rub out

Verb

Meaning

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

kill erase efface wipe off off butcher slay ice remove destroy murder waste eliminate execute massacre

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Antonyms

mark amnesty record contain cover describe

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Hypernyms

cancel delete

Hyponyms

sponge scratch out

Examples

Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong! Source: Internet

Delta execs might as well have handed her a vibrator and told her to rub out the hysteria. Source: Internet

The army angrily described the killings as a rub out and demanded murder charges be filed immediately against nine police officers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rub one's nose in rub oneself rub oneself off rub raw rub salt in a wound rub salt in the wound