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
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  • Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of buries
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  • By definition, a serial killer is someone who murders two or more people during separate events, with gaps of time in between.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of murders
Verb
  • The chips are power-hungry (a ChatGPT AI query consumes about ten times as much energy as a normal Google search) and also generate a lot of heat, which requires cooling systems.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Maneuvering consumes energy, and atmospheric flight produces substantial heating and drag.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of consumes
Verb
  • 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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  • Some students from low-income families avoid taking free meals out of shame; if everyone eats for free, proponents say, that stigma goes away.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Savouring each mouthful, my father eats slowly, head tuned to the flavours in his mouth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of eats
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  • With career-defining performances from Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, this movie still absolutely slays 35 years after it was released.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When his friend Richard (Leo Suter) slays Beatrice’s husband as well, the two come up with a scheme to marry the sisters and take over their property.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of slays
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  • Rick Devens is the type of dude who always takes out the bigger target.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of takes out
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  • Chuck Sargent Houston USC executes yet another belly flop against a top opponent, and Gary Patterson’s vaunted defense is giving up more than 35 points per game in the Big Ten.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Before an agent executes anything on its own, procurement and finance teams need to draw some clear lines.
    — Shaz Khan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of executes
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“Puts away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20away. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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