rub out
verb
1 rub out
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.
synonyms: efface, erase, score out, wipe off.
Roget 552:
efface,
obliterate,
erase,
raze†,
rase†,
expunge,
cancel;
blot out,
take out,
rub out,
scratch out,
strike out,
wipe out,
wash out,
sponge out;
wipe off,
rub off;
wipe away;
deface,
render illegible;
draw the pen through,
apply the sponge.
be effaced
&c.;
leave no trace
etc.
550;
leave not a rack behind"
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Roget 331:
rub,
scratch,
scrape,
scrub,
slide,
fray,
rasp,
graze,
curry,
scour,
polish,
rub out,
wear down,
gnaw;
file,
grind
etc.
(reduce to powder)
330.
set one's teeth on edge;
rosin.
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Dutch: uitvagen, wegvegen, wegvagen, gommen, gummen, stuffen, uitvlakken
Moby thesaurus: abbreviate, ablate, abrade, abrase, abridge, annihilate, assassinate, bark, blast, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, bump off, cancel, censor, chafe, cool, croak, cross out, cut, decimate, dele, delete, demolish, do in, dust off, edit, edit out, efface, erase, erode, expunge, expurgate, file, finish, fix, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, get, give the business, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, graze, grind, gun down, hit, ice, kill, knock off, lay out, liquidate, obliterate, off, omit, polish off, put away, rasp, raze, rescind, rub away, rub off, ruin, rule out, scour, scrape, scratch, scratch out, scrub, scuff, settle, shatter, skin, smash, sponge, sponge out, strike, strike off, strike out, take care of, void, waste, wear, wear away, wipe out, wreck, zap ... show more.
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