Synonyms of done away with

done away with

phrase

past participle of do away with

1

as in avoided

to put an end to by formal action

They decided to do away with the old dress code.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoided
• abolished
• repealed
• set aside
• struck down
• canceled
• rolled back
• removed
• invalidated
• dissolved
• suspended
• abrogated
• vacated
• quashed
• nullified
• rescinded
• annulled
• eliminated
• negated
• voided
• dismissed
• abated
• retracted
• called off
• reversed
• recalled
• withdrawn
• erased
• vetoed
• nulled
• rejected
• disannulled
• overruled
• overturned
• revoked
• prohibited
• written off
• forbidden
• outlawed
• overridden
• aborted
• banned
• countermanded
• called
• thrown out
• dropped
• enjoined
• broken down
• eradicated
• disallowed
• liquidated
• annihilated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laid down
• enacted
• established
• founded
• instituted
• passed
• approved
• authorized
• permitted
• legislated
• allowed
• ratified
• endorsed
• ordered
• validated
• prescribed
• cleared
• sanctioned
• formalized
• warranted
• legalized
• mandated
• legitimated
• legitimized
• commanded
• decreed

2

as in murdered

to put to death deliberately

He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdered
• assassinated
• slain
• executed
• done in
• put away
• taken out
• destroyed
• got
• killed
• offed
• knocked off
• dispatched
• terminated
• bumped off
• liquidated
• slaughtered
• rubbed out
• neutralized
• whacked
• snuffed
• carried off
• blown away
• iced
• shot down
• croaked
• cut down
• eradicated
• blotted out
• wiped out
• eliminated
• claimed
• shot
• smitten
• felled
• butchered
• massacred
• mowed (down)
• exterminated
• zapped
• annihilated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• raised
• revived
• animated
• resurrected
• resuscitated