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Verb
To kill or take the life of
To bring down (a tall object)
To shorten in duration or extent
To decrease in amount or degree
Watch your waistline
Slim down
To trim by cutting off
Reduce or hurt
To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance)
To shoot someone or something with a gun
(
slang
)
To negatively criticize
To reduce to dishonour or disgrace
To completely destroy or devastate
To remove contaminants or impurities from
To render comprehensible or understandable
Damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
To verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
Adjective
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Made easy
Without the natural, conventional, or usual covering
Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
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Verb
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To kill or take the life of
assassinate
clear
fell
strike down
dispatch
kill
lop
massacre
slaughter
slay
murder
butcher
eliminate
destroy
put to death
exterminate
execute
liquidate
mow down
annihilate
wipe out
terminate
do in
bump off
take out
waste
smoke
blow away
ice
off
top
whack
stiff
knock off
eradicate
finish off
do away with
croak
do to death
shoot down
decimate
rub out
erase
cut to pieces
take the life of
end the life of
polish off
scrag
dispose of
snuff
neutralize
US
put away
neutralise
UK
extirpate
get
make away with
cause the death of
do for
put down
put to the sword
put to sleep
snuff out
zap
carry off
finish
put an end to
give someone the works
terminate with extreme prejudice
claim
get rid of
send to the gas chambers
obliterate
down
hit
take someone's life
take
silence
abolish
mutilate
cancel
kill off
blackball
nix
guillotine
blot out
lynch
immolate
remove
end
rub someone out
wipe off the face of the earth
gun down
grease
knock someone off
deep-six
wax
put end to
vaporise
UK
purge
vaporize
US
expunge
sweep away
stamp out
efface
ethnically cleanse
extinguish
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
mass murder
depopulate
wipe from the face of the earth
hang
suffocate
garrotte
UK
smite
sacrifice
crucify
asphyxiate
strangle
garrote
US
mangle
stick
defeat
torture
overwhelm
maim
beat
vanquish
behead
shoot
electrocute
decapitate
discard
drop
blast
see the back of
stone
send to the chair
stone to death
send to the gas chamber
put before a firing squad
send to the gibbet
string up
send to the electric chair
gas
send to the gallows
drag
scratch
clear away
take down
sterilize
US
sterilise
UK
exclude
drag down
murk
take a life
smother
garotte
cool
chill
do
knife
dust off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring down (a tall object)
bring down
chop down
hack down
hew
level
mow
mow down
raze
chop
fell
saw down
cut
axe
UK
split
ax
US
sever
slice
divide
saw
hack
lop
flatten
blow down
cause to fall
floor
knock to the ground
knock down
pull down
clear
blast
tear down
clear-cut
clear-fell
topple
bowl down
ground
bring to the ground
cleave
Verb
▲
To shorten in duration or extent
abate
contract
cut back
decrease
reduce
rein back
shorten
ease up on
abridge
abbreviate
cut
condense
synopsize
precis
curtail
summarize
US
abstract
trim
compress
digest
boil down
epitomize
US
truncate
summarise
UK
epitomise
UK
put in a nutshell
encapsulate
dock
shrink
syncopate
elide
cut short
outline
sum up
clip
lessen
précis
prune
crop
pare down
chop
slash
edit
recapitulate
diminish
snip
recap
telescope
reprise
brief
wrap up
downsize
restrict
retrench
blue pencil
sum
summate
inventory
concentrate
limit
sketch
lop
curb
give a summary of
give an abstract of
constrict
minify
restrain
compact
give a precis of
give an outline of
put in nutshell
give a synopsis of
rein in
capsulize
pare
hold back
get to the meat
get to meat
deliver a blow to
dispense with
lop off
write a summary of
make shorter
abort
dwindle
get shorter
minimise
UK
take up
minimize
US
bob
excerpt
stop short
make a outline of
take out
cut out
cut off
review
classify
mark off
lower
economize
US
mark down
check
economise
UK
make a long story short
turn up
cut to the bone
tabulate
catalogue
UK
codify
methodize
systematize
US
constringe
densen
solidify
press together
consolidate
decoct
precipitate
capsule
squeeze
thicken
pack into
narrow down
coagulate
collapse
systematise
UK
catalog
US
order
arrange
nutshell
survey
dispose
cut to bone
tighten up
cramp
inhibit
halt
slim down
control
run through
go over
give a rundown of
run down
skim
retrograde
rehash
give main points
compile
give the main points of
give the gist of
cypher
UK
cipher
US
make a summary of
break off
chop down
roll back
put a restriction on
put the brakes on
put a limit on
narrow
give a digest of
restate
reiterate
repeat
examine
rip
judge
zap
rave
evaluate
study
slam
assess
discuss
correct
pan
trash
revise
inspect
weigh
knock
reedit
bad-mouth
take down
read through
swipe at
skin alive
put down
write a critique
give one's opinion
tighten
sum-up
wrap-up
zip
conflate
capture
record
express
come down to
describe
delineate
draft
US
indicate
characterize
US
recount
adumbrate
draught
UK
characterise
UK
run over
touch on
paraphrase
rephrase
replay
list
enumerate
reword
lay out
tell about
state again
skeletonize
make an outline of
skeleton
run through again
give a rough idea of
give a quick rundown on
give a rough idea
give a thumbnail sketch of
go over same ground
go over again
go the same round
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
quell
abate
alleviate
curb
dial down
downscale
temper
ax
US
axe
UK
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
close
drain
prune
pare down
shrink
slim down
downsize
retrench
shave
contract
salami-slice
whittle down
cut back on
depreciate
shorten
rationalize
US
knock down
truncate
rationalise
UK
whittle away
narrow
make reductions in
soften
discount
abridge
remove
scale back
check
blunt
subside
economize on
allay
restrict
cheapen
wear away
wear down
eliminate
palliate
assuage
soothe
constrict
devalue
cut down on
undervalue
slim
chop
deduct
crop
dock
deflate
subdue
write down
phase down
write off
ease up on
lop
round down
shear
slenderize
break
dampen
demote
turn down
deaden
whittle
abbreviate
make fewer
undermine
sap
mute
damp
muffle
scale something down
ration
disempower
put down
economize
US
halve
cushion
dull
economise
UK
keep down
miniaturize
US
get rid of
do away with
cause to fall
confine
take off
omit
delete
reduce greatly
take the bite out
take the sting out
miniaturise
UK
ratchet down
damp down
stifle
make weaker
retrench on
roll down
budget cut
trim away
phase out
tune down
decay
fade
quiet
droop
settle
slump
degenerate
waste
rebate
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
hack
sever
snip
slice
detach
foreshorten
fall off
calm down
deteriorate
evaporate
run low
crumble
let up
lose edge
narrow down
die down
modify
wither
slack off
tail away
shrivel
hew
saw
excise
relieve
mow
compress
lower in price
cut in price
condense
make lighter
lop off
lower the price of
undersell
make cheaper
rein in
put on sale
calm
cut short
concentrate
peter
subtract
render worthless
offer at a giveaway price
reduce the price of
waste away
cut off
shift
disburden
free
disencumber
empty
mollify
jettison
levitate
thin
take
eradicate
upraise
unload
uplight
change
comfort
unburden
facilitate
ameliorate
disgrade
demerit
drive down
put off
throw out
reduce weight
pour out
take a load off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Watch your waistline
be on a diet
count calories
cut back
diet
reduce
slim
watch what you eat
watch your waistline
watch your weight
Verb
▲
Slim down
lose weight
slim down
count the calories
diet
fast
go on a diet
slim
watch your weight
abstain
reduce
slenderize
skinny down
be on a diet
watch weight
eat sparingly
follow a diet
fall off
starve
tighten belt
eat selectively
go without
cut back
count calories
get thinner
shape up
lose some inches
get into shape
shed some pounds
lose some pounds
Verb
▲
To trim by cutting off
scythe
cut
hack
mow
reap
slice
sweep
trim
crop
shear
clip
sickle
kiss
pare
barber
graze
snip
plane
skim
poll
scrape
nip
dock
nudge
brush
bob
prune
whittle
lop
remove
tonsure
touch
take
cut off
skin
sliver
strip
lop off
shave
make bare
brush past
peel
snip off
slice thin
cut back
shingle
glance off
slash
decorticate
pollard
shorten
take off
chop off
hack off
even up
whittle down
slice off
nip off
shave off
clip off
trim off
reduce
detach
fleece
cut short
top
skive
truncate
hew
chop
curtail
detruncate
disengage
cut shorter
make shorter
cut into a bob
more ❯
Verb
▲
Reduce or hurt
bring down
deck
demolish
abase
damage
drop
fell
floor
harsh one's mellow
injure
knock down
knock over
knock the wind out of
KO
lay low
level
lower
mow down
murder
overthrow
overturn
prostrate
pull down
shoot down
slay
throw down
tumble
undermine
upset
wound
strike down
fall
down
throw to the ground
bowl over
flatten
knock out
put down
topple
bowl down
ground
bring to the ground
knock to the ground
more ❯
Verb
▲
To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance)
economise
UK
economize
US
save
scrimp
retrench
be sparing
cut back
be frugal
budget
save money
be economical
cut costs
make economies
scrimp and save
cut expenditure
make cutbacks
make cuts
pinch
skimp
spare
be thrifty
buy cheaply
conserve
decrease wastage
manage
reduce wastage
shepherd
stint
use less
be more economical
buy more cheaply
cut corners
pinch pennies
tighten your belt
be careful
be prudent
count the pennies
count your pennies
husband your resources
rein in
scrimp and scrape
watch the pennies
watch your pennies
be on a shoestring
draw in your horns
keep within means
make ends meet
meet a budget
pay one's way
pinch the pennies
pinch your pennies
rake and scrape
run tight ship
stretch a dollar
tighten one's belt
reduce
curtail
trim
scrape
limit
withhold
scrimp on
be mingy
economize on
be stingy
be sparing with
be economical with
be frugal with
be niggardly with
be parsimonious with
hold back on
be mean with
be stingy with
be mingy with
be tight with
scant
restrict
husband
be niggardly
restrain
skimp on
stint on
squirrel
stash
hold back
be mean
penny-pinch
be tight-fisted with
go easy on
roll back
earmark
ration
shorten
make savings
nurse
straiten
reduce expenditure
scamp
go easy
be cheap
screw
slight
press
cut back on
afflict
distress
oppress
pull in your horns
run a tight ship
look after the pence
be tight
be tight-fisted
be close
begrudge
grudge
confine
define
spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
save for rainy day
sock away
tighten belt
be parsimonious
more ❯
Verb
▲
To shoot someone or something with a gun
zap
shoot
blast
plug
pot
pump
bag
fell
hit
smoke
blow away
gun down
mow down
open fire on
pick off
shoot down
put a bullet in
pump full of lead
let someone have it
execute
murder
kill
assassinate
slay
put before a firing squad
bring down
strike
fire
shell
get
catch
gun
bombard
pop
snipe
drill
fire at
let fly
snipe at
fire on
let go with
blaze away
open fire
let fly at
pull the trigger
open fire at
Verb
▲
(
slang
)
To negatively criticize
harsh
criticise
UK
criticize
US
bash
disparage
diss
knock
slam
blast
castigate
chastise
chide
crucify
denigrate
denunciate
deprecate
flame
malign
pan
reprimand
rip
savage
scathe
clobber
hammer
lambaste
pillory
rap
roast
skewer
slag
slate
sledge
slug
zap
bag
rubbish
find fault
have a go at
jump on
pick to pieces
nag at
censure
condemn
denounce
attack
arraign
vilify
besmirch
slur
excoriate
fault
maul
reprehend
trash
fustigate
pummel
US
carp
reprobate
monster
lash
decry
dispraise
blame
objurgate
rate
reprove
slash
scorch
dis
derogate
asperse
inveigh against
complain about
give some stick to
trim
pick at
pummelled
UK
find fault with
run down
disapprove of
bag on
take down
skin
throw brickbats at
fulminate against
rail against
come down on
animadvert on
give a bad press to
pull to pieces
skin alive
dress down
cut to bits
pour scorn on
nit-pick
slag off
bad-mouth
hit
pull apart
give bad press
cut up
put down
hit out at
fluff
carp at
cast aspersions on
slog
blister
give flak to
nitpick about
tear into
lace into
do a number on
vituperate against
cavil at
pick holes in
pass strictures upon
lay into
flay
revile
abuse
take to pieces
berate
take apart
vituperate
belabor
US
belabour
UK
tear to pieces
insult
slander
do a hatchet job on
lambast
assail
shoot down
stigmatize
US
defame
calumniate
traduce
reproach
potshot
scold
vilipend
criticize severely
stigmatise
UK
contemn
slight
give something a battering
belittle
libel
discredit
speak evil of
speak ill of
upbraid
rebuke
throw mud at
dump on
drag through the mud
smear
bawl out
chew out
impugn
tongue-lash
tear a strip off
spread lies about
brand
bring into disrepute
blacken the name of
sully the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
conduct a smear campaign against
give a bad name
carpet
lecture
pitch into
tear apart
take to task
read the riot act
call down
curse
give someone bondi
cry down
cast a slur on
speak badly of
get angry with
badmouth
deride
bring under fire
give a rocket
ridicule
tear off a strip
haul over the coals
scourge
criticize harshly
go for the jugular
heap
admonish
score
baste
rag
jaw
keelhaul
execrate
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
jeer at
scorn
lash into
rant at
ream out
ream
show someone up
despise
animadvert upon
rail at
give a tongue-lashing
diminish
expose to ridicule
give a talking-to
rake over the coals
destroy
hold up to shame
downplay
lay down the law
downgrade
harangue
depreciate
minimize
US
discount
dismiss
lessen
deflate
devaluate
compromise
humiliate
cheapen
minimise
UK
give something a bad press
weigh into
give someone a bad press
slang
play down
kiss off
detract from
poor-mouth
talk down
trash-talk
write off
accuse
growl
rail
rile
yell at
sail into
bark at
rip into
tie into
light into
give someone a dressing-down
beat up on
tell off
do down
debase
blacken
mistreat
cuss
dig
caluminate
voodoo
jinx
demonize
US
mudsling
demonise
UK
rag on
tear down
rip up
give a black eye
put a whammy on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reduce to dishonour or disgrace
degrade
demean
cheapen
debase
disgrace
humble
humiliate
shame
abase
corrupt
discredit
injure
prostitute
devalue
dishonour
UK
mortify
pervert
reduce
bastardise
UK
bastardize
US
canker
chasten
damage
debauch
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
deprave
deteriorate
dishonor
US
foul
harm
lessen
lower
mar
poison
profane
sink
smirch
subvert
vitiate
warp
brutalise
UK
brutalize
US
dehumanise
UK
dehumanize
US
desensitise
UK
desensitize
US
impair
spoil
undermine
weaken
belittle
bemean
bench
bump
declass
decry
depose
derogate
destroy
detract
diminish
disbar
disparage
mudsling
pan
slam
take down
worsen
bring shame to
cast down
lower the status of
put down
rule out
run down
shoot down
tear down
cut down to size
take down a peg
defile
sully
taint
denigrate
stain
smear
defame
tarnish
pollute
drag through the mud
blot
besmirch
blacken
slander
embarrass
contaminate
abuse
downgrade
stigmatize
US
befoul
depreciate
slur
malign
bring into disrepute
soil
stigmatise
UK
ruin
libel
bestialize
vilify
knock
rubbish
bad-mouth
deflate
calumniate
asperse
deride
crush
slag off
traduce
drag through the mire
bring shame on
besmear
minimize
US
censure
abash
bring down
do a hatchet job on
bring discredit to
reproach
desecrate
spot
give a bad name
rip
give a black eye
break
minimise
UK
scandalize
US
violate
drag down
speak ill of
infect
undervalue
blotch
blemish
subdue
attack
disrespect
scandalise
UK
reflect badly on
bring low
demote
bring shame upon
squash
ridicule
trash
deprecate
lead astray
animalize
breathe on
show up
discomfit
tar and feather
revile
make someone eat crow
take down a peg or two
snub
discount
own
mock
put someone in their place
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
adulterate
assail
muckrake
detract from
blister
distort
dump on
cast aspersions on
trivialize
US
dismiss
write off
deface
put to shame
hurt
show in a bad light
make someone eat humble pie
underestimate
quash
scorn
despoil
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
chagrin
minify
vilipend
slate
pooh-pooh
diss
dis
trivialise
UK
trash-talk
blight
poor-mouth
stoop
insult
put in a bad light
dirty
seduce
roast
pull apart
play down
make a fool of
cry down
take to pieces
descend
give a bad name to
have a go at
blacken the name of
dilute
cripple
betray
underrate
embitter
downplay
depress
waste
discolour
UK
discolor
US
make degenerate
treat lightly
blaspheme
devaluate
confound
flatten
outrage
misprize
scorch
impugn
scoff at
sneer at
do down
pull down
cause to lose face
tar
bring dishonour to
pour scorn on
make light of
mark down
influence
hold cheap
kiss off
talk down
hit out at
pick holes in
treat sacrilegiously
treat with disrespect
mess up
cut to the quick
make ashamed
cow
disfigure
misuse
bust
prejudice
vanquish
enfeeble
overcome
condemn
sell out
manipulate
deflower
ravish
envenom
compromise
sap
drop
tame
criticize
US
squelch
decrease
slight
disrate
bash
ravage
laugh off
laugh at
attaint
expose
affront
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
vandalize
US
attenuate
discountenance
criticise
UK
be untrue to oneself
disconsider
confuse
maculate
flame
upset
vandalise
UK
commit sacrilege
disconcert
reflect negatively
disoblige
displease
curse
vituperate
annoy
muck up
sneer
vex
reflect on
make impure
reduce the status of
write down
speak badly of
pull to pieces
have the last laugh on
cast in a bad light
make lose face
damage the reputation of
harm the reputation of
get the better of
muddy the reputation of
take the wind out of someone's sails
blacken the reputation of
condescend
deign
bias
twist
misapply
colour
UK
flaw
unsettle
mongrelize
misemploy
crawl
alloy
bend
skew
sour
squander
sell
sacrifice
wreck
endamage
subjugate
lower in rank
reduce in value
jaundice
badmouth
lower in status
subordinate
bloody
crab
speckle
brand
reduce in quality
rot
demolish
relegate
turn
disdain
blackguard
harden
disable
debilitate
blast
touch
revalue
devalorize
sell short
curb
deform
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
rap
undercut
sabotage
destabilize
US
cast a slur
cross up
blame
toughen
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
soften
discipline
restrain
let down
take apart
color
US
corrode
silence
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
knock off
cut rate
nose dive
spread lies about
set back
revert
afflict
check
repress
strike dumb
put away
decline
fall
put hooks in
tear into
rape
offend
blacken the character of
bad mouth
give black eye
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
rip up
dispirit
defeat
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
pop one's balloon
put one away
make eat dirt
ulcer
sore
scourge
take to bits
puncture
shoot
disesteem
bring into disfavour
fraternize
US
fraternise
UK
lure
tempt
inveigle
fornicate
intrigue
case-harden
inure
molest
cut
make one feel small
bring down a peg
overwhelm
smash
overpower
set a bad example
destabilise
UK
succumb
wound
lose value
render worthless
beat down
force to eat humble pie
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
incapacitate
suppress
frown upon
blow up
coarsen
put in your place
waste away
go bad
go to hell
live in the gutter
bring to naught
impoverish
extinguish
poke full of holes
knock bottom out of
axe
UK
slash
make callous
make unfeeling
alter
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
take rug out from under
scuzz up
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
lower oneself
debase oneself
debase yourself
demean yourself
lower yourself
be reduced
demean oneself
rout
enervate
put double whammy on
ax
US
dip
slow
lace
falsify
automate
robotize
mechanize
US
mechanise
UK
imbrute
automatize
barbarize
rebuff
spurn
be reduced to
blaspheme against
make foul
disappoint
keep down
be rude to
slap
cause offence to
ignore
sledge
miscall
shun
call someone names
begrime
grime
muddy
doctor
putrefy
cook
smudge
give offence to
call names
step on one's toes
irritate
tease
flout
taunt
slang
gird
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
jeer
aggravate
give someone the cold-shoulder
provoke
scoff
bring to ruin
cause instability
lay waste to
commit sacrilege against
faze
fluster
rattle
nonplus
horrify
appal
UK
wither
bring someone to their knees
interfere with
disregard
splash
get dirty
spatter
appall
US
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
worry
tinker with
fiddle with
tamper with
muck
gaum
mire
splatter
distain
bemire
daub
lose face
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
dispraise
understate
crumb
bedraggle
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
To completely destroy or devastate
decimate
destroy
devastate
annihilate
cream
demolish
desolate
eradicate
extinguish
nuke
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
ravage
raze
ruin
shatter
smash
total
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
waste
wrack
wreck
butcher
do in
execute
exterminate
massacre
obliterate
pull down
rub out
slaughter
tear down
commit genocide
kill off
put paid to
stamp out
wipe out
wreak havoc on
lay waste
cut a swath through
crush
trash
level
break
spoil
flatten
defeat
torpedo
desecrate
dismantle
undo
knock down
break up
mar
dash
unbuild
blight
impair
sabotage
raze to the ground
scupper
despoil
overthrow
mess up
bring down
bulldoze
upset
scotch
crash
subvert
sink
dilapidate
overturn
destruct
break down
bring to ruin
take apart
leave in ruins
damage
undermine
overwhelm
quash
blast
bust
trounce
fell
ruinate
devour
spoliate
topple
reduce
leave desolate
screw up
make a mess of
foul up
put the kibosh on
louse up
blow a hole in
bring to naught
do for
cripple
bankrupt
disassemble
kill
remove
sack
blow
nix
pillage
quell
botch
depredate
ravish
zap
scourge
vitiate
banjax
injure
dynamite
cruel
muck up
blow out
lay waste to
write off
lay in ruins
terminate
disrupt
hamper
hinder
thwart
eliminate
foil
dispatch
end
frustrate
stymie
vanquish
disable
explode
lick
harm
crack
impoverish
strike
rout
beat
suppress
obstruct
tank
abolish
hammer
clobber
stuff
thrash
mangle
gut
plunder
deface
whip
raid
overcome
dish
efface
crucify
paste
pound
drub
squelch
smite
murder
blow up
bomb
maim
mutilate
skunk
batter
take
wax
marmalize
shipwreck
queer
deplete
finish off
take down
own
put an end to
blow to bits
blow to pieces
play havoc with
throw down
balls up
make mincemeat of
turn inside out
wipe off map
wipe off the map
skin
take out
mow down
blow out of the water
damage beyond repair
put out of commission
reduce to rubble
outmaneuver
US
wipe the floor with
outmanoeuvre
UK
clean out
take to the cleaners
tear up
wrack up
emulsify
soften
combine
blend
mash
lower
depopulate
ransack
prang
avenge
torment
rip down
empty
make desolate
mess
finish
cool
chasten
chastise
incinerate
burn
tumble
rape
bring about the downfall of
let down
vandalize
US
put out of action
do one in
lay low
burn away
blow away
vandalise
UK
smash up
neutralize
US
do away with
dash to pieces
run onto the rocks
pile up
crack up
wolf
reduce to ruins
put at risk
pauperize
maraud
cancel out
burst
make a hash of
blow sky-high
put the lid on
wipe off the face of the earth
tear to pieces
put in toilet
gobble up
render ineffective
excise
erase
implode
expunge
delete
liquidate
crimp
have
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
neutralise
UK
craze
overreach
outfox
work against
throw a spanner in the works of
abate
cramp
outsmart
make waves
offset
strip
shiver
splinter
extirpate
defeat utterly
douse
split
fracture
fragment
unmake
capsize
spill
scatter
beat hollow
make destitute
drain
bleed dry
diminish
knock to pieces
disintegrate
interrupt
wipe from the face of the earth
strike out
scratch out
blow down
cast down
deconstruct
splinterize
fragmentalize
exhaust
fragmentize
scrunch
smash to smithereens
smatter
crunch
rive
rend
snap
conquer
nullify
attack
put out
smother
demount
dismount
pull apart
dismember
break into pieces
worst
subdue
incapacitate
check
blanket
dowse
overpower
take to bits
strip down
unrig
crush to smithereens
blow apart
best
prevent
subjugate
snuff out
stifle
annul
threaten
denudate
rip to pieces
rip to shreds
denude
pull to bits
take to pieces
bare
part out
deprive
disrobe
pull to pieces
divest
master
block
put down
quench
choke
moisten
dampen down
dampen
bollix
flog
wallop
steamroll
whack
abort
trim
stop
deck
overbear
pommel
floor
overmatch
cane
upend
whitewash
get
surmount
interfere with
slay
slam
shellac
edge
outplay
triumph over
trample
drop
whomp
tan
powder
knock out
give someone a drubbing
route
bear down
outrun
prevail over
take to cleaners
take it all
walk all over
work over
bring someone to their knees
edge out
KO
run rings around
drown
outhit
entrap
nose out
win a victory over
do down
swamp
outjump
get around
get the better of
roll back
give someone a hiding
pip at the post
run roughshod over
lambaste
pwn
flax
run rings round
outflank
plow under
ambush
overrun
win against
intrude on
disfigure
muller
euchre
defile
bodge
poison
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove contaminants or impurities from
distill
US
clarify
purify
clear
filter
fine
garble
brew
clean
cleanse
concentrate
condense
cook
cut
decontaminate
disinfect
evaporate
express
extract
ferment
infuse
precipitate
press
rarefy
rectify
refine
sanitise
UK
sanitize
US
steam
sublimate
trim
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
volatilize
boil down
press out
squeeze out
cut to the bone
get to the meat
distil
UK
process
treat
strain
sift
depurate
make clear
become clear
get rid of impurities
reduce
thicken
riddle
sieve
filtrate
strengthen
compress
screen
render
winnow
melt
osmose
penetrate
metastasize
permeate
make pure
melt down
soak through
squeeze
expel
mash
get rid of impurities from
remove impurities from
dispatch
ship
wring out
force out
forward
more ❯
Verb
▲
To render comprehensible or understandable
simplify
clarify
elucidate
explain
interpret
construe
demonstrate
demystify
explicate
expound
illuminate
illustrate
unriddle
clear up
spell out
get across
abridge
analyse
UK
analyze
US
chasten
decipher
disinvolve
facilitate
order
reduce
shorten
unscramble
boil down
break down
clean up
lay out
make clear
make easier
make easy
make plain
make straightforward
break it down
clean it up
cut the frills
draw a picture
let daylight in
let sunlight in
make perfectly clear
put one straight
get down to basics
get to the meat
hit the high spots
put in a nutshell
reduce to the bare bones
Verb
▲
Damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
wear
erode
abrade
rasp
corrode
fret
rub
scrape
crumble
fray
scour
scratch
chafe
consume
corrade
frazzle
gall
grind
use
waste
deteriorate
dissolve
impair
rub away
bother
crumble away
decay
decline
decrease
diminish
dwindle
eat away
fade
graze
grind away
jade
overuse
overwork
rub down
scuff
shrink
tax
undermine
wash away
waste away
wear down
weather
bite into
gnaw away
become worn
be worthless
eat away at
gnaw away at
scrape off
use up
wear away
wear through
become threadbare
go to seed
wear thin
skin
excoriate
grate
wear out
irritate
grind down
file
bark
roughen
hurt
rub painfully
rub against
pound
break down
overcome
riffle
ripple
pinch
rub raw
burn
inflame
wear threadbare
drag
brush
lacerate
unravel
be sore
be painful
damage
peel
erase
flay
strip
rip
distress
tear
tatter
ravel
shred
become ragged
triturate
wear off
scrape away
scrape out
go through
become tattered
rub off
oxidize
US
come apart
go into holes
gnaw
rust
destroy
eat
nibble
corrupt
tarnish
oxidate
spoil
flake
burn into
burn through
oxidise
UK
bite at
decompose
bite
rot
canker
scarify
decorticate
pare
strip away
peel away
husk
hull
shuck
shell
cut
exuviate
lay bare
cast
rind
pull off
rub something raw
slough
desquamate
shed
bare
cut off
scale
remove
shave
more ❯
Verb
▲
To verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
abuse
insult
castigate
denigrate
disparage
excoriate
vituperate
berate
lambast
lambaste
trash
assail
belittle
blast
curse
malign
rebuke
reproach
savage
scathe
slight
taunt
vilify
attack
bash
belabour
UK
belabor
US
nag
offend
potshot
revile
scold
slam
decry
defame
discount
diss
impugn
libel
minimise
UK
minimize
US
slander
slate
slur
smear
upbraid
derogate
oppress
persecute
reprove
backbite
calumniate
flame
hose
injure
knock
miscall
ride
slang
traduce
zing
bad-mouth
inveigh against
jump on
put down
be rude to
blow off
call names
cuss out
cut to the quick
do a number on
shout at
slag off
swear at
vituperate against
dump on
call someone names
cast aspersions on
trash-talk
give a black eye
criticize
US
criticise
UK
censure
condemn
rubbish
pan
roast
have a go at
tear into
hammer
denounce
run down
asperse
lay into
pummel
US
pull apart
pummelled
UK
monster
find fault with
deprecate
bag
flay
rail against
blame
pillory
reprimand
chastise
vilipend
rate
crucify
chew out
take to pieces
discredit
reprehend
bawl out
do a hatchet job on
carpet
dis
chide
admonish
skewer
depreciate
pull to pieces
fulminate against
reprobate
tongue-lash
objurgate
pour scorn on
dress down
drag through the mud
diminish
hit out at
hurt
slash
speak ill of
dismiss
lecture
blister
pick holes in
besmirch
cut up
take to task
rap
throw brickbats at
scorn
lash
degrade
cry down
wound
tear off a strip
give someone a roasting
ream out
ridicule
haul over the coals
scorch
poor-mouth
throw mud at
give someone a rocket
dishonour
UK
contemn
play down
deride
defile
write off
kiss off
talk down
sail into
remonstrate with
read the riot act
mock
give someone hell
speak badly of
dishonor
US
rail
dispraise
tell off
detract
jaw
give someone a rollicking
detract from
tear a strip off
shoot down
call down
outrage
tear down
damage
underestimate
debase
pollute
spoil
carp at
undervalue
harm
baste
underrate
cane
harangue
give someone a bad press
score
rag
keelhaul
light into
stigmatize
US
blacken the name of
rap over the knuckles
scoff at
take apart
annoy
rant at
spread lies about
destroy
bollock
give a talking-to
sledge
fulminate
rail at
maul
violate
tarnish
scandalize
US
stigmatise
UK
befoul
disapprove of
carp
ream
deface
cavil at
vandalize
US
downgrade
sling mud at
desecrate
cavil
ruin
accuse
scandalise
UK
laugh at
do down
give someone a bollocking
disgrace
pitch into
pick to pieces
lace into
sneer at
speak evil of
upset
vandalise
UK
give a bad press to
rollick
give someone a dressing-down
demean
let someone have it
sully the reputation of
rake over the coals
wrong
give a rocket
impair
mar
blacken
trivialize
US
give a bad name
taint
molest
slap
contaminate
sully
fault
mudsling
dirty
treat lightly
tease
stain
wig
jeer at
row
ravage
lash out at
lower
pooh-pooh
minify
trim
deflate
go for the jugular
complain
infect
misprize
irritate
animadvert on
rip into
tick off
corrupt
pull up
hurl insults at
make light of
tear to pieces
trivialise
UK
hold cheap
come down on
jump down one's throat
criticize severely
compromise
give someone a telling-off
give someone an earful
misrepresent
distress
give someone a mouthful
bring into disrepute
give someone what for
give someone some stick
give someone a row
give someone a rating
give someone a wigging
lay down the law
mistreat
blacken the reputation of
profane
conduct a smear campaign against
blacken the character of
assault
cripple
affront
rebuff
badmouth
wreck
humiliate
mangle
arraign
aggrieve
slag
pillage
mutilate
blemish
raid
remonstrate
lampoon
maltreat
maim
vitiate
mortify
displease
provoke
despoil
crush
discipline
turn on
soil
vex
exprobate
sack
animadvert
disrespect
growl
disfigure
drub
storm
execrate
downplay
blaspheme
spurn
beat
tie into
spoliate
devalue
laugh off
break
sneer
nitpick about
weigh into
recriminate
opprobriate
bad mouth
scourge
find fault
disdain
beat up on
batter
tear apart
give flak to
devastate
object
protest
smirch
yell at
rape
expostulate
rip up
depredate
treat sacrilegiously
crab
rant
objurate
whip
bag on
cheapen
slap down
discolor
US
discolour
UK
take a swipe at
give some stick to
give something a battering
lash into
give someone a caning
put on the mat
treat with disrespect
kick
inveigh
cut down to size
take down a peg
give comeuppance
send someone away with a flea in their ear
kick up a fuss about
kick up a stink about
express disapproval of
mess up
rib
bait
be critical of
pain
be malicious about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
brand
speak of with disfavour
afflict
backstab
gossip
lie
spite
criticize unfairly
satirize
US
check
despise
take
have a pop at
give offense
hurl insults
rile
nag at
caluminate
voodoo
dig
demonize
US
cuss
jinx
nit-pick
pass strictures upon
explode
deplore
skin
denunciate
bark at
demonise
UK
plunder
ransack
shellac
satirise
UK
marginalize
US
marginalise
UK
lessen
devaluate
anathematize
give black eye
talk something down
give a tongue-lashing
rake
put hooks in
burst out
sell short
skin alive
rag on
judge
incriminate
disapprove
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
call on the carpet
give someone bondi
give something a bad press
lesson
jawbone
cast a slur on
poormouth
put away
knock off high horse
scarify
snipe at
hit
humble
clamor against
look down on
discountenance
slap on the wrist
read out
look askance
get after
pick apart
hold forth against
tear to shreds
let fly
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
lay on
set about
set upon
fall on
mark down
take away
put a whammy on
call to task
point the finger at
give the devil
rap someone over the knuckles
take swipe at
throw stones at
paste
thrash
fly at
thump
ill-treat
rip
squash
understate
squelch
put someone on the hot seat
crawl all over
burn someone's ears
pin someone's ears back
put someone on the griddle
strike out at
let fly at
round on
pique
cheat
ill-use
snub
attack somebody's dignity
reave
loot
pervert
poor mouth
take down
pooh pooh
sour grapes
chasten
threap
caution
irk
needle
gall
anger
disgruntle
bother
rankle
disgust
betray
lay waste
maraud over
deceive
commit sacrilege
put
put out
trespass
preach
shun
cause offence to
ignore
bruise
traumatize
US
shoot full of holes
give a zinger
confront
hit where one lives
give the cold shoulder
prostitute
waste
devour
desolate
thunder against
rage against
do a disservice to
do an injustice to
do wrong to
do injury to
offend against
beset
charge
bushwhack
tackle
sic
sick
strike
rush
accuse falsely
give offence to
flout
disoblige
gird
cut dead
abase
aggravate
scoff
treat disrespectfully
jeer
blaspheme against
villainize
blacken someone's name
spatter
bespatter
protest strongly at
declaim against
expostulate about
remonstrate about
challenge
impose upon
sin against
run a smear campaign against
fling mud at
go on at
take someone to task
take to the woodshed
keep after
bring someone to book
have someone on the carpet
blow up
commit sacrilege against
lay waste to
make lose face
set on
dive into
give someone the cold-shoulder
hurt someone's feelings
cast aspersion
drag through the mire
make a stand against
object to
raise objections to
vociferate
make a protest against
fume
complain vociferously about
oppose strongly
complain bitterly about
speak out against
kick up
thunder
make a fuss about
take issue with
disagree violently with
put up a fight against
kick against
take a stand against
take great exception to
take advantage of
do the dirty on
kick in the teeth
deform
wrench
smash
blight
undo
gut
shatter
weaken
demolish
step on one's toes
go in on
annihilate
endamage
bloody
total
disrupt
flaw
sabotage
poison
foul
incapacitate
raze
disfeature
blot
declaim
scratch
cross up
rot
burn
undermine
disintegrate
tear
drive a nail into the coffin of
gnaw
crack
bleach
play merry hell with
lacerate
do damage to
split
wear away
cause injury
dent
fade
bang up
dismantle
stab
corrode
wreak havoc on
smash up
play havoc with
rust
tamper with
traumatise
UK
refute
descend upon
pounce on
descend on
wade into
wade in
pounce upon
moan
gripe
fuss
whinge
grumble
whine
grouch
grizzle
wail
cry
grump
bleat
keen
beef
grouse
caterwaul
scream
repine
bellyache
ravish
deflower
seduce
fustigate
yammer
squawk
whimper
murmur
rage
croak
yawp
maunder
holler
mutter
kvetch
squeal
argue with
assault verbally
maculate
shame
adulterate
tar
disagree with
yowl
yelp
yap
yaup
bawl
pile in
start on
start in
have at
kick up a fuss
bellyache about
sound off
complain vehemently about
let have it
grouch about
take exception
work over
crack down on
beef about
go after
sound off about
lay out
take on
make foul
scuzz up
muck up
snap someone's head off
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
call to account
besmear
blow up at
give a piece of one's mind
take exception to
spot
blotch
bring discredit to
breathe on
punish
reflect badly on
bring shame upon
impeach
indict
rip up and down
muckrake
inculpate
impute
be against
reduce
complain about
tax
hold accountable
bring shame on
correct
oppose
tar and feather
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
come down hard on
prosecute
frame
criminate
rave at
find lacking
talk to
detest
find unacceptable
frown on
look askance at
hold responsible
protest against
monish
lean on
name
finger
attribute
chew someone out
jump all over
climb all over
frown upon
slap someone on the wrist
take a dim view of
gripe about
lay charges against
prefer charges against
abhor
argue against
whine about
carp about
moan about
grouse about
quibble about
dispute
nitpick over
whinge about
animadvert upon
call over the coals
penalize
US
visit
cite
summons
spout
rave
zap
speak
embarrass
tick someone off
throw the book at
summon
penalise
UK
strongly criticize
criticize strongly
point finger at
hang something on
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
disesteem
draw the line
speak to
expose
lay at one's door
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
give one hell
give a going over
pick at
go on about
tell a thing or two
accuse of
charge with
arraign for
come down on like a ton of bricks
bring charges against
prosecute for
try
point a finger at
file charges against
point the finger
put on trial for
bring to trial for
take to court for
impeach for
make accusations about
reprimand severely
criticize harshly
get angry with
lash out
bring under fire
pull someone up
give a rough time
review unfavorably
exprobrate
heap
warn
bring to book
prejudice
counsel
adjure
advise
rebut
contradict
be anti
recompense
cudgel
smother
spank
skelp
ferule
harass
rap someone the knuckles
fry
blackguard
show someone up
flog
chew
gainsay
be hostile to
controvert
twit
moralise
UK
moralize
US
rake over coals
pronounce
proscribe
adjudge
have words
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
dress-down
forewarn
ding
notice
glue
hoist
carp on
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
severely reprimand
rap across the knuckles
drag over the coals
take somebody to task
get on
give a hard time
burn one's ears
give someone stick
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
criticize hatefully
give someone a carpeting
eat out
rank on
give going-over
expose to ridicule
be scandalized by
be offended by
be shocked by
send up
have your knife in
jack up
sit on
give piece of mind
hold up to shame
be in opposition to
quarrel with
mete out punishment to
make an example of
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
question
teach someone a lesson
pick on
be hard on
present
express strong disapproval of
send up the river
think badly of
express disapprobation of
express disapprobation
stick it to
bring to account
have on the carpet
suppress
subjugate
repress
soften
scapegoat
single out
sink
hold at fault
have the law on
bring to trial
bring a charge against
bring a case against
put on trial
take to court
indict for
disconsider
puncture
poke full of holes
shoot
take rug out from under
knock bottom out of
put in a bad light
reflect on
show up
bring to naught
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
lay at your door
tax with
lay blame on
recriminate for
serve summons
lay at door
incriminate for
arrest
bring charges
apprehend
implicate
allege
sue
lodge complaint
blow the whistle
censure with
file claim
hold someone to blame
complain to
withstand
combat
demur
squabble
bicker
rain
resist
object strongly to
lodge a protest against
take issue
fight
express disagreement with
except
dissent
argue
hold someone responsible
bluster
huff
lower the boom
give the dickens
speak out
make a stand
intimidate
take a stand
menace
clobber
send someone away with a flea in his
dislike
slog
slug
fluff
mouth off about
vociferate about
characterize
US
label
rant and rave
saddle
cut to bits
classify
class
categorize
US
mark
give bad press
loathe
hold liable
identify
describe
think wrong
not support
discourse
orate
assign fault to
lay the blame on
place the blame on
not believe in
characterise
UK
call
categorise
UK
assign guilt to
assign liability to
address
descant
expatiate
exhort
talk
perorate
mouth off
face with charges
serve with a summons
discommend
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
negate
be displeased with
be dissatisfied with
be hostile towards
consider guilty of
earbash
pontificate to
spout to
sermonize to
find guilty of
pass the buck
lay a guilt trip on
lay a bad trip on
have a poor opinion of
raise an
label negatively
accuse of being
mark out
stump
accost
spiel
hold forth to
soapbox
declaim to
apostrophize
sermonize
US
preach to
sermonise
UK
buttonhole
pass on
deliver a tirade to
preachify to
spout at
spiel to
speechify to
not hold with
have a down on
get on a soapbox
hold forth
give a lecture to
sound off to
have a problem with
take dim view of
look down your nose at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
slow
retard
delay
restrict
check
detain
hinder
curb
handicap
decelerate
impede
restrain
stunt
temper
curtail
hold back
hold up
inhibit
limit
obstruct
reduce
set back
slacken
stall
abate
decrease
diminish
hamper
keep back
lag
lessen
mire
moderate
regulate
retardate
stay
choke
embog
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
qualify
quiet
reef
interfere with
rein in
anchor it
back-water
bog down
cut back
keep waiting
lose speed
lose steam
put the brakes on
slow down
wind down
hit the brakes
let down flaps
get in the way of
block
stop
arrest
encumber
cramp
trammel
halt
hamstring
shackle
thwart
stymie
clog
brake
bar
fetter
prevent
slow up
dam
constrain
cumber
put a brake on
baulk
UK
confine
hobble
handcuff
hog-tie
stem
balk
US
interrupt
cut off
bridle
control
frustrate
hang up
stonewall
manacle
embarrass
tie
short-circuit
defer
tie up
shut down
suppress
derail
shelve
deter
repress
contain
close off
shut off
staunch
put off
put back
stand in the way of
hold over
throw a spanner in the works of
stanch
hold
suspend
bork
freeze
foil
close
prohibit
hold off
remit
cripple
prorogue
bring to a standstill
choke off
protract
crimp
prolong
hold off on
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
get in the way
stifle
sabotage
catch
still
forestall
plug
barricade
jam
fill
bind
stuff
pull up
draw up
bring up
fetch up
occlude
adjourn
clog up
blockade
block up
oppose
forbid
pause
stop up
bung up
faze
hesitate
stopper
congest
disrupt
sandbag
withhold
interfere
interdict
baffle
table
plug up
put an end to
mothball
nip in the bud
let up
pigeonhole
reschedule
weigh down
hold in
foul up
put over
respite
drag one's feet
intermit
carry over
put on hold
extend
bring to screeching halt
lay on the table
put on back burner
put in cold storage
take a rain check on
back off
set aside
put on ice
take down
saddle with
lay over
give rain check
put on the back burner
hang fire
hold in abeyance
tie someone down
tie down
straitjacket
straiten
withstand
resist
clot
inconvenience
preclude
dissuade from
gum up
overload
step down
end
lose pace
scupper
disadvantage
incommode
stave off
make late
contravene
counteract
down
loaf
falter
dawdle
flag
poke
bog
discomfit
rattle
oppress
bother
charge
discommode
ease up
entangle
chain
disconcert
constrict
object
clasp
clamp
circumscribe
grip
fasten
tarry
dither
quibble
equivocate
prevaricate
stand
fence
obscure
screen
make difficult
cover
mask
shield
hide
set limits on
impose limits on
slam on the brakes
screw up
crab
terminate
throttle
complicate
cramp one's style
give a hard time
not move
stand still
stand off
peter out
buy time
monkey with
bottle up
coop up
box up
cut down on
avoid the issue
take one's time
fix
scrub
sidetrack
drop
brace
can
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
slack
knock off
bring to an end
become slower
caulk
seal
get slower
continue
close out
block out
close up
fill up
pack
jam up
intercept
choke up
lengthen
waive
make slower
reduce in speed
block off
shut out
bung
bottle
muzzle
gag
discourage
dissuade
smother
quash
debar
ward
avert
taboo
bit
outlaw
enjoin
hold down
keep in
put on brakes
put an stop to
stem the flow of
circumvent
spoil
impair
defeat
neutralize
US
nullify
leash
upset
scotch
neutralise
UK
ward off
head off
undermine
damage
destroy
wreck
dash
ruin
bottleneck
burden
break
crush
stump
discontinue
muffle
swallow
extinguish
put paid to
quell
avoid
evade
get around
cut short
squelch
kill
escape
bypass
get out of
hold captive
put the kibosh on
choke back
checkmate
break up
disturb
steer clear of
sidestep
deflect
skirt
kick
cease
throw a spanner in the works
desist from
give up
leave off
delimit
tie-up
inc
cuff
debilitate
rein
gimp
entrammel
tie someone's hands
box in
louse up
govern
fight back
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
prevent from making progress
tie one's hands
be a hindrance to
snag
repulse
tame
rebuff
sideline
put a straitjacket on
entrap
keep in check
put the brakes on
pick off
take out of play
throw a spoke in the wheel of
put at a disadvantage
hem in
tether
keep a lid on
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
bite back
put a crimp in
drag feet
clip someone's wings
give disadvantage
take out
place at a disadvantage
put straitjacket on
put out of commission
stand over
throw monkey wrench in
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
disappoint
counter
snooker
puzzle
put off the evil day
put in abeyance
do later
put off the evil hour
put the damper on
pour cold water on
put a damper on
throw cold water on
mystify
confound
beat
nonplus
overturn
circumnavigate
flummox
defend against
bring to a close
put a stop to
corner
dead-end
put the stopper on
unrail
ditch
take wind out of
outwit
crash
keep lid on
do for
juke
unsettle
erode
refrain from
smash
give the run around
weaken
compromise
abandon
subdue
attack
eradicate
subvert
demolish
throw a monkey wrench into
dodge
dispatch
incapacitate
ravage
stay away
stay away from
forbear
elude
duck
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
skip
skip out on
shy from
pass up
steer clear
shrink from
abstain
desist
shirk
divert
devastate
eliminate
cut
garrote/garrotte
squash
mar
disable
annul
obliterate
threaten
withhold from
refuse
make up for
deny yourself
obviate
decline
counterbalance
break the habit of
do without
shake
fend off
negate
forgo
renounce
provide
keep from
eschew
help
forbear from
shun
offset
anticipate
compensate for
undo
abolish
quit
silence
deaden
pocket
submerge
sink
harm
decimate
bollix
place a limit on
infringe
encroach on
annihilate
abort
shatter
quench
mute
overpower
break off
cut into
say goodbye to
lay off
pack up
break into
call a halt to
cut out
pack in
pull the plug on
give over
break down
mess up
intrude on
muck up
quelch
stamp out
shush
damp down
strangle
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
abridged
bowdlerised
UK
bowdlerized
US
censored
cut
edited
expurgated
shortened
compressed
reduced
condensed
contracted
abbreviated
concise
summarized
US
truncated
potted
curtailed
brief
shrunk
abstracted
summary
synoptic
thumbnail
summarised
UK
trimmed
pruned
diminished
shorter
decreased
clipped
lessened
cropped
cut short
precised
bare-bones
synopsized
outline
pared down
compact
succinct
concentrated
compendious
constricted
telescoped
cut-down
slimmed-down
encapsulated
edited down
slimmed down
short
miniaturized
US
economized
US
downsized
scaled down
miniaturised
UK
subtracted
made smaller
economised
UK
skeleton
digest
sketch
essential
stripped down
terse
pithy
laconic
epigrammatic
aphoristic
curt
apothegmatic
crisp
sententious
monosyllabic
capsule
telegraphic
short and sweet
elliptical
elliptic
breviloquent
compendiary
to the point
in a nutshell
boiled down
pointed
incisive
sparing
perfunctory
rapid
quick
little
small
cursory
snappy
lapidary
snippety
recapped
precipitate
compacted
rehashed
run-down
in a few well-chosen words
apocopic
limited
hurried
hasty
rushed
snippy
fast
run-through
summarizing
US
ephemeral
unprolonged
summarising
UK
lean
swift
precise
economical
decurtate
abbreviate
curtate
transient
bare
not protracted
in few words
apocopate
cut to the bone
comprehensive
gnomic
close
short and to the point
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Made easy
basic
easy
shortened
simplified
clear
abridged
reduced
interpreted
uncomplicated
made plain
Adjective
▲
Without the natural, conventional, or usual covering
bare
plain
simple
basic
stark
bald
cold
essential
hard
unadorned
unembellished
unvarnished
bare-bones
pure
straightforward
fundamental
severe
spare
stripped
truthful
unornamented
austere
brutal
evident
explicit
harsh
manifest
naked
obvious
patent
plain vanilla
realistic
sheer
spartan
unambiguous
undecorated
unequivocal
unexaggerated
unfussy
literal
overt
stripped down
undisguised
unpatterned
unqualified
unveiled
blunt
chaste
meagre
UK
meager
US
measly
modest
scant
unoccupied
true to life
warts and all
restrained
uncluttered
no-frills
clean
without frills
unostentatious
raw
unpretentious
honest
muted
Spartan
ascetic
functional
bleak
frank
unpolished
unadulterated
forthright
direct
no-nonsense
candid
understated
penny plain
outspoken
dry
grim
natural
untreated
unelaborate
blatant
discreet
straight
unpainted
unfinished
unsophisticated
sparse
frugal
open
unfurnished
homespun
homely
everyday
unembroidered
workaday
clinical
apparent
plain-spoken
patternless
downright
revealed
rude
upfront
unconcealed
without ornamentation
bare bones
matter-of-fact
straight from the shoulder
unaffected
gritty
monastic
unrestrained
moderate
conservative
minimal
minimum
subdued
vanilla
undissembled
minimalist
barren
exposed
visible
aboveboard
folksy
homey
no frills
unmistakable
outright
pure and simple
palpable
threadbare
worn
patchy
out-and-out
glaring
barefaced
flagrant
unmitigated
strict
arduous
stringent
stern
artless
discovered
disclosed
unprocessed
unlacquered
rigid
abstemious
hair-shirt
self-denying
joyless
rigorous
bluff
matt
brusque
unrefined
rough
unburnished
doughty
uncomfortable
courageous
disciplined
hardy
brave
laconic
undaunted
abrupt
curt
unceremonious
short
undressed
crude
unprepared
indelicate
terse
gruff
undiplomatic
sharp
point-blank
crisp
caustic
classic
in the rough
roughhewn
unfashioned
snippy
hard-hitting
to the point
brusk
short-spoken
tactless
trenchant
impolite
crusty
uncivil
discourteous
homestyle
uncompromising
snappy
brief
without ornament
pulling no punches
not beating about the bush
straight-talking
calling a spade a spade
straight-shooting
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
doomed
ill-fated
cursed
unlucky
bedevilled
UK
condemned
fated
hapless
hopeless
ill-omened
luckless
star-crossed
ill-starred
unfortunate
unhappy
blighted
dead
done
fey
finished
foredoomed
jinxed
kaput
kaputt
ruined
sunk
bedeviled
US
bewitched
convicted
destined
destroyed
disaster-prone
foreordained
lost
menaced
overthrown
overwhelmed
predestined
reprobate
sentenced
suppressed
threatened
undone
unredeemed
wrecked
done for
dead duck
thrown down
under a curse
in the cards
kiss of death
que sera sera
unpropitious
wretched
inauspicious
disastrous
snakebitten
snakebit
adverse
hard luck
ominous
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
infelicitous
unsuccessful
calamitous
broken
afflicted
defeated
out of luck
fateful
ruinous
toast
untoward
accursed
disadvantageous
miserable
shattered
poor
stricken
troubled
forsaken
destitute
unprosperous
unpromising
awkward
in a bad way
catastrophic
wiped out
inept
misfortunate
forlorn
accident-prone
desperate
pained
regrettable
burdened
inopportune
lamentable
deplorable
washed up
in trouble
at an end
anathematized
on the rocks
in flames
dead in the water
gloomy
discouraging
disheartening
excommunicated
detrimental
untimely
bleak
black
beaten
baleful
thwarted
devastated
over
hexed
dire
woeful
washed-up
dashed
in pieces
in tatters
in ashes
in ruins
in shreds
sad sack
ill-boding
up the creek without a paddle
down the tubes
down for the count
down the drain
all washed up
damaging
unbecoming
unsuitable
inappropriate
excommunicate
unholy
disadvantaged
infernal
ill-chosen
unsanctified
crushed
censured
faulted
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