RUBBED OUT Synonyms: 211 Similar and Opposite Words

rubbed out

verb

past tense of rub out

as in destroyed

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of aerial bombs rubbed out the oil refinery

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as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately an elaborate setup to rub out rival mobsters

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as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of a promise to rub out the city's drug trade

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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

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Verb

The hurricane sent chairs flying and destroyed the restaurant’s canopy.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
And the recording that exposed their machinations ultimately destroyed the type of ethnic politicking that made the careers of too many self-serving power grabbers, including this quartet.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroyed

Verb

Yeah, people just want to see if I really did get assassinated by Madonna’s Cartel.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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How mouthwash affects your oral microbiome The oral microbiome is not a collection of pathogens to be eradicated.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradicated

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On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The idea for her top was loosely based on an old vintage shirt that Satenstein accidentally threw into the dryer and ruined.

— Irene Kim, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ruined

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The day is often marked by protests against memorials to Christopher Columbus, for environmental justice, for the return of Indigenous lands and in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Now, a new killer has murdered an altar boy and used his blood to write her name.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of murdered

Verb

Matthew Stafford led two fourth-quarter touchdown drives as the Rams erased a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Philadelphia 24-20, ending years of frustration against the Eagles.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
The sequence that led to it was emblematic of a Broncos team that can play with anybody but has erased any margin for error in the first quarter of this season by making too many mistakes and generating too little offense.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of erased

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The old airport must be demolished within 12 months under the development agreement with the City of Burbank.

— Annita Katee, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Pulte’s application calls for the existing shopping center to be demolished, paving the way for construction of three six-story condominium buildings, two single-story commercial structures and a riverwalk.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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The property, which takes up residence in an 18th-century palazzo, looks fresh-faced and gorgeous after a multi-year and multi-phase renovation executed through the peak of the pandemic.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
In real life millions of peasants were deported, executed, or starved during collectivization.

— Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026