Synonyms of rubbed out

rubbed out

verb

past tense of rub out

1

as in destroyed

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

aerial bombs rubbed out the oil refinery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroyed
• ruined
• demolished
• shattered
• wrecked
• devastated
• smashed
• damaged
• pulled down
• overcame
• wasted
• tore down
• did in
• eroded
• pulverized
• vaporized
• extinguished
• annihilated
• decimated
• totaled
• razed
• wracked
• creamed
• marred
• ravaged
• desolated
• crippled
• killed
• defeated
• triumphed (over)
• removed
• won (against)
• crushed
• prevailed (over)
• washed out
• broke
• dismantled
• wore (away)
• blasted
• nuked
• wiped out
• swept (away)
• injured
• subdued
• licked
• stamped (out)
• conquered
• blew up
• trimmed
• impaired
• dissolved
• surmounted
• mastered
• deteriorated
• whipped
• blotted out
• cut down
• disintegrated
• spoiled
• rooted (out)
• harmed
• took down
• mutilated
• routed
• thrashed
• disfigured
• clobbered
• mangled
• overmatched
• bested
• snuffed (out)
• scotched
• trounced
• killed off
• defaced
• beat
• eradicated
• scoured
• obliterated
• vitiated
• assassinated
• dynamited
• gutted
• slaughtered
• disassembled
• dilapidated
• plundered
• took out
• murdered
• sacked
• liquidated
• executed
• mowed (down)
• exterminated
• looted
• trampled
• vandalized
• expunged
• drubbed
• havocked
• undid
• extirpated
• effaced
• dispatched
• walloped
• overbore
• despoiled
• massacred
• skunked
• trashed
• zapped
• slew
• pillaged
• butchered
• felled
• unmade
• unbuilt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set up
• built
• put up
• constructed
• raised
• erected
• fixed
• created
• repaired
• reared
• brought about
• made
• produced
• invented
• formed
• shaped
• established
• assembled
• manufactured
• organized
• founded
• molded
• forged
• protected
• fashioned
• framed
• patched
• fabricated
• constituted
• revamped
• instituted
• reconditioned
• preserved
• saved
• mended
• doctored
• restored
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• fathered
• conserved
• renovated
• remodeled

2

as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately

an elaborate setup to rub out rival mobsters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinated
• murdered
• executed
• put away
• knocked off
• killed
• dispatched
• bumped off
• took out
• got
• neutralized
• did in
• slew
• whacked
• liquidated
• destroyed
• terminated
• snuffed
• slaughtered
• did away with
• iced
• cut down
• offed
• shot down
• croaked
• carried off
• blotted out
• wiped out
• blew away
• claimed
• shot
• eliminated
• mowed (down)
• smote
• felled
• eradicated
• massacred
• butchered
• zapped
• annihilated
• exterminated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of

a promise to rub out the city's drug trade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicated
• erased
• abolished
• wiped out
• destroyed
• stamped (out)
• swept (away)
• cleaned (up)
• blotted out
• rooted (out)
• obliterated
• blacked out
• canceled
• liquidated
• exterminated
• shattered
• annihilated
• expunged
• snuffed (out)
• effaced
• demolished
• killed
• extirpated
• ruined
• dismantled
• ravaged
• discarded
• consumed
• flattened
• decimated
• devastated
• wrecked
• wasted
• tore down
• dissolved
• razed
• blew up
• smashed
• mowed (down)
• finished
• totaled
• dashed
• powdered
• pulverized
• fragmented
• doomed
• killed off
• threw out
• ejected
• devoured
• expelled
• blasted
• terminated
• excised
• splintered
• cut
• ousted
• atomized
• dynamited
• zapped
• jettisoned
• ditched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• saved
• preserved
• built
• created
• constructed
• made
• formed
• shaped
• manufactured
• forged
• conserved
• framed
• fashioned
• fabricated
• fixed
• restored
• repaired
• renewed
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• renovated
• patched
• revamped
• reconditioned
• mended

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rubbed out

This treacherous gang has phenomenally rubbed out many signatures of independence in a very short time. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026

But an Irish knock-on rubbed out a try for Jack Conan, and the second chance was turned over by Mann. — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026

No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025