puts away

verb

present tense third-person singular of put away
1
as in buries
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

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2
as in murders
to put to death deliberately after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover

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3
as in consumes
to take in as food can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puts away
  1. buries
  2. murders
  3. consumes
  4. assassinates
  5. eats
  6. slays
  7. takes out
  8. executes
Verb
  • Every trick that gamed the old algorithm is now detected, and most of it actively buries your content.
    — Tammy Homegardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.
    — Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Definition of buries
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  • To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of murders
Verb
  • Jongmin Lee, a quantum sensing scientist at SNL, has been working to build an extremely small version of this device, one that consumes very little power and can be used in the field.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout our conversation, Angelyne adds ice cubes to the bowl, swirls it with a spoon, and consumes it like gazpacho.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of consumes
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  • That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.
    — Jill Lawrence, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of assassinates
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  • Most markets skip plastic bags, and plenty of vendors run cash-only or tack on a card fee that eats into your savings.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The current eats the sacrificial metal instead of the bridge.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of eats
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  • The open back instantly elevates it beyond a basic long-sleeve, and the just-so crop absolutely slays.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Beyoncé slays in all-white at the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain, while Justin and Hailey Bieber show off their streetwear style in New York City.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Definition of slays
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  • But as Marty Supreme proved last year, debuting after the rest of the competition can also feel a bit like being the lone straggler in a bike race who escapes the cascading crash that takes out everyone else.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Personal loans aren't solving the problem - A common pattern MMI sees is that someone takes out a personal loan to consolidate high-interest credit card debt, then runs the credit cards back up again, ending up with both debts instead of one.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of takes out
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  • But for anyone disturbed by the way To Catch a Predator executes its faux-law enforcement busts, the movie risks becoming viscerally unpleasant.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • When disruption arrives, the team executes a plan rather than reacting with uncertainty.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of executes
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