doing away with
phrase
1
as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action They decided to do away with the old dress code. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- abolishing
- repealing
- setting aside
- rolling back
- striking down
- canceling
- cancelling
- avoiding
- overturning
- voiding
- vacating
- calling off
- invalidating
- dissolving
- abrogating
- quashing
- rescinding
- nullifying
- dismissing
- annulling
- negating
- nulling
- withdrawing
- suspending
- revoking
- abating
- writing off
- reversing
- disannulling
- vetoing
- retracting
- removing
- throwing out
- rejecting
- eliminating
- overriding
- breaking down
- forbidding
- overruling
- recalling
- banning
- countermanding
- prohibiting
- aborting
- erasing
- outlawing
- enjoining
- calling
- eradicating
- dropping
- disallowing
- liquidating
- annihilating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- laying down
- enacting
- establishing
- founding
- legislating
- instituting
- passing
- validating
- permitting
- allowing
- authorizing
- approving
- ratifying
- clearing
- ordering
- endorsing
- legalizing
- prescribing
- commanding
- warranting
- legitimizing
- sanctioning
- legitimating
- formalizing
- mandating
- indorsing
- decreeing
2
as in assassinating
to put to death deliberately He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents. Synonyms & Similar Words
- assassinating
- murdering
- doing in
- putting away
- taking out
- executing
- rubbing out
- slaying
- bumping off
- knocking off
- killing
- getting
- blowing away
- dispatching
- cutting down
- neutralizing
- carrying off
- shooting down
- terminating
- shooting
- offing
- liquidating
- blotting out
- snuffing
- whacking
- icing
- destroying
- slaughtering
- croaking
- wiping out
- claiming
- eliminating
- mowing (down)
- zapping
- felling
- smiting
- eradicating
- butchering
- massacring
- exterminating
- annihilating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raising
- restoring
- reviving
- animating
- resurrecting
- resuscitating