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Synonyms for rub out

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

efface cancel wipe out do in

All synonyms

Verb

1. Efface — to kill, especially to murder

efface, cancel, wipe out, do in, erase, off, offn US, take out, obliterate, take care of, kill, finish, waste, destroy, ruin, score out, polish off, delete, scratch out, smash, bump off, wreck, dispatch, despatch UK

Noun

knock-off, backspace

Antonyms

inscribe

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To kill, especially to murder.

  2. n. 1

    An instance of erasing with a rubber.

Related words

Other spellings
rub-out rubout

Example sentences

  • cancel Circumstances forced us to cancel our appointment.
  • erase He used a piece of paper to erase the whiteboard.
  • efface I tried to efface the memory of her tears.

By length

3 letters
off1
4 letters
kill1, ruin2, offn
5 letters
waste1, smash1, wreck1, erase2
6 letters
finish2, cancel2, delete2, efface2
7 letters
destroy2
8 letters
dispatch2, despatch
9 letters
backspace
10 letters
obliterate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).