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81cut out — I verb 1. delete or remove (Freq. 2) Cut out the extra text cut out the newspaper article • Derivationally related forms: ↑cutout • Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑ …
82strike out — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, abstract, be off, bear, bear for, bear up for, bear up to, beget, blot, blot out, blue pencil, bomb, bowdlerize, break for, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, cancel, cast off,… …
83lay out — Synonyms and related words: KO, align, anesthetize, arrange, array, bedaze, benumb, besot, blast, block out, blot out, blow down, blow over, blueprint, blunt, bowl down, bowl over, bring down, budget, bulldog, bump off, carve, cast, cast down,… …
84rule out — Synonyms and related words: abscind, amputate, annihilate, anticipate, avert, ban, bar, bate, blot, blot out, bob, cancel, clip, close out, count out, crop, cross out, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, debar, deflect, dele, delete, deny,… …
85wipe out — Synonyms and related words: KO, abate, abolish, abscind, absolve, amputate, annihilate, annul, ban, bar, black out, blast, bleach, blot, blot out, bob, bowdlerize, bump off, call off, cancel, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, clip,… …
86scratch out — verb strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out scratch out my name on that list • Syn: ↑cut out • Hypernyms: ↑erase, ↑rub out, ↑score out, ↑efface, ↑wipe off …
87blot out — Synonyms and related words: abate, abbreviate, abolish, abridge, annul, becloud, bedarken, bedim, begloom, black, black out, blacken, blast, block the light, blot, blue pencil, bowdlerize, brown, bump off, cancel, cast a shadow, censor, cloud,… …
88snuff out — 1) PHRASAL VERB To snuff out something such as a disagreement means to stop it, usually in a forceful or sudden way. [V n P] Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out... [V P n (not pron)] The recent rebound… …
89cross out — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, blot, blot out, blue pencil, bowdlerize, cancel, censor, cut, dele, delete, edit, edit out, efface, erase, expunge, expurgate, kill, obliterate, omit, raze, rescind, rub out, rule out, scratch,… …
90blot out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mark out] Syn. deface, cross out, scratch out, delete; see cancel 1 . 2. [To obscure] Syn. darken, blur, shroud, eclipse; see shade 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, clear,… …
