Terminate, end, or take out.
synonyms: eliminate, extinguish, get rid of.
Roget 297:
give exit,
give vent to;
let out,
give out,
pour out,
squeeze out,
send out;
dispatch,
despatch;
exhale,
excern†,
excrete;
embogue†;
secrete,
secern†;
extravasate [Med.],
shed,
void,
evacuation;
emit;
open the sluices,
open the floodgates;
turn on the tap;
extrude,
detrude†;
effuse,
spend,
expend;
pour forth;
squirt,
spirt†,
spurt,
spill,
slop;
perspire
etc.
(exude)
295;
breathe,
blow
etc.
(wind)
349.
tap,
draw off;
bale out,
lade out;
let blood,
broach.
eject,
reject;
expel,
discard;
cut,
send to coventry,
boycott;
chasser [Fr.];
banish
etc.
(punish)
972;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
throw
etc.
284,
throw out,
throw up,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
push
etc.
276;
throw out,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
shovel out,
shovel away,
sweep out,
sweep away;
brush off,
brush away,
whisk off,
whisk away,
turn off,
turn away,
send off,
send away;
discharge;
send adrift,
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
turn out,
bundle out;
throw overboard;
give the sack to;
send packing,
send about one's business,
send to the right about;
strike off the roll
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
turn out neck and heels,
turn out head and shoulders,
turn out neck and crop;
pack off;
send away with a flea in the ear;
send to Jericho;
bow out,
show the door to,
turn out of doors,
turn out of house and home;
evict,
oust;
unhouse,
unkennel;
dislodge;
unpeople†,
dispeople†;
depopulate;
relegate,
deport.
empty;
drain to the dregs;
sweep off;
clear off,
clear out,
clear away;
suck,
draw off;
clean out,
make a clean sweep of,
clear decks,
purge.
embowel†,
disbowel†,
disembowel;
eviscerate,
gut;
unearth,
root out,
root up;
averuncate†;
weed out,
get out;
eliminate,
get rid of,
do away with,
shake off;
exenterate†.
vomit,
throw up,
regurgitate,
spew,
puke,
keck†,
retch,
heave,
upchuck,
chuck up,
barf;
belch out;
cast up,
bring up,
be sick,
get sick,
worship the porcelain god.
disgorge;
expectorate,
clear the throat,
hawk,
spit,
sputter,
splutter,
slobber,
drivel,
slaver,
slabber†;
eructate;
drool.
unpack,
unlade,
unload,
unship,
offload;
break bulk;
dump.
be let out.
spew forth,
erupt,
ooze
etc.
(emerge)
295.
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Roget 162:
be destroyed
&c.;
perish;
fall to the ground;
tumble,
topple;
go to pieces,
fall to pieces;
break up;
crumble to dust;
go to the dogs,
go to the wall,
go to smash,
go to shivers,
go to wreck,
go to pot,
go to wrack and ruin;
go by the board,
go all to smash;
be all over,
be all up,
be all with;
totter to its fall.
destroy;
do away with,
make away with;
nullify;
annual
etc.
756;
sacrifice,
demolish;
tear up;
overturn,
overthrow,
overwhelm;
upset,
subvert,
put an end to;
seal the doom of,
do in,
do for,
dish [Slang],
undo;
break up,
cut up;
break down,
cut down,
pull down,
mow down,
blow down,
beat down;
suppress,
quash,
put down,
do a job on;
cut short,
take off,
blot out;
dispel,
dissipate,
dissolve;
consume.
smash,
crash,
quell,
squash,
squelch,
crumple up,
shatter,
shiver;
batter to pieces,
tear to pieces,
crush to pieces,
cut to pieces,
shake to pieces,
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
laniate†;
nip;
tear to rags,
tear to tatters;
crush to atoms,
knock to atoms;
ruin;
strike out;
throw over,
knock down over;
fell,
sink,
swamp,
scuttle,
wreck,
shipwreck,
engulf,
ingulf†,
submerge;
lay in ashes,
lay in ruins;
sweep away,
erase,
wipe out,
expunge,
raze;
level with the dust,
level with the ground;
waste;
atomize,
vaporize.
deal destruction,
desolate,
devastate,
lay waste,
ravage gut;
disorganize;
dismantle
etc.
(render useless)
645;
devour,
swallow up,
sap,
mine,
blast,
bomb,
blow to smithereens,
drop the big one,
confound;
exterminate,
extinguish,
quench,
annihilate;
snuff out,
put out,
stamp out,
trample out;
lay in the dust,
trample in the dust;
prostrate;
tread under foot;
crush under foot,
trample under foot;
lay the ax to the root of;
make short work of,
make clean sweep of,
make mincemeat of;
cut up root and branch,
chop into pieces,
cut into ribbons;
fling to the winds,
scatter to the winds;
throw overboard;
strike at the root of,
sap the foundations of,
spring a mine,
blow up,
ravage with fire and sword;
cast to the dogs;
eradicate
etc.
301.
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Roget 681:
not do,
not act,
not attempt;
be inactive
etc.
683;
abstain from doing,
do nothing,
hold,
spare;
not stir,
not move,
not lift a finger,
not lift a foot,
not lift a peg;
fold one's arms,
fold one's hands;
leave alone,
let alone;
let be,
let pass,
let things take their course,
let it have its way,
let well alone,
let well enough alone;
quieta non movere [Lat.];
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.];
rest and be thankful,
live and let live;
lie rest upon one's oars;
laisser aller [Fr.],
faire [Fr.];
stand aloof;
refrain
etc.
(avoid)
623,
keep oneself from doing;
remit one's efforts,
relax one's efforts;
desist
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
stop
etc.
(cease)
142;
pause
etc.
(be quiet)
265.
wait,
lie in wait,
bide one's time,
take time,
tide it over.
cool one's heels,
kick one's heels;
while away the time,
while away tedious hours;
pass the time,
fill up the time,
beguile the time;
talk against time;
let the grass grow under one's feet;
waste time
etc.
(inactive)
683.
lie by,
lie on the shelf,
lie in ordinary,
lie idle,
lie to,
lie fallow;
keep quiet,
slug;
have nothing to do,
whistle for want of thought.
undo,
do away with;
take down,
take to pieces;
destroy
etc.
162.
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Roget 756:
abrogate,
annul,
cancel;
destroy
etc.
162;
abolish;
revoke,
repeal,
rescind,
reverse,
retract,
recall;
abolitionize†;
overrule,
override;
set aside;
disannul,
dissolve,
quash,
nullify,
declare null and void;
disestablish,
disendow†;
deconsecrate.
disclaim
etc.
(deny)
536;
ignore,
repudiate;
recant
etc.
607;
divest oneself,
break off.
countermand,
counter order;
do away with;
sweep away,
brush away;
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs;
scatter to the winds,
cast behind.
dismiss,
discard;
cast off,
turn off,
cast out,
cast adrift,
cast out of doors,
cast aside,
cast away;
send off,
send away,
send packing,
send about one's business;
discharge,
get rid of
etc.
(eject)
297;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
sack [Slang].
cashier;
break;
oust;
unseat,
unsaddle;
unthrone†,
dethrone,
disenthrone†;
depose,
uncrown†;
unfrock,
strike off the roll;
disbar,
disbench†.
be abrogated
&c.;
receive its quietus;
walk the plank.
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