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Verb
End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly
To end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly
To chop or cut into very small pieces
To draw, or cause to draw, to a close
To expel or send away, especially permanently
To get rid of (something undesirable or no longer required)
To decrease in amount or degree
To remove (a section) from a text or piece of music
Noun
A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle
The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave
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Verb
▲
End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly
cancel
abandon
cut
discontinue
drop
end
junk
scrap
terminate
withdraw
ditch
dump
put an end to
give something the chop
pull the plug on
knock something on the head
abolish
scrub
stop
revoke
repeal
rescind
do away with
nix
abort
call off
quash
invalidate
eliminate
abrogate
overturn
annul
nullify
eradicate
retract
recall
scratch
vitiate
obliterate
call
void
cry off
dissolve
mothball
repudiate
discard
negate
erase
undo
countermand
vacate
avoid
throw out
disannul
remove
waive
give up
get rid of
set aside
wipe out
stamp out
postpone
forget about
shelve
overthrow
destroy
override
reverse
jettison
overrule
suppress
annihilate
veto
exterminate
extinguish
delete
chop
abate
null
disaffirm
subvert
banish
take back
liquidate
deracinate
supersede
turf
strike down
roll back
backtrack on
blot out
dispense with
take away
declare null and void
chuck in
knock out
put off
put on ice
redline
forget
dismantle
discharge
call something off
retreat
back-pedal on
rid
strip
clear
go against
knock on the head
do a U-turn on
suspend
expel
break off
recant
renounce
neutralize
US
renege on
obviate
torpedo
disclaim
go back on
abjure
call back
renege
reject
defeat
neutralise
UK
unload
put out
get shot of
phase out
drive out
cast out
do in
finish off
clear away
expunge
shed
extirpate
trash
excise
sweep away
efface
rub out
snuff out
clean up
root out
black out
zap
squelch
inhibit
kill
prohibit
finish
disestablish
close down
put kibosh on
put the kibosh on
bring to an end
more ❯
“The scale of the crisis facing Yorkshire schools emerged last night, with more than 250 teaching jobs to be
axed
following a Government-funding fiasco.”
Verb
▲
To end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly
dismiss
fire
sack
discharge
remove
oust
lay off
let go
make redundant
throw out
boot out
get rid of
give someone notice
kick out
give someone his
give someone the boot
give someone the bullet
give someone the sack
give the boot to
give the bullet to
give the heave-ho
give someone their cards
give someone the push
give the elbow
give the old heave-ho
give the push to
show the door
give someone their marching orders
release
cashier
retire
ax
US
terminate
pink-slip
can
bounce
muster out
expel
turn off
send packing
boot
depose
displace
eject
give someone their notice
turf out
unseat
impeach
drop
turf
give walking papers
give notice to
defrock
bump
unfrock
defenestrate
supplant
out
give one notice
give the boot
let one go
give the heave ho
dethrone
disqualify
suspend
discard
pension
shelve
recall
deselect
disfrock
disemploy
furlough
depone
topple
purge
drum out
evict
break
ship
pink slip
freeze out
pay off
let out
shut out
wash out
turn away
give warning
hand walking papers
give the sack
give marching orders
show the door one
run out of town
give the ax
give the gate
give a pink slip
give somebody their cards
give someone the pink slip
ride out on rail
heave
cast out
sever connections
give the chop
move on
court martial
give somebody the boot
give somebody notice
give someone the gate
give someone his or her walking papers
give someone the ax
put away
throw
excuse
nix
supersede
replace
bust
shed
dehire
unhire
eighty-six
relieve of duty
declare redundant
deprive of office
lock out
give the sack to
dislodge
overthrow
eliminate
move
give one's cards
give pink slip
overturn
demote
relegate
transfer
give somebody the sack
give somebody the pink slip
give somebody the push
give bum's rush
reposition
abolish
shift
expunge
evacuate
pull
relocate
detach
deprive
uncrown
downgrade
unthrone
degrade
bring down
unmake
throw out on your ear
give the bum's rush
take down
see the back of
abstract
dislocate
budge
force out
drive out
unhorse
upset
chuck out
discrown
chuck
subvert
remove from office
strip of rank
throw out on ear
give heave-ho
give notice
give someone the big E
kiss off
bin off
give someone the air
turn out
exclude
cut
usurp
banish
excommunicate
push out
remove from power
disbar
put out
thrust out
lay someone off
vote someone out
deport
exile
debar
unsettle
triumph
overwhelm
defeat
disthrone
disenthrone
sideline
retire early
take over
dispatch
take off
sail
chase out
throw someone out
terminate employment
step into shoes of
give their cards
give the axe
fling out
throw someone out on their ear
tomahawk
downsize
reduce
hatchet
poll
decimate
cleaver
omit
delete
slur
disregard
elide
erase
forget
ship out
leave off
leave out
scale down
cut back
put an end to
slim down
give something a miss
take out
miss out
more ❯
“500 staff were
axed
as part of a rationalization programme.”
Verb
▲
To chop or cut into very small pieces
chop
fell
hew
cut down
cut
slash
hack
lop
cleave
abolish
scrap
mow
chop down
split
reduce drastically
hack down
saw down
mince
dice
hash
sever
cube
shear
truncate
cut up
mangle
slice
divide
chop up
whack
hackle
fragment
ax
US
clip
cut into pieces
carve
grind
shred
cut into cubes
mill
segment
log
blitz
crumble
lacerate
saw
chip
scythe
mutilate
gash
mangulate
cut into small pieces
chop into small pieces
more ❯
Verb
▲
To draw, or cause to draw, to a close
end
stop
finish
halt
discontinue
terminate
break off
cease
dissolve
drop
complete
close
conclude
quit
resolve
abolish
abort
annul
break
break up
call off
can
cancel
elapse
expire
scrap
wind up
belay
relinquish
sunder
determine
interrupt
lapse
pass
settle
ultimate
wrap
close out
consummate
crown
cut off
cut out
dead-end
leave off
put an end to
wrap up
bring to an end
cut short
desist from
dispose of
end up
finish off
give up
knock off
lay off
let up
pack in
pack up
put paid to
round off
round out
sew up
shut down
shut off
switch off
top off
wind down
wind something up
wink out
call a halt to
call it a day
get done
give over
pull the plug
put a stop to
get shut of
give something the chop
knock something on the head
nip in the bud
nip something in the bud
pack it in
put the lid on
get shot of
pull the plug on
abandon
suspend
scrub
get rid of
dispense with
do away with
desist
refrain from
rescind
repeal
withdraw
cut
bring to a halt
scratch
call it quits
quash
eliminate
nullify
phase out
adjourn
die
go
intermit
prorogue
disunite
ditch
kick
revoke
kill
avoid
lay off of
disconnect
cry off
bring to a close
forsake
forgo
shun
remove
discard
bin
dump
check
arrest
extinguish
recess
prorogate
bring to a conclusion
withhold
run out
bring to an untimely end
come to an end
bring
call
recall
pause
pull up
intervene
separate
interpose
surcease
disjoin
dissever
part
stop midstream
bag it
blow off
shelve
knock it off
call a halt
ignore
remit
forfeit
divorce
jilt
shake
sacrifice
dismiss
forbear from
withdraw from
retire from
finish with
disband
part with
resign from
part from
turn your back on
have done with
throw up
eighty-six
dust off
wipe out
break with
write off
forget about
disestablish
abstain from
disannul
negate
vacate
abrogate
abate
void
null
invalidate
overthrow
dismantle
strike down
wreck
annihilate
destruct
split up
close down
sever
discharge
disorganize
shoot
ruin
eradicate
loose
roll back
wrack
destroy
decimate
shatter
postpone
demolish
unmake
collapse
steer clear of
renounce
preclude
skip
shirk
resist
pass up
stay away from
get off
bypass
keep from
withhold from
refuse
back off from
sidestep
dodge
pull out of
get out of
avert
shrink from
restrain from
break the habit of
do without
rein in
shy from
hold off
check out from
swear off
get around
escape from
kibosh
skip out on
jack in
call it quits on
skirt
surcease from
render void
fade out
resolve into
ax
US
culminate
draw to a close
dwindle
fade
peter out
be over
die down
die out
die away
cap
stay
delay
finalize
US
disappear
lessen
hold up
climax
diminish
ebb
vanish
recede
slacken
wane
moderate
subside
come to a close
bring to a standstill
ease off
come to a stop
finalise
UK
ease
defer
put the kibosh on
accomplish
fade away
bring to a stop
fulfill
US
decline
curb
put off
decrease
pigeonhole
drop off
weaken
put on ice
polish off
pass away
fulfil
UK
tail off
fall away
curtail
melt away
achieve
hold over
table
stem
bar
drop away
perfect
freeze
relent
do
mothball
still
leave
de-escalate
fall
fizzle out
shrink
taper
lower
pall
carry out
bring to fruition
taper off
come to a halt
bite the dust
stop dead
hold
liquidate
set the seal on
put to bed
come to a standstill
run its course
hold back
put back
add the finishing touch to
phase down
ratchet down
drain away
blow over
cap off
come to a head
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
put in cold storage
put a period to
suppress
shorten
resign
reschedule
nail
polish
subdue
quell
stifle
impede
put aside
obstruct
perform
effectuate
execute
evaporate
put a lid on
frustrate
block
stall
refrain
complement
realize
US
leave unfinished
top
hamper
immobilize
US
eschew
evanish
immobilise
UK
settle down
calm
catch
yield
peak
actualize
staunch
sink
restrain
cool off
waive
quieten down
retard
quieten
come to rest
add the final touch to
make good
go whole hog
go the limit
make perfect
go through with
bring to maturity
do thoroughly
carry off
put the last touches on
sort out
get through
make up
put the finishing touches on
abdicate
become invalid
cool it
hold in abeyance
attenuate
realise
UK
become void
become obsolete
suspend proceedings
lead up to
build up to
stop short
reach a finale
cut it out
take a break
cease to exist
draw up
hang up
lay aside
take a breather
take a recess
take five
sell out
lay on the table
come to a climax
come to a crescendo
reach a pinnacle
drop out
put on hold
interfere with
rise to crescendo
give notice
hang it up
fetch up
bring something to a close
put a stop to something
fail
disrupt
die off
abstain
do for
dissociate
truncate
cinch
calm down
clear
disturb
tie up
wrap-up
hold something in abeyance
back off
turn back
transpire
put the stopper on
run down
deactivate
quit cold turkey
depart
be at an end
bankrupt
wrap something up
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button up
button down
take a breather from
put on a back burner
forbear
forswear
draw to close
draw to a halt
be no longer valid
relax
cut something short
stop in one's tracks
reach a standstill
be forgotten
dissipate
bring down curtain
slip away
be no more
fly by
cut into
say goodbye to
break into
slow
tie up loose ends
clean up
be through with
come to the end
finish up
shut
renege
back out
stand
abbreviate
clip
abridge
stop oneself from
restrain oneself from
hold back from
retreat
weed out
become weaker
decelerate
chill out
slack
dull
unlax
coast
cool
put into liquidation
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
shutter
clinch
fold
bring to a premature end
put the finishing touches to
resist the temptation to
put in abeyance
file
procrastinate
inactivate
pink-slip
keep in abeyance
omit
protract
kick the habit
quit cold
not continue
get on the wagon
take the cure
kick over
take time out
take ten
sideline
drop it
call time
rise
come to a conclusion
round up
shut up
stave off
push back
put on back burner
count out
rule out
hang fire
lay over
put on the shelf
surrender
carry through
go by
stop cold
break short
stop in full flow
jack something in
trail off
lull
cede
close the door on
terminate the account
close the books
wither
wilt
soften
alleviate
ease up
slacken off
close with
conclude with
end with
decay
result
descend
put over
continue
respite
evanesce
degenerate
terminate with
retrograde
deteriorate
crumble
bate
droop
max out
content
hit high spot
tower
reach a peak
please
summit
reach the zenith
orgasm
succeed
crest
break the record
satisfy
melt
slip
back out of
drop out of
shoot one's wad
rise to a crescendo
go over the mountain
go the route
come to an end with
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
retire
inhibit
fall down
level off
quitclaim
hand over
demit
run low
wear away
go down
grow less
go dead
go downhill
take a rain check
thwart
control
limit
foil
prevent
bridle
rein
neutralize
US
step down
contain
reduce
hinder
muffle
squelch
smother
swallow
constrain
put finishing touch on
put the finishing touch to
be a fitting climax to
put the tin lid on
be the climax
be the climax of
add the finishing touches to
be the culmination of
throw in the towel
hand in resignation
stand down
cease work
stand aside
sign off
walk out
bow out
govern
fight back
repress
bottleneck
counteract
repulse
discourage
tame
rebuff
choke back
neutralise
UK
bottle up
choke
circumvent
brake
regulate
checkmate
slow down
keep in check
put a spoke in someone's wheel
keep a lid on
keep back
play for time
hold in
stem the flow of
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
bite back
put a brake on
hold down
stand in the way of
hobble
hesitate
falter
waver
teeter
dither
balance
stagger
vacillate
wobble
scruple
wabble
limp
stumble
whiffle
bring up
be suspended
put a sock in
be broken off
shilly-shally
be abandoned
wiggle-waggle
blow the whistle on
draw to a stand
hang back
stand still
hold at bay
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to standstill
more ❯
Verb
▲
To expel or send away, especially permanently
eject
oust
expel
remove
throw out
turn out
banish
bounce
cashier
deport
drive out
exile
force out
boot out
chase
evict
fling out
kick out
out
rout
send packing
slang
get rid of
turf out
bump
cast out
chuck out
dislodge
displace
ditch
drum out
dump
eighty-six
eliminate
exclude
expulse
irrupt
reject
run off
toss
unloose
force to leave
give someone the boot
give the sack to
drive off
give someone the bullet
give someone the push
give the heave-ho
kiss goodbye
send off
squeeze out
throw overboard
do away with
give someone their cards
give someone their marching orders
give someone their P45
give the boot
give the bum's rush
give the chop
give the old heave-ho
show the gate to
show the door
throw someone out on their ear
dismiss
boot
discharge
sack
fire
chuck
turf
can
defenestrate
yeet
send away
chase out
toss out
sling out
give someone the big E
give one the gate
bin off
give someone the air
show the door to
put out
give the elbow
ax
US
ban
bar
debar
blackball
relegate
blacklist
push out
thrust out
black
suspend
fordrive
dispossess
heave out
bust
ask to leave
throw out on your ear
drive away
give the hook
throw out on ear
give walking papers
show you the door
more ❯
Verb
▲
To get rid of (something undesirable or no longer required)
slough
shed
discard
dump
junk
reject
abandon
ditch
chuck
drop
scrap
jettison
bin
trash
relinquish
cashier
forsake
repudiate
disburden
doff
throw
yield
throw out
throw away
dispose of
toss out
get rid of
cast off
dispense with
chuck out
cast aside
chuck away
shrug off
fling away
have done with
get shut of
get shot of
cast away
throw on the scrapheap
do away with
unload
toss
exorcise
UK
exorcize
US
pitch
lose
eighty-six
deep-six
slough off
throw overboard
fling off
lay by
shuck off
scrub
expel
set aside
eject
abdicate
shelve
manage without
cope without
do without
desert
fling
heave
cast
hurl
maroon
split up with
give the boot
knock on the head
pull the plug on
forgo
renounce
forswear
disown
disclaim
give up
disavow
dispose
cull
surrender
kick
betray
withdraw
eliminate
remove
dispatch
desist from
sweep away
dispossess
can
part with
thrust aside
shake off
stop having
renege on
turn your back on
stop using
ax
US
see the back of
clear out
dismiss
offload
unburden
off-load
unlade
root out
weed out
destroy
write off
discharge
transfer
shift
unpack
wreck
foist
disencumber
leave
cut
shuck
rid
throw off
rid oneself of
free oneself of
take off
put out to pasture
fob off
palm off
sluff off
cast out
exclude
bung out
bung away
make away with
throw something off
throw aside
nix
unship
away
negative
fling out
trim
86
toss aside
auction
adios
chase
refuse
slip
evict
extrude
clear
demolish
recycle
decommission
annihilate
obliterate
retire
turn down
wash your hands of
divest yourself of
file in circular file
relieve yourself of
kiss goodbye
kiss off
make over
deep six
shipwreck
strand
melt off
reduce
cast ashore
leave stranded
consign to scrap heap
break up
throw up
leave behind
lighten
disgorge
discommode
relieve
leave high and dry
void
let drop
drop off
let fall
divest
take a load off
break bulk
free from
relieve of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease in amount or degree
reduce
lessen
lower
decrease
diminish
minimise
UK
minimize
US
taper
deplete
ease
curtail
cut
limit
moderate
lighten
mitigate
scale down
cut back
cut down
quell
abate
alleviate
curb
dial down
downscale
temper
drop
pare
roll back
slash
tone down
wind down
attenuate
bring down
clip
couch
decline
decrement
de-escalate
dent
relax
restrain
taper off
wane
cast down
degrade
depress
devaluate
downgrade
drop off
dry up
dwindle
ease off
ebb
erode
extenuate
make cutbacks in
mark down
minify
peter out
sink
slacken
slow down
tail off
take down
trim
trim back
trim down
amortise
UK
amortize
US
dilute
impair
make less
make smaller
qualify
step down
take the edge off
tighten
weaken
run down
prune
slim down
devalue
downsize
retrench
depreciate
discount
cheapen
break
salami-slice
eliminate
rationalize
US
cut back on
write down
write off
pare down
economize on
shrink
rationalise
UK
deflate
remove
truncate
keep down
put down
whittle away
ease up on
whittle down
make reductions in
get rid of
restrict
slenderize
cut down on
dip
debase
slow
shave
undervalue
demote
knock down
cause to fall
tighten up
do away with
abridge
shed
lose
shorten
confine
omit
delete
lower in price
take
dock
take off
chop off
cut off
lop
amputate
slice off
ax
US
soften
fall
contract
subside
recede
assuage
slump
allay
fall off
plummet
fall away
remit
die down
palliate
relent
dull
plunge
soothe
relieve
mollify
let up
blunt
phase down
calm
check
ratchet down
fade
die out
deaden
die away
drain
subdue
quiet
go down
pall
drain away
play down
narrow
modify
undermine
dampen
nosedive
crash
sap
settle
deteriorate
control
trivialize
US
underrate
quieten
appease
soft-pedal
grow less
flag
constrict
trivialise
UK
thin
hold back
dive
belittle
cool
modulate
shrivel
contain
slake
still
adulterate
grow smaller
pacify
become smaller
tumble
misprize
descend
cushion
decay
lull
make light of
slacken off
underestimate
waste
gloss over
wither
brush aside
droop
go downhill
consume
understate
de-emphasize
collapse
slide
take a nosedive
regress
water down
sell short
empty
scale back
dim
fail
downplay
stop
degenerate
abbreviate
damp
release
nose-dive
ease up
exhaust
condense
underemphasize
rachet down
placate
wear down
wear away
crumble
use up
rein in
inhibit
detract
slack
defuse
become less
calm down
narrow down
close
slack off
loosen
comfort
detract from
shrug off
halt
take the sting out
rate too low
get smaller
get lower
compress
disempower
do an injustice to
bleed
hit the floor
not do justice to
hold cheap
mute
numb
go into a tailspin
lace
loose
deprecate
retard
evaporate
hush
adjust
regulate
eat into
extend
discredit
help
slip
constringe
sophisticate
stay
cripple
hinder
get less
suck dry
run low
take away from
sweeten
thin out
sag
skid
rein back
crater
blur
milk
eat up
retrogress
compose
turn down
chill out
salve
disparage
tranquilize
US
phase out
wear off
alter
corrode
lenify
become lower
set little store by
tranquillize
UK
thin down
damp down
cool off
settle down
take a dive
go through the floor
let up on
deprive
deduct
underplay
quench
squeeze
elide
syncopate
devalorize
minimalize
smooth
cramp
muffle
dam
derogate
stem
sate
dissipate
ameliorate
worsen
block
defame
compact
enfeeble
lose edge
staunch
revise
enervate
straiten
stanch
disappear
silence
draw in
take in
disable
debilitate
make weaker
impoverish
scrimp
withdraw
vilipend
commute
choke
vitiate
take the bite out
retire
disregard
economize
US
decimate
lapse
economise
UK
die off
fall steeply
extinguish
downturn
trail off
vary
talk down
shift
unburden
change
trail
lullaby
disesteem
fall sharply
becalm
put the brakes on
prevent
be reduced
take it easy
pooh-pooh
be wrong about
disintegrate
relapse
make narrower
stifle
retrograde
return
revamp
transmogrify
switch
make little of
backslide
come to an end
drop rapidly
pour oil on
retrench on
become narrower
get narrower
stroke
balm
think too little of
waste away
fizzle out
take a load off
go away
cave in
set no store by
lay off
take a header
fade away
rebate
humble
gather
eat away at
tail away
fleece
grow weaker
scale something down
take the edge off sth
simplify
subtract
tame
diffuse
whittle
peter
restraint
untighten
make fewer
demean
disengage
ration
make less active
minish
denature
wilt
reduce greatly
misjudge
halve
grow
vanish
rescind
shape
trail away
elongate
bate
shade
cloud
sober
darken
deepen
nose dive
slim
wrinkle
satiate
satisfy
languish
rarefy
offset
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
despise
drop away
excuse
round down
make inroads into
gobble up
guzzle
mark off
telescope
disperse
look down on
underprice
underprize
become weaker
go downwards
invalidate
gutter
gratify
benumb
cauterize
US
withstand
arrest
resist
oppose
reduce punishment
muddy up
reduce the force of
become less intense
give way
drop down
make less formal
make less strict
objectify
dissolve
lower in value
go easy
alloy
come down
fall short
keep at a minimum
keep to a minimum
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
anaesthetize
UK
anesthetize
US
cauterise
UK
hebetate
desensitise
UK
desensitize
US
obtund
miscalculate
wear out
become quieter
become softer
take the heat off
retreat
give out
decry
totter
repress
quash
bring to a standstill
admix
address
improve
stabilize
US
balance
attune
slope
drag
buckle
miscarry
slight
denigrate
take pressure off
become weak
get quieter
get softer
cut short
chop
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
flop
refresh
relaxed
grow dim
make lighter
soften up
make economies in
make cuts in
reduce wastage in
bow out
put a damper on
not do justice
harmonize
US
reassure
cease
crop
fold up
tip over
break down
be precipitated
decrease in value
decline in price
hit the dirt
lose value
resolve
pad
save
neutralise
UK
stabilise
UK
neutralize
US
demilitarize
US
demilitarise
UK
rescue
recover
retrocede
shush
conciliate
rock to sleep
put a lid on
quiet down
take the edge
lay back
rot
capsule
capsulize
fine tune
monkey around with
cool out
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
make reasonable
knock
cancel
shelve
reject
forget
abandon
fall back
pull out
tone
back away
set
drop back
tune
squelch
break off
propitiate
strangle
disencumber
levitate
upraise
facilitate
jettison
eradicate
unload
disburden
uplight
free
move away
go back
make peace with
quieten down
butter up
play up to
win over
make up
square
patch things up
smooth down
untrouble
make nice
dulcify
delay
boil down
focus
circumscribe
pinch
tauten
strangulate
inflect
clench
tense
cross out
set aside
give up
dumb
move further off
retract
flow back
back
back off
draw away
draw back
depart
move back
expend
detain
devolve
tuck
astringe
clear the air
smooth out
take the heat
blister
get to meat
put in nutshell
put a restriction on
put a limit on
backbite
amend
fine-tune
adapt
tweak
harmonise
UK
atrophy
spend
handicap
reduce weight
throw out
put off
pour out
brighten
grow worse
get worse
evacuate
stunt
decelerate
impede
fade out
take a loss on
lose ground
dispel
counteract
cure
go down the toilet
revert
go to the pack
disimprove
go to the dogs
go down the tubes
come apart at seams
take a turn for the worse
hit the skids
deprave
die on vine
go to rack and ruin
go to pot
corrupt
go to pieces
obstruct
hold up
stall
set back
solace
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
trim away
budget cut
tune down
roll down
decrease in importance
pale
lose significance
lose lustre
pale into insignificance
grow dull
liss
interrupt
laugh at
hush up
shut up
keep back
hamper
lag
retardate
mire
subtract from
cut rate
draw together
get thinner
aid
break up
assist
burn
absorb
devour
loiter
procrastinate
reef
postpone
embog
bring respite to
bring aid to
make bearable
bring an end to
make something bearable
bring aid
take load off
bankrupt
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
keep waiting
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
anchor it
finish
play out
draw down
draw
squander
dismiss
bounce
cashier
discharge
fire
pink-slip
sack
terminate
can
wash up
dig into
hatchet
cleaver
tomahawk
give the sack
muster out
turn off
put an end to
let go
poll
whitewash
deemphasize
make light
brush off
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To remove (a section) from a text or piece of music
excise
delete
erase
blue-pencil
cancel
cross out
cut
efface
eliminate
expunge
expurgate
remove
ax
US
bowdlerise
UK
bowdlerize
US
cross through
scratch out
scrub
strike out
blank out
cut out
dele
edit out
ink out
kill
score out
scrap
amputate
destroy
edit
elide
exscind
exsect
exterminate
gut
launder
slash
strike
take out
trim
put a line through
black out
blot out
blue pencil
cut up
knock off
lop off
scissor out
stamp out
wipe out
X out
give something the chop
obliterate
rub out
eradicate
clean up
annihilate
extirpate
liquidate
abolish
root out
sweep away
snuff out
squash
get rid of
scratch
extinguish
raze
squelch
annul
drop
omit
X-out
quash
demolish
trash
do away with
zap
block out
terminate
rub
exclude
unpublish
nullify
redact
sanitize
US
withdraw
disannul
negate
cancel out
white out
bleep
decontaminate
sterilize
US
censor
chop
shed
sterilise
UK
sanitise
UK
x out
conceal
suppress
decimate
waste
purge
abate
torpedo
off
total
nix
put an end to
remove all traces of
finish
wipe from the face of the earth
wash out
put paid to
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
finish off
weed out
shoot down
subtract
leave out
crush
uproot
fade
erode
put down
put a stop to
cover over
wipe off
smooth away
rub away
wear away
dispatch
blank
blot
scrape off
devastate
score
snip
clean
desolate
wreck
level
stroke out
cover
sink
obscure
defeat
smash
ravage
knock out
wipe off face of earth
blow to bits
blow sky-high
KO
do in
destroy root and branch
take apart
mark out
rub off
rule out
Tippex out
pass up
end
dissolve
void
repeal
examine
inspect
overturn
invalidate
rescind
ditch
junk
revoke
red-pencil
stop
abrogate
discard
overthrow
jettison
throw out
vitiate
retract
repudiate
countermand
discontinue
subvert
oversee
prevent publication
bleach
revile
blacklist
make changes to
criticise
UK
restrain
amend
refuse transmission
gag
repress
purify
review
narrow
make acceptable
supervise communications
restrict
make cuts in
criticize
US
withhold
delete parts of
cork
put the lid on
drop the iron curtain
abridge
stifle
control
vacate
dispense with
avoid
null
dump
deracinate
strike down
inhibit
supersede
disestablish
undo
roll back
prohibit
close down
set aside
call off
put kibosh on
bring to an end
knock something on the head
put the kibosh on
more ❯
Noun
▲
A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle
hatchet
cleaver
adze
chopper
tomahawk
battleax
US
battleaxe
UK
poleaxe
machete
ax
US
butcher's knife
knife
billhook
mattock
bill
meat ax
kitchen knife
molar
mincer
dicer
halberd
“After the game finished, he was surprised to find the wooden handle of his
axe
had rotted.”
Noun
▲
The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave
dismissal
discharge
expulsion
redundancy
sack
firing
ousting
removal
sacking
ax
US
boot
congé
defenestration
elbow
end
furlough
heave-ho
kiss-off
layoff
notice
push
adjournment
cashiering
chop
old heave-ho
release
the sack
banishment
bounce
deportation
deposal
deposition
dislodgment
displacement
dispossession
dissolution
door
eviction
exile
exorcism
expatriation
freedom
freeing
housecleaning
laying off
liberation
ostracism
ouster
permission
relegation
suspension
the boot
the push
permission to go
turfing out
your books
cold shoulder
freedom to depart
marching orders
pink slip
the bum's rush
the old heave-ho
the order of the boot
bullet
unemployment
one's cards
ejection
demobilization
US
axing
termination of employment
demobilisation
UK
the door
old heave ho
walking papers
lay-off
bum's rush
joblessness
retirement
termination
redundance
laying-off
severance
the axe
job loss
downsizing
respite
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
cutback
streamlining
reduction in force
letting go
early retirement
exclusion
throwing out
disbandment
overthrow
demob
unseating
dethronement
the elbow
disbarment
debarment
dethroning
dislodgement
transportation
extrusion
purge
proscription
ejecting
withdrawal
drumming out
the heave-ho
forcing out
driving out
rejection
elimination
upheaval
coup
ejectment
replacement
loss of right
toppling
overturning
downfall
supplanting
demotion
expelling
blackballing
blacklisting
discharge notice
walking ticket
installation
impeachment
degradation
unfrocking
removal from office
repatriation
purging
refoulement
the chop
banishing
deportment
rush
barring
the bullet
excommunicating
disfellowshipment
disfellowshipping
damnation
debarring
kicking out
the bounce
excommunication
ending of employment
one's marching orders
omission
discard
noninclusion
dropping
cut
erasure
taking away
non-inclusion
expunction
leaving out
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