Synonyms of rubbing out

rubbing out

verb

present participle of rub out

1

as in destroying

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

aerial bombs rubbed out the oil refinery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• ruining
• demolishing
• shattering
• devastating
• wrecking
• smashing
• tearing down
• pulling down
• overcoming
• doing in
• damaging
• wasting
• eroding
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• totaling
• totalling
• extinguishing
• vaporizing
• pulverizing
• wearing (away)
• decimating
• annihilating
• triumphing (over)
• sweeping (away)
• marring
• crippling
• razing
• wracking
• ravaging
• creaming
• blowing up
• killing
• crushing
• washing out
• breaking
• removing
• dismantling
• defeating
• wiping out
• blasting
• nuking
• desolating
• stamping (out)
• taking down
• cutting down
• blotting out
• injuring
• licking
• rooting (out)
• trimming
• subduing
• routing
• conquering
• mastering
• killing off
• snuffing (out)
• surmounting
• deteriorating
• impairing
• spoiling
• taking out
• whipping
• disintegrating
• mowing (down)
• dissolving
• harming
• mutilating
• thrashing
• disfiguring
• eradicating
• besting
• beating
• scouring
• mangling
• dynamiting
• defacing
• walloping
• overmatching
• undoing
• vitiating
• slaughtering
• disassembling
• gutting
• assassinating
• sacking
• clobbering
• plundering
• drubbing
• executing
• murdering
• overbearing
• trouncing
• obliterating
• looting
• exterminating
• scotching
• extirpating
• trampling
• vandalizing
• expunging
• liquidating
• slaying
• effacing
• pillaging
• dispatching
• havocking
• despoiling
• massacring
• skunking
• zapping
• trashing
• butchering
• dilapidating
• felling
• unmaking
• unbuilding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• setting up
• putting up
• building
• constructing
• raising
• erecting
• creating
• repairing
• fixing
• rearing
• bringing about
• producing
• making
• forming
• manufacturing
• shaping
• inventing
• establishing
• assembling
• organizing
• forging
• framing
• patching
• molding
• protecting
• reconditioning
• constituting
• revamping
• fabricating
• fashioning
• founding
• saving
• preserving
• mending
• instituting
• doctoring
• conserving
• restoring
• rebuilding
• remodeling
• reconstructing
• fathering
• renovating

2

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

an elaborate setup to rub out rival mobsters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• taking out
• slaying
• putting away
• executing
• doing in
• doing away with
• knocking off
• bumping off
• killing
• getting
• dispatching
• neutralizing
• cutting down
• terminating
• blowing away
• liquidating
• whacking
• snuffing
• shooting down
• destroying
• slaughtering
• icing
• carrying off
• shooting
• offing
• blotting out
• croaking
• wiping out
• mowing (down)
• claiming
• eliminating
• zapping
• smiting
• eradicating
• felling
• massacring
• butchering
• exterminating
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

3

as in eradicating

to destroy all traces of

a promise to rub out the city's drug trade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicating
• erasing
• sweeping (away)
• wiping out
• stamping (out)
• abolishing
• cleaning (up)
• destroying
• rooting (out)
• blotting out
• cancelling
• blacking out
• snuffing (out)
• obliterating
• exterminating
• canceling
• shattering
• tearing down
• liquidating
• annihilating
• mowing (down)
• demolishing
• expunging
• killing
• extirpating
• effacing
• blowing up
• dismantling
• devastating
• ravaging
• ruining
• discarding
• totalling
• consuming
• wasting
• wrecking
• flattening
• killing off
• throwing out
• totaling
• dashing
• smashing
• dissolving
• finishing
• decimating
• blasting
• splintering
• devouring
• ejecting
• fragmenting
• pulverizing
• expelling
• razing
• terminating
• ditching
• dynamiting
• excising
• cutting
• ousting
• atomizing
• powdering
• zapping
• jettisoning
• dooming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• saving
• preserving
• creating
• conserving
• building
• forming
• manufacturing
• making
• constructing
• shaping
• framing
• forging
• repairing
• fixing
• restoring
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• renewing
• fabricating
• fashioning
• patching
• renovating
• reconditioning
• revamping
• mending