done away with
phrase
1
as in avoided
to put an end to by formal action They decided to do away with the old dress code. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- avoided
- abolished
- repealed
- struck down
- set aside
- rolled back
- canceled
- cancelled
- stricken down
- removed
- invalidated
- suspended
- abrogated
- quashed
- dissolved
- rescinded
- called off
- nullified
- vacated
- annulled
- negated
- eliminated
- voided
- abated
- retracted
- dismissed
- reversed
- written off
- withdrawn
- recalled
- disannulled
- erased
- nulled
- vetoed
- rejected
- overruled
- overturned
- revoked
- overridden
- prohibited
- outlawed
- forbidden
- aborted
- thrown out
- countermanded
- banned
- called
- broken down
- dropped
- enjoined
- eradicated
- disallowed
- annihilated
- liquidated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- laid down
- established
- enacted
- founded
- instituted
- passed
- approved
- authorized
- permitted
- legislated
- allowed
- ratified
- endorsed
- ordered
- validated
- prescribed
- cleared
- formalized
- warranted
- sanctioned
- mandated
- legalized
- legitimized
- commanded
- legitimated
- decreed
- indorsed
2
as in assassinated
to put to death deliberately He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents. Synonyms & Similar Words
- assassinated
- executed
- murdered
- slain
- done in
- put away
- taken out
- gotten
- got
- destroyed
- rubbed out
- bumped off
- killed
- knocked off
- dispatched
- terminated
- whacked
- carried off
- slaughtered
- liquidated
- neutralized
- snuffed
- blown away
- shot down
- cut down
- iced
- offed
- croaked
- blotted out
- eradicated
- wiped out
- smitten
- zapped
- eliminated
- claimed
- shot
- butchered
- felled
- massacred
- smote
- mown (down)
- exterminated
- annihilated
- mowed (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- restored
- revived
- raised
- animated
- resurrected
- resuscitated