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单词 rub someone out
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to murder
They had tried to rub out their rivals.
Synonyms
murder (US, slang)
a thriller about two men who murder a third
hit (slang)
kill
More than 200 people were killed in the disaster.
waste (informal)
do in (informal)
eliminate (slang)
The colonel announced that the opposition had been eliminated.
take out (slang)
butcher
Our people are being butchered in their own homes.
slaughter
They were slaughtered by invaders.
dispatch
They may catch him and dispatch him immediately.
assassinate
a plot to assassinate the President
slay
Two Australian tourists were slain.
blow away (slang, mainly US)
knock off (slang)
bump off (slang)
See rub

Additional synonyms

in the sense of assassinate
Definition
to murder (a prominent person)
a plot to assassinate the President
Synonyms
murder,
kill,
eliminate (slang),
take out (slang),
terminate,
hit (slang),
slay,
blow away (slang, US),
liquidate
in the sense of butcher
Definition
to kill (people) at random or brutally
Our people are being butchered in their own homes.
Synonyms
kill,
slaughter,
massacre,
destroy,
cut down,
assassinate,
slay (archaic, literary),
liquidate,
exterminate,
put to the sword
in the sense of dispatch
Definition
to murder
They may catch him and dispatch him immediately.
Synonyms
kill,
murder,
destroy,
do in (slang),
eliminate (slang),
take out (slang),
execute,
butcher,
slaughter,
assassinate,
slay (archaic, literary),
finish off,
put an end to,
do away with,
blow away (slang, US),
liquidate,
annihilate,
exterminate,
take (someone's) life,
bump off (slang)

Nearby words of
rub someone out

  • rub off on someone
  • rub salt into the wound
  • rub shoulders with someone
  • rub someone out
  • rub someone up the wrong way
  • rub something in
  • rub something or someone down

Synonyms of 'rub someone out'

rub someone out

Additional synonyms

in the sense of eliminate
Definition
to murder in cold blood
The colonel announced that the opposition had been eliminated.
Synonyms
murder,
kill,
do in (slang),
take out (slang),
terminate,
slay,
blow away (slang, US),
liquidate,
annihilate,
exterminate,
bump off (slang),
rub out (US, slang),
waste (informal)
in the sense of kill
Definition
to cause the death of (a person or animal)
More than 200 people were killed in the disaster.
Synonyms
slay,
murder,
execute,
slaughter,
destroy,
waste (informal),
do in (slang),
take out (slang),
massacre,
butcher,
wipe out (informal),
dispatch,
cut down,
erase,
assassinate,
eradicate,
whack (informal),
do away with,
blow away (slang, US),
obliterate,
knock off (slang),
liquidate,
decimate,
annihilate,
neutralize,
exterminate,
terminate (slang),
croak,
mow down,
take (someone's) life,
bump off (slang),
extirpate (archaic),
wipe from the face of the earth (informal)
in the sense of slaughter
Definition
to kill brutally
They were slaughtered by invaders.
Synonyms
kill (informal),
murder,
massacre,
destroy,
do in (slang),
execute,
dispatch,
assassinate,
blow away (slang, US),
annihilate,
bump off (slang)
in the sense of slay
Definition
to kill, esp. violently
Two Australian tourists were slain.
Synonyms
murder,
kill,
assassinate,
do in (slang),
eliminate,
massacre,
slaughter,
do away with,
exterminate,
mow down,
rub out (US, slang)
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