| Main Entry: | do in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; exhaust |
Synonyms: |
assassinate, bankrupt, bump off, butcher, cool*, dilapidate, dispatch, do away with, eliminate, execute, fatigue, finish, frazzle, kill, knock out, liquidate, murder, put away, ruin, shatter, slaughter, slay, tire, wear out, weary, wreck |
Antonyms: |
bear, create, invent |
| Main Entry: | abrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally put an end to |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in, end, finish off, invalidate, knock out, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate, vitiate, void |
Antonyms: |
approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
| Main Entry: | annihilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy completely |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, root out, rub out, ruin, slaughter, take out*, undo, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
help, preserve, revive, save |
| Main Entry: | assassinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | murder prominent or important person |
Synonyms: |
bump off, do in, eliminate, execute, gun down, hit, kill, knock off, liquidate, slaughter, slay |
| Main Entry: | cancel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call off; erase |
Synonyms: |
X-out, abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, finish off, go back on one's word, kill, obliterate, off*, omit, quash, remove, render invalid, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, rub out, scratch out, scrub, sink*, smash, squash, stamp across, strike out, torpedo, total*, trash*, trim*, undo, wash out, wipe out, wipe slate clean, zap |
Antonyms: |
allow, approve, arrange, establish, permit, uphold |
| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
Synonyms: |
depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, take apart, total*, trash*, waste, wipe off map, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
| Main Entry: | do away with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of; destroy |
Synonyms: |
abolish, bump off, cancel, discard, discontinue, do in, eliminate, exterminate, finish, kill, liquidate, murder, put an end to, put to death, remove, slaughter, slay, take away, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, get, keep |
| Main Entry: | execute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
Synonyms: |
assassinate, behead, bump off, do in, electrocute, eliminate, finish, gas, guillotine, hang, knock off, liquidate, murder, purge, put away, put to death, shoot |
Antonyms: |
bear, create |
| Main Entry: | exhaust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire or wear out |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, weary |
Antonyms: |
animate, invigorate, refresh |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; kill |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, assassinate, best*, bring down, carry off, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do in, down, execute, exterminate, get rid of*, liquidate, overcome, overpower, put an end to, put away, rout, rub out, ruin, slaughter, slay, take off, take out*, vaporize, worst* |
Antonyms: |
bear, create |