Synonyms of do in

do in

verb

1

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

a business venture that was done in by poor planning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• demolish
• ruin
• devastate
• shatter
• wreck
• overcome
• smash
• damage
• rub out
• pull down
• tear down
• erode
• mar
• waste
• cream
• win (against)
• extinguish
• vaporize
• annihilate
• raze
• decimate
• desolate
• triumph (over)
• total
• pulverize
• dismantle
• ravage
• prevail (over)
• remove
• cripple
• break
• kill
• nuke
• wear (away)
• defeat
• wash out
• stamp (out)
• master
• surmount
• injure
• take down
• wrack
• subdue
• impair
• cut down
• best
• lick
• wipe out
• blot out
• conquer
• deteriorate
• crush
• trim
• mow (down)
• disintegrate
• blow up
• sweep (away)
• harm
• vitiate
• dissolve
• whip
• undo
• scotch
• disfigure
• mutilate
• rout
• fell
• thrash
• eradicate
• blast
• mangle
• deface
• liquidate
• scour
• root (out)
• sack
• plunder
• spoil
• take out
• execute
• expunge
• disassemble
• obliterate
• kill off
• unmake
• beat
• assassinate
• snuff (out)
• trounce
• exterminate
• overbear
• slaughter
• overmatch
• clobber
• efface
• trample
• murder
• extirpate
• gut
• dynamite
• drub
• pillage
• havoc
• slay
• vandalize
• despoil
• loot
• butcher
• dispatch
• dilapidate
• massacre
• trash
• unbuild
• wallop
• zap
• skunk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set up
• put up
• construct
• build
• erect
• raise
• create
• repair
• bring about
• rear
• fix
• patch
• produce
• form
• found
• establish
• make
• invent
• mend
• manufacture
• constitute
• protect
• organize
• assemble
• forge
• shape
• fabricate
• recondition
• preserve
• institute
• save
• fashion
• mold
• revamp
• frame
• doctor
• restore
• conserve
• reconstruct
• rebuild
• father
• renovate
• remodel

2

as in to kill

to deprive of life

the early frost did in all of our tender plants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• kill
• slay
• carry off
• do away with
• claim
• do for
• fell
• take
• make away with
• cut down
• dispatch
• put away
• murder
• blot out
• take out
• slaughter
• croak
• rub out
• kill off
• assassinate
• put down
• bump off
• neutralize
• execute
• finish
• off
• knock off
• whack
• mow
• terminate
• waste
• butcher
• snuff
• smite
• decimate
• annihilate
• get
• massacre
• ice
• euthanatize
• suicide
• scrag
• euthanize
• martyr

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• raise
• revive
• animate
• nurture
• resurrect
• resuscitate

3

as in to assassinate

to put to death deliberately

somebody did the old man in late last night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinate
• murder
• execute
• put away
• slay
• do away with
• take out
• terminate
• liquidate
• rub out
• off
• kill
• neutralize
• get
• whack
• knock off
• bump off
• dispatch
• shoot down
• cut down
• destroy
• snuff
• slaughter
• ice
• blot out
• carry off
• shoot
• claim
• mow (down)
• blow away
• croak
• fell
• wipe out
• eliminate
• smite
• eradicate
• butcher
• massacre
• exterminate
• annihilate
• zap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• raise
• revive
• animate
• resurrect
• resuscitate

4

as in to wear

to use up all the physical energy of

the long day of hard work really did me in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wear
• kill
• exhaust
• tire
• do up
• drain
• wash out
• burn out
• wear out
• knock out
• harass
• wear to a frazzle
• bust
• tucker (out)
• break
• weary
• outwear
• waste
• fatigue
• weaken
• fag
• frazzle
• debilitate
• sap
• enfeeble
• enervate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• activate
• strengthen
• energize
• relax
• rejuvenate
• rest
• unwind
• vitalize
• invigorate

5

as in to cheat

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• squeeze
• pluck
• hustle
• shake down
• rip off
• stick
• screw
• sting
• beat
• do
• defraud
• victimize
• mulct
• bleed
• con
• thimblerig
• deceive
• swindle
• take to the cleaners
• take for a ride
• bilk
• diddle
• shortchange
• ream
• stiff
• short
• cozen
• trick
• chouse
• exploit
• fleece
• rook
• fiddle
• chisel
• skin
• sell a bill of goods to
• euchre
• flimflam
• hose
• sucker
• extort
• gaff
• nobble
• betray
• wrench
• skunk
• overcharge
• fool
• rope (in)
• clip
• gouge
• wrest
• wring
• milk
• soak
• nick
• bitch
• dupe
• gull
• double-cross
• bamboozle
• fast-talk