English Explanatory Dictionary

rub out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser).
  2. To get by; to live.
  3. To kill, especially to murder.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, out.

Word forms

rub out rubs out rubbing out rubbed out

Synonyms

annihilate bag baptize bereave of life blight bring down bump off bury cack compromised to a permanent end croak crush dash deactivate dead demolish destroy dispatch dispose of do do in dust eliminate end eradicate ex exterminate finish finish off flatten grease knock off lay waste to make away with merc mortify neutralize obliterate off pay off pick off polish off pop off punch someone's ticket put an end to put down put someone out of their misery put six feet under put to sleep ravage rub out ruin scotch scupper scuttle send to eternity send to hell send to the grave send to the great beyond send to the next life

Derived words

rub one out rubout
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