| Main Entry: | deep six |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disposal |
Synonyms: |
burial, burial at sea, bury, dumping, jettison, throw away |
| Main Entry: | burial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laying in of dead body |
Synonyms: |
burying, deep six, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, inhumation, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
Antonyms: |
embrace, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, throw away |
Synonyms: |
cast, chuck, clear out, deep-six, deposit, discard, discharge, dispose of, ditch, drain, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exude, fling, fling down, get rid of, jettison, junk, leave, let fall, scrap, throw down, throw out, throw overboard, tip, unload, unpack |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, maintain, save |
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, cashier, cast, cast off, deep-six, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload |
Antonyms: |
take in, take on |
| Main Entry: | bump off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intentionally murder someone |
Synonyms: |
blot out, blow away, chill, deep-six, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, off, polish off, rub out, snuff, snuff out, stretch out, waste, wax, whack, wipe out, zap |
| Main Entry: | get rid of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard |
Synonyms: |
assassinate, cast aside, chuck, cut, deep-six, dispose of, ditch, do away with, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, exclude, expel, exterminate, kill, omit, part with, reject, remove, slaughter, throw away, throw out |
| Main Entry: | rub out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispose of |
Synonyms: |
blow away, bump off, chill, deep-six, dispatch, do away with, do in, dust, erase, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, nuke, off, snuff, snuff out, stretch out, take care of, waste, wax, whack, zap |
| Main Entry: | inhumation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial |
Synonyms: |
burying, deep six, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture |