes out
• wears (away)
• dismantles
• masters
• sweeps (away)
• subdues
• injures
• blots out
• licks
• takes down
• cuts down
• disintegrates
• spoils
• deteriorates
• surmounts
• conquers
• trims
• overmatches
• dissolves
• stamps (out)
• harms
• impairs
• roots (out)
• whips
• mows (down)
• snuffs (out)
• clobbers
• bests
• kills off
• takes out
• disfigures
• beats
• routs
• guts
• thrashes
• mutilates
• vitiates
• trounces
• eradicates
• wallops
• dilapidates
• undoes
• unbuilds
• defaces
• drubs
• obliterates
• murders
• dynamites
• scours
• mangles
• assassinates
• extirpates
• sacks
• scotches
• disassembles
• executes
• vandalizes
• slaughters
• expunges
• plunders
• liquidates
• unmakes
• slays
• effaces
• exterminates
• loots
• dispatches
• despoils
• tramples
• zaps
• skunks
• massacres
• pillages
• trashes
• butchers
• fells
• havocs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sets up
• builds
• raises
• repairs
• constructs
• puts up
• doctors
• creates
• erects
• fixes
• produces
• rears
• brings about
• makes
• forms
• manufactures
• shapes
• constitutes
• fathers
• establishes
• invents
• institutes
• frames
• assembles
• protects
• patches
• fashions
• organizes
• saves
• preserves
• reconditions
• mends
• founds
• revamps
• conserves
• molds
• restores
• forges
• fabricates
• reconstructs
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

2

as in murders

to put to death deliberately

an elaborate setup to rub out rival mobsters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murders
• assassinates
• slays
• executes
• takes out
• knocks off
• puts away
• kills
• neutralizes
• dispatches
• gets
• does in
• does away with
• bumps off
• offs
• terminates
• liquidates
• snuffs
• blows away
• destroys
• whacks
• cuts down
• ices
• shoots down
• shoots
• slaughters
• croaks
• blots out
• carries off
• wipes out
• mows (down)
• claims
• eliminates
• zaps
• smites
• fells
• eradicates
• butchers
• massacres
• annihilates
• exterminates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raises
• restores
• revives
• animates
• resurrects
• resuscitates

3

as in eradicates

to destroy all traces of

a promise to rub out the city's drug trade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicates
• erases
• abolishes
• wipes out
• destroys
• blots out
• stamps (out)
• sweeps (away)
• blacks out
• cleans (up)
• roots (out)
• snuffs (out)
• obliterates
• cancels
• annihilates
• effaces
• liquidates
• exterminates
• shatters
• ravages
• demolishes
• extirpates
• expunges
• mows (down)
• tears down
• kills
• ruins
• consumes
• dismantles
• discards
• blows up
• flattens
• kills off
• wastes
• decimates
• throws out
• devastates
• fragments
• dissolves
• wrecks
• totals
• dashes
• smashes
• finishes
• ejects
• devours
• pulverizes
• powders
• expels
• atomizes
• ditches
• blasts
• zaps
• terminates
• razes
• dooms
• excises
• splinters
• cuts
• ousts
• dynamites
• jettisons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• saves
• preserves
• creates
• builds
• conserves
• forms
• makes
• shapes
• manufactures
• constructs
• frames
• repairs
• fashions
• forges
• fixes
• restores
• renews
• reconstructs
• fabricates
• rebuilds
• patches
• renovates
• reconditions
• mends
• revamps