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What is another word for
putting an end to
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Verb
Present participle for to terminate or abolish something
Present participle for to prevent or impede someone from engaging in an activity
Present participle for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
Present participle for to cause to fail
(
of an action or event
)
Present participle for to prevent from happening
Present participle for to bring to an end
Present participle for to stop or keep from happening or continuing
Present participle for to cause the failure or defeat of (something)
Present participle for to put an end to
Present participle for to undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict a given action or process
Present participle for to resolve or find a solution to
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in feeling or strength
Present participle for to forcibly remove from a position of power or authority
Present participle for to explain away or dispel
Present participle for to comprehensively defeat
Present participle for to disprove or refute a statement, theory or belief
Noun
The action of inhibiting or putting an end to a process or progress
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Verb
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Present participle for to terminate or abolish something
terminating
stopping
discontinuing
halting
suspending
axing
putting a stop to
bringing to an end
pulling the plug on
calling a halt
putting the kibosh on
ending
finishing
ceasing
concluding
dropping
breaking off
winding up
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
quitting
abolishing
closing
cutting short
breaking up
laying off
packing in
calling a halt to
abandoning
giving up
leaving off
cutting off
cutting out
interrupting
dissolving
knocking off
packing up
bringing to a close
annulling
completing
expiring
breaking
desisting from
knocking something on the head
bringing to a halt
cutting
giving the chop
shutting off
wrapping up
dead-ending
nipping in the bud
arresting
desisting
adjourning
scrapping
elapsing
aborting
lapsing
doing away with
getting rid of
letting up
giving over
rounding off
determining
bringing to a stop
bringing to a standstill
eliminating
withdrawing
scrubbing
dispensing with
putting paid to
passing
winding down
rounding out
winking out
stemming
curbing
quashing
removing
relinquishing
going
checking
killing
blocking
putting the lid on
closing out
dying
disposing of
belaying
coming to an end
calling it quits
finishing off
shutting down
immobilizing
US
immobilising
UK
nullifying
voiding
calling off
stifling
ditching
laying off of
getting shot of
scratching
bringing to an untimely end
disconnecting
packing it in
calling it a day
stalling
intermitting
dumping
impeding
wrapping
destroying
extinguishing
settling
kicking
getting shut of
sewing up
refraining from
phasing out
bringing to a conclusion
junking
eradicating
topping off
closing down
recessing
disrupting
running out
rounding up
withholding
severing
drawing to a close
blowing the whistle on
obstructing
staunching
barring
putting a cork in
holding back
disuniting
intervening
interposing
dissevering
separating
blowing off
surceasing
disjoining
parting
pausing
bagging it
proroguing
repealing
rescinding
invalidating
breaking into
cutting into
disturbing
interfering with
saying goodbye to
abrogating
negating
vacating
avoiding
disannulling
getting out of
abstaining from
throwing in the sponge
renouncing
forsaking
throwing in the towel
forgoing
getting off
stopping trying
pulling out of
forletting
lifting
nulling
abating
declaring null and void
rendering null and void
relieving
turfing
raising
quelling
taking away
discarding
binning
striking down
rolling back
putting a lid on
running down
putting the stopper on
putting out of business
bringing to naught
putting out of action
crashing
rendering powerless
wiping out
crippling
bringing someone to their knees
stripping
ridding
clearing
banishing
unloading
expelling
erasing
clearing away
ruining
killing off
scotching
turning back
deactivating
holding up
resolving
getting done
sundering
crowning
switching off
pulling the plug
ending up
consummating
culminating
finalizing
US
fulfilling
finalising
UK
coming to a close
disappearing
vanishing
capping
doing
liquidating
coming to a stop
fading away
coming to a halt
coming to a standstill
accomplishing
dying away
climaxing
perfecting
leaving
stopping dead
carrying out
biting the dust
petering out
bringing to fruition
dying out
running its course
setting the seal on
putting to bed
adding the finishing touch to
dying down
fizzling out
polishing off
passing away
crying off
finishing up
achieving
fading
polishing
nailing
evaporating
executing
effectuating
performing
dwindling
refraining
complementing
realizing
US
curtailing
revoking
shelving
freezing
evanishing
staying
failing
actualizing
putting the finishing touches on
sorting out
carrying off
going through with
making up
bringing to maturity
making perfect
putting the last touches on
going whole hog
getting through
making good
going the limit
doing thoroughly
adding the final touch to
stopping short
realising
UK
ceasing to exist
blowing over
putting a period to
dropping out
becoming invalid
cleaning up
giving notice
withdrawing from
cutting it out
becoming obsolete
hanging it up
finishing with
coming to the end
throwing up
retiring from
melting away
resigning from
becoming void
having done with
relenting
topping
disbanding
ebbing
cinching
drawing to a halt
coming to rest
transpiring
stopping in your tracks
reaching a standstill
collapsing
cooling it
calling
following through
waning
buttoning up
cutting loose
buttoning down
folding up
standing
holding
turning around
departing
recalling
discharging
shutting
slipping away
flying by
drawing to close
subsiding
evanescing
leading up to
building up to
reneging
backing out
shuttering
clinching
bringing down curtain
playing out
tying up
putting the finishing touches to
folding
retreating
reaching a finale
coming to a conclusion
eschewing
coming to a head
going by
closing the books
closing the door on
quitting cold turkey
backing off
carrying through
doing without
getting on the wagon
kicking over
taking the cure
forbearing from
quitting cold
kicking the habit
pulling up
stopping midstream
trailing off
tailing off
hanging up
knocks it off
postponing
crossing the line
going dead
going out the window
going down the toilet
tiing up loose ends
shunning
yielding
ignoring
remitting
forfeiting
sacrificing
shaking
divorcing
jilting
waiving
putting finishing touch on
capping off
putting the finishing touch to
adding the finishing touches to
putting the tin lid on
breaking short
stopping cold
bringing to a premature end
stopping in full flow
leaving unfinished
parting from
dusting off
writing off
forgetting about
parting with
eighty-sixing
breaking with
turning your back on
resigning
dropping out of
backing out of
retiring
abdicating
stepping down
ceasing work
bowing out
standing aside
signing off
handing in resignation
standing down
walking out
more ❯
“How do you think that we can
put an end to
the business of illicit drug use and trafficking worldwide?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent or impede someone from engaging in an activity
cutting off
stopping
preventing
hindering
obstructing
impeding
blocking
deterring
barring
curbing
hampering
hamstringing
forbidding
inhibiting
precluding
prohibiting
restricting
stymieing
thwarting
dissuading from
holding back
interdicting
restraining
retarding
arresting
checking
contravening
counteracting
crimping
crippling
disrupting
encumbering
handicapping
interfering with
slowing
slowing down
stonewalling
frustrating
foiling
trammelling
trammeling
cramping
fettering
hobbling
shackling
baffling
clogging
scuppering
handcuffing
manacling
embarrassing
balking
US
short-circuiting
hog-tying
tying up
hanging up
baulking
UK
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
holding up
cramping one's style
scotching
defeating
confounding
spoiling
snookering
stalling
flummoxing
shelving
putting the kibosh on
cornering
putting on back burner
upsetting
putting on hold
crabbing
mystifying
nonplussing
puzzling
giving the run around
throwing a monkey wrench into
hanging fire
putting paid to
pigeonholing
choking off
holding off
dead-ending
stumping
braking
delaying
standing in the way of
binding
screwing up
saddling with
getting in the way of
damming
putting a brake on
rattling
discomfiting
getting in the way
cumbering
closing off
chaining
shutting down
giving a hard time
entangling
shutting off
interfering
borking
fouling up
opposing
disconcerting
freezing
derailing
fazing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
weaning
stopping
halting
ceasing
discontinuing
refraining from
desisting from
quitting
forbearing from
breaking off
cutting out
calling a halt to
calling it a day
giving up
abandoning
abstaining from
leaving off
knocking off
packing in
suspending
desisting
forsaking
laying off
passing up
precluding
relinquishing
renouncing
resisting
skipping
steering clear of
belaying
bypassing
finishing
keeping from
staying away from
axing
backing off from
checking out from
dropping
forgoing
giving over
holding off
packing up
pulling out of
putting a stop to
refusing
reining in
restraining from
shrinking from
swearing off
withholding from
calling it quits on
detaching
jacking in
kiboshing
surceasing from
abstaining
eschewing
forbearing
doing without
foregoing
going without
abjuring
kicking
passing on
leaving out
avoiding
refraining
forswearing
waiving
declining
shunning
denying oneself
skipping out on
sitting out
giving something a miss
leaving alone
keeping off
ending
breaking
evading
repudiating
spurning
escaping
curbing
shying from
disavowing
checking
ditching
sacrificing
stopping oneself from
resisting the temptation to
getting off
not touching
restraining oneself from
letting alone
concluding
missing out on
rejecting
laying off of
letting up
preventing oneself from
ceasing to indulge in
quitting cold
kicking over
kicking the habit
calling it quits
surceasing
breaking up
cutting off
shutting off
holding back from
not having
parting with
yielding
suffering deprivation
saying goodbye to
dispensing with
withholding
restraining
keeping
bridling
omitting
declining to
holding back
restraining yourself
fighting shy of
going easy
stopping oneself
inhibiting
giving a wide berth to
preventing
averting
dodging
staying away
steering clear
shaking off
shirking
circumventing
withstanding
getting around
skirting
sidestepping
helping
counterbalancing
making up for
shaking
prohibiting
getting out of
warding off
nullifying
blocking
counteracting
neutralizing
US
obviating
interfering with
staving off
hindering
fending off
arresting
impeding
anticipating
negating
heading off
breaking the habit of
neutralising
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to fail
sinking
destroying
ruining
wrecking
blasting
blighting
dashing
demolishing
devastating
scotching
scuppering
shattering
smashing
torpedoing
banjaxing
dishing
finishing
nixing
sabotaging
cruelling
defeating
euchring
overwhelming
doing for
wreaking havoc on
putting paid to
blowing a hole in
bringing to naught
putting the kibosh on
putting the skids under
sealing the doom of
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
spoiling
marring
undoing
crushing
disrupting
frustrating
ending
queering
preventing
quelling
quashing
stymieing
doing in
screwing up
playing havoc with
bringing to an end
making a mess of
lousing up
messing up
putting a stop to
fouling up
making a hash of
putting the lid on
damaging
injuring
impairing
disfiguring
annihilating
trashing
scarring
tainting
staining
afflicting
nullifying
decaying
glitching up
putting a damper on
blowing
vitiating
defiling
harming
blemishing
tarnishing
hurting
debasing
poisoning
corrupting
compromising
defacing
polluting
breaking
ravaging
sullying
undermining
contaminating
crippling
endamaging
totalling
totaling
flawing
dirtying
soiling
fouling
infecting
desecrating
blotting
befouling
crabbing
bloodying
crossing up
desolating
wasting
degrading
razing
besmirching
mangling
adulterating
weakening
deteriorating
decimating
perverting
vandalizing
US
depraving
upsetting
smirching
touching
despoiling
maiming
darkening
pulverizing
US
warping
nuking
vandalising
UK
subverting
deforming
pulverising
UK
disfeaturing
vaporizing
US
withering
creaming
overturning
corroding
vaporising
UK
thwarting
mucking up
pulling down
tearing down
rubbing out
wiping out
cheapening
alloying
foiling
debauching
distorting
mutilating
hindering
rotting
blackening
uglifying
prejudicing
disabling
gutting
lessening
festering
profaning
jeopardizing
US
scratching
wracking
disintegrating
wounding
extinguishing
violating
botching
roughing up
ruinating
shaking up
clouding
laying waste
jeopardising
UK
sapping
wearing away
discoloring
US
discolouring
UK
bringing to ruin
bringing down
laying in ruins
diminishing
bruising
decomposing
bastardizing
US
putrefying
debilitating
impeding
abasing
demeaning
smearing
perishing
threatening
worsening
tweaking
dinging
shriveling
US
shrivelling
UK
moldering
US
enfeebling
enervating
reducing
molding
US
destabilizing
US
muddying
disgracing
invalidating
cankering
dilapidating
mouldering
UK
cracking
degenerating
overshadowing
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
radioactivating
curdling
denting
knocking
mullering
impoverishing
making useless
dismantling
battering
spreading to
running through
ravishing
turning
tarring
overthrowing
bodging
scorching
busting
bastardising
UK
making impure
mortifying
spreading among
making unattractive
sphacelating
making filthy
mildewing
smashing up
ballsing up
necrotizing
making ugly
doing damage to
destabilising
UK
levelling
UK
leveling
US
breaking up
causing detriment to
moulding
UK
wreaking havoc with
reducing to nothing
going off
putting out of action
putting out of commission
growing moldy
breaking down
going bad
diluting
plaguing
blitzing
endangering
imperilling
UK
imperiling
US
depreciating
lowering
disfashioning
crumbling
bending
contorting
toppling
affecting
detracting
misshaping
messing
prostituting
incapacitating
devitalizing
depressing
tumbling
destructing
demoralizing
US
bringing about the downfall of
obliterating
neutralizing
US
shocking
inconveniencing
troubling
laying waste to
upsetting the applecart
cooking someone's goose
negating
overcoming
impacting
doctoring
spiking
putting at risk
neutralising
UK
striking
taking out
detracting from
interfering with
souring
colouring
UK
coloring
US
demoralising
UK
begriming
influencing
perturbing
suppurating
chastening
felling
chastising
smiting
writing off
flattening
sickening
stigmatizing
US
doing harm to
shriveling up
becoming contaminated
scourging
prevailing
occurring
watering down
branding
discrediting
depleting
costing
causing the loss of
resulting in damage to
resulting in harm to
leading to the end of
causing the sacrifice of
throwing a monkey wrench into
checking
shaming
baulking
UK
impinging
baffling
besmearing
splashing
canceling out
cancelling out
prevailing over
impinging upon
impacting on
rendering ineffective
making of no use or value
cleaning out
bringing to nothing
reducing to rubble
knocking down
leaving in ruins
wreaking havoc upon
leaving desolate
circumventing
spattering
distaining
bemiring
gauming
smudging
daubing
miring
mucking
griming
devaluing
striking at
striking down
balking
US
littering
blunting
abusing
scathing
tearing
wronging
splitting
rusting
burning
maltreating
gnawing
lacerating
taking hold of
attacking
exploding
toxifying
infesting
disappointing
stigmatising
UK
pillaging
stabbing
bleaching
fading
decreasing
having an effect on
exerting influence on
having an impact on
confounding
spotting
plundering
bursting
sacking
popping
tampering with
banging up
bilking
devaluating
casting a slur
unfitting
disqualifying
rattling
depredating
casting gloom over
driving a nail into the coffin of
delivering a blow to
playing merry hell with
dragging through the mud
making dirty
spoliating
blotting your copybook
giving a bad name
losing strength
blowing up
dampening
casting a gloom upon
bringing a note of sadness to
chillin
chilling
wracking up
squashing
bringing to nought
diseasing
casting a pall over
taking apart
enveloping in gloom
taking the fun out of
taking the pleasure out of
casting a shadow over
taking the enjoyment out of
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of an action or event
)
Present participle for to prevent from happening
putting paid to
thwarting
scotching
scuppering
frustrating
stopping
dashing
stymieing
foiling
preventing
blocking
checking
hindering
derailing
obstructing
smashing
defeating
impeding
balking
US
baulking
UK
forestalling
hampering
snookering
opposing
nobbling
finishing
putting the kibosh on
putting a stop to
doing for
putting the stopper on
standing in the way of
putting the mockers on
bringing to a close
making an end of
quashing
subduing
squelching
extinguishing
squashing
crushing
suppressing
quelling
repressing
stamping out
destroying
curbing
killing
cracking down on
ending
silencing
clamping down on
overcoming
snuffing out
putting down
slapping down
stifling
inhibiting
putting the lid on
nipping in the bud
overpowering
conquering
abolishing
terminating
annihilating
quenching
halting
restraining
quelching
overwhelming
strangling
clobbering
restricting
getting rid of
wiping out
ruining
wrecking
demolishing
arresting
vanquishing
deadening
constraining
queering
shutting down
bringing to an end
devastating
stemming
routing
dishing
shushing
messing up
putting out
muffling
controlling
spoiling
beating
shattering
eliminating
eradicating
gagging
extirpating
breaking
overthrowing
muting
obliterating
spiking
blotting out
blocking out
sitting on
interfering with
snowing under
sabotaging
limiting
blowing
subjugating
prostrating
whelming
flooring
overmastering
swamping
overturning
smothering
neutralizing
US
burying
oppressing
discontinuing
scuttling
blowing away
damping down
bringing to naught
throwing a spanner in the works
cracking down
throttling
grinding down
reducing
bringing someone to their knees
holding back
trampling on
icing
cutting off
weeding out
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
forcing down
bearing down on
reining in
neutralising
UK
confounding
exterminating
expunging
scrunching
trashing
squishing
torpedoing
bringing to screeching halt
banishing
clamping down
removing
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
disrupting
interrupting
censoring
settling
dumbing
clamming
abating
dulling
keeping in check
coming down hard on
keeping under control
cowing
keeping down
cutting short
choking off
closing up
bottling
trampling
dominating
clamping
putting lid on
keeping in
holding in
driving underground
beating down
holding down
keeping inside
putting kibosh on
triumphing over
prohibiting
nullifying
counteracting
sweeping aside
annulling
ceasing
containing
withholding
putting a lid on
bringing to a stop
bringing to a halt
regulating
marring
impairing
injuring
harming
upsetting
crippling
undermining
treading on
putting the squeeze on
bringing to heel
bringing under the yoke
subordinating
treading
toppling
subverting
fighting
vitiating
decimating
razing
wracking
botching
unbuilding
crimping
skinning
cramping
impoverishing
crazing
defying
countering
resisting
withstanding
working against
raining on someone's parade
rendering ineffective
making a mess of
undoing
ballsing up
screwing up
lousing up
cancelling out
putting at risk
bringing down
playing havoc with
blowing a hole in
canceling out
fouling up
mucking up
tackling
confronting
warring
oppugning
repelling
resolving
putting up a fight against
battling against
striving against
combatting
bucking
combating
making a stand against
coping with
struggling against
bringing to an end to
curtailing
nixing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to bring to an end
laying to rest
annulling
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
invalidating
negating
nullifying
revoking
undoing
voiding
bringing to a close
putting six feet under
putting to rest
axing
abolishing
rescinding
repealing
quashing
withdrawing
scrubbing
abrogating
retracting
recalling
dropping
erasing
countermanding
stopping
doing away with
eliminating
scrapping
aborting
vacating
calling off
dissolving
obliterating
ending
nulling
disannulling
repudiating
nixing
obviating
ditching
discarding
abandoning
setting aside
declaring null and void
striking down
wiping out
rolling back
terminating
reversing
overturning
annihilating
overthrowing
avoiding
abating
discontinuing
expunging
deleting
effacing
recanting
vitiating
waiving
taking back
giving up
throwing out
blotting out
eradicating
overruling
removing
cutting
extinguishing
overriding
suppressing
dumping
giving the chop
stamping out
crying off
rubbing out
declaring invalid
rendering null and void
rooting out
sweeping away
blacking out
destroying
exterminating
extirpating
killing
vetoing
scratching
liquidating
calling
reneging
discharging
jettisoning
junking
subverting
reverting
chopping
rendering invalid
deracinating
superseding
shelving
taking away
cleaning up
getting rid of
snuffing out
chucking in
dispensing with
knocking something on the head
calling back
renouncing
abjuring
disclaiming
suspending
rejecting
disaffirming
postponing
torpedoing
finishing
forgetting
backtracking on
doing in
knocking out
reneging on
going back on
finishing off
breaking off
forgetting about
remitting
zapping
squelching
breaking
excising
trashing
redlining
retiring
refuting
prohibiting
disestablishing
ignoring
belaying
counterchecking
turfing
redressing
rendering inert
wiping slate clean
going back on your word
ruling out
counterpoising
inhibiting
shedding
putting the kibosh on
putting kibosh on
bringing to an end
closing down
casting aside
purging
omitting
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
excluding
making void
lifting
blue-penciling
editing out
blocking out
blue-pencilling
crosses out
stroking out
cancelling out
taking out
blanking out
striking out
whiting out
canceling out
bluing pencil
inking out
putting a line through
Xing out
disallowing
altering
upsetting
changing
oversetting
prostrating
downing
ruling against
bringing down
knocking down
dismantling
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stop or keep from happening or continuing
preventing
stopping
averting
halting
arresting
blocking
foiling
thwarting
intercepting
obviating
avoiding
checking
forfending
stonewalling
ceasing
desisting
discontinuing
heading off
saving
defending against
fending off
holding back
holding off
putting a stop to
staving off
warding off
keeping from happening
nipping in the bud
shutting out
turning aside
prohibiting
forestalling
countering
hindering
obstructing
impeding
inhibiting
counteracting
baulking
UK
retarding
repressing
restricting
restraining
balking
US
circumventing
curbing
opposing
derailing
stymieing
defeating
evading
nullifying
circumnavigating
precluding
crimping
skirting
sidestepping
spoiling
scuppering
trammelling
trammeling
stalling
barring
steering clear of
putting chill on
bringing to screeching halt
putting a lock on
putting a stopper in
staving
interrupting
anticipating
interdicting
keeping at bay
keeping off
keeping lid on
ruling out
frustrating
deterring
deflecting
helping
hampering
interfering with
diverting
pre-empting
debarring
staying
preempting
getting in before
turning off
beating someone to the draw
keeping back
second-guessing
beating someone to it
beating someone to the punch
stealing a march on
putting off
delaying
getting ahead of
providing against
forbidding
shunting
shoving aside
picking off
heading off at pass
preparing for
cutting off
commandeering
keeping
chillin
cooling
dampening
letting
damping
chilling
estopping
bringing an end to
acting against
working against
withstanding
resisting
cramping
repelling
getting out of
handicapping
escaping
beating
bypassing
putting paid to
parrying
suppressing
standing in the way of
overturning
scotching
drawing away
encumbering
controlling
shaking
discouraging
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
quieting
withholding
indisposing
limiting
disrupting
detaining
forefending
decelerating
ruining
taking wind out of
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
crashing
doing for
unsettling
taking down
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
juking
stumping
hamstringing
taking away
removing
doing away with
getting rid of
eliminating
making unnecessary
foreclosing
getting round
putting a brake on
cumbering
intermitting
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
clogging
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause the failure or defeat of (something)
killing
defeating
vetoing
blocking
overruling
overturning
quashing
rejecting
stopping
disallowing
squashing
voting down
forbidding
recanting
refusing
revoking
ruling against
throwing out
putting a stop to
giving the thumbs down to
prohibiting
banning
barring
interdicting
proscribing
embargoing
blackballing
outlawing
nixing
negativing
declining
dismissing
precluding
boycotting
disapproving
denying
passing
negating
discountenancing
downing
censuring
nullifying
dissenting
cutting
turning down
ruling out
placing an embargo on
shooting down
passing on
passing by
giving the red light to
putting down
declaring null and void
refusing permission to
giving thumbs down
not going for
putting the kibosh on
saying ‘no’ to
excluding
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
debarring
invalidating
countermanding
reversing
repudiating
tabooing
rebuffing
censoring
disowning
abjuring
disavowing
disclaiming
disacknowledging
shutting out
setting aside
saying no to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put an end to
destroying
ending
terminating
annihilating
quashing
quelling
dispatching
eradicating
extinguishing
liquidating
obliterating
erasing
eliminating
exterminating
extirpating
butchering
decimating
killing
massacring
putting a stop to
slaughtering
wiping out
finishing off
nixing
nullifying
wasting
zapping
abolishing
aborting
annulling
axing
finishing
overthrowing
overturning
rooting out
taking out
doing away with
rubbing out
snuffing out
stamping out
blotting out
bringing to an end
putting paid to
wiping off the map
wiping off the face of the earth
wiping from the face of the earth
murdering
executing
slaying
assassinating
getting rid of
neutralizing
US
topping
neutralising
UK
doing in
bumping off
putting to death
knocking off
blowing away
icing
croaking
polishing off
offing
whacking
stiffing
smoking
scragging
putting away
doing to death
cutting down
mowing down
taking the life of
shooting down
ending the life of
giving someone the works
terminating with extreme prejudice
snuffing
crushing
demolishing
getting
effacing
expunging
removing
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
taking
stopping
banishing
vaporizing
US
vaporising
UK
uprooting
abrogating
invalidating
defeating
knocking out
disposing of
getting shot of
casting out
dispensing with
driving out
weeding out
blacking out
carrying off
taking someone's life
giving the chop
cleaning up
phasing out
knocking something on the head
putting out
sweeping away
claiming
felling
excising
razing
putting end to
squashing
exsecting
cutting out
putting down
putting to the sword
ruining
ethnically cleansing
sending to the gas chambers
sending to kingdom come
putting someone out of their misery
bringing down
taking off
moving in for the kill
driving to the wall
making away with
doing for
cutting to pieces
hitting
putting to sleep
causing the death of
waxing
totalling
totaling
shooting
garrotting
guillotining
smashing
deleting
downing
lynching
dusting off
chilling
chillin
cooling
hanging
greasing
devastating
wrecking
silencing
shattering
desolating
pulverizing
US
purging
wracking
creaming
nuking
scratching
crucifying
putting out of its misery
euthanizing
strangling
asphyxiating
electrocuting
washing out
gunning down
immolating
stretching out
blackballing
pulverising
UK
beheading
trashing
torpedoing
pulling down
tearing down
dusting
decapitating
stabbing
sacrificing
suffocating
smiting
wiping off
wiping
scrubbing out
deep-sixing
scrubbing
dropping
seeing the back of
discarding
killing in the name of
blasting
killing in cold blood
dragging
excluding
sterilising
UK
dragging down
sterilizing
US
clearing away
taking down
putting before a firing squad
stoning
gassing
stoning to death
sending to the gallows
sending to the chair
stringing up
sending to the gas chamber
sending to the gibbet
sending to the electric chair
sinking
breaking off
murking
doing
garotting
smothering
knifing
taking a life
taking away
checking
undoing
suppressing
upsetting
disrupting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
puncturing
humbling
flattening
deflating
demolishing
destroying
discrediting
disproving
eroding
pricking
reducing
ruining
undermining
exploding
shooting down
blowing sky high
knocking bottom out
knocking props from under
poking full of holes
shooting full of holes
taking wind out of sails
taking down a peg
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict a given action or process
forbidding
prohibiting
barring
banning
interdicting
disallowing
blocking
stopping
proscribing
preventing
vetoing
debarring
excluding
outlawing
precluding
embargoing
restricting
obviating
halting
forestalling
tabooing
opposing
forfending
criminalising
UK
criminalizing
US
freezing
censoring
ruling out
shutting out
making illegal
putting a stop to
giving the red light to
giving the thumbs down to
putting the kibosh on
declaring illegal
declaring taboo
saying no
shutting down
putting the chill on
enjoining
restraining
inhibiting
suppressing
placing an embargo on
blackballing
boycotting
blacking
banishing
illegalizing
disqualifying
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
passing by
passing up
declaring ineligible
icing out
officially forbidding
closing down
estopping
destroying
blacklisting
ostracizing
US
ostracising
UK
obstructing
rejecting
snubbing
hindering
avoiding
forbidding to
steering clear of
putting an embargo on
censuring
condemning
sentencing
curbing
denying
impeding
checking
making something punishable
ignoring
placing an injunction on
placing injunction on
repudiating
declaring something a punishable offence
expelling
injuncting
cutting off
shunning
spurning
considering undesirable
refusing to employ
nixing
killing
zinging
stymieing
spiking
corking
refusing
striking
withholding patronage
hanging up
tying up
bottling up
boxing in
holding up
jamming up
putting down
locking up
abstaining from
keeping lid on
refraining from
throwing cold water on
putting half nelson on
turning your back on
staying away from
brushing off
cold-shouldering
pouring cold water on
imposing sanctions
having nothing to do with
holding aloof from
washing your hands of
refusing to take part in
giving a wide berth to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to resolve or find a solution to
settling
resolving
reconciling
remedying
solving
fixing
rectifying
clearing up
composing
sorting out
dealing with
putting right
setting right
smoothing over
working out
bringing to an end
finding an answer to
finding a solution to
ironing out
patching up
putting to rights
straightening out
setting to rights
reaching an agreement about
getting to the bottom of
deconflicting
seeing to
correcting
mending
righting
alleviating
repairing
counteracting
ending
eliminating
easing
ameliorating
removing
curing
making better
doing away with
cracking
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
finding the solution to
untangling
disentangling
deciphering
figuring out
answering
puzzling out
sussing out
licking
fathoming
finding the answer to
unriddling
breaking
decoding
riddling out
doping out
finding the key to
overcoming
mastering
taking care of
getting the better of
clarifying
explaining
unscrambling
surmounting
circumventing
hammering out
thinking out
working through
thrashing out
working
elucidating
unfolding
piecing together
coping with
making head or tail of
getting around
conquering
divining
unlocking
brainstorming
realising
UK
getting
realizing
US
sewing up
understanding
throwing light on
finding out
deciding on
making out
dissecting
thinking through
decrypting
hitting upon
getting right
working on
getting to the bottom
getting over
making sense of
prevailing over
triumphing over
panning out
determining a solution to
getting round
making a dent
squaring
sorting
translating
regulating
interpreting
calculating
discovering meaning
getting the answer to
getting answer
regularizing
US
computing
reckoning
expounding
figuring
illuminating
straightening
unsnarling
regularising
UK
ciphering
simplifying
analyzing
US
analysing
UK
anatomizing
clinching
tidying up
putting in order
making easier to understand
making more comprehensible
making simpler
making more intelligible
removing the complexities from
making plainer
designing
reasoning
finding the answer
coming to a conclusion about
finding the solution
making clear
breaking down
comprehending
reasoning out
working something out
beating
controlling
taming
quelling
checking
bridling
curbing
governing
putting out a fire
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in feeling or strength
deadening
dulling
lessening
diminishing
assuaging
reducing
blunting
moderating
relieving
alleviating
easing
decreasing
soothing
mitigating
damping
abating
benumbing
palliating
weakening
stifling
suppressing
dampening
subduing
cauterising
UK
cauterizing
US
taking the edge off
getting rid of
checking
smothering
paralyzing
US
cushioning
paralysing
UK
allaying
tempering
numbing
mollifying
silencing
tranquilizing
US
masking
quietening
lightening
muffling
anaesthetizing
UK
muting
damping down
placating
quelling
stilling
softening
tranquillising
UK
toning down
killing
anesthetizing
US
restraining
curbing
lowering
calming
cooling
containing
depressing
limiting
curtailing
inhibiting
minimizing
US
de-escalating
putting a damper on
minimising
UK
repressing
overcoming
blanketing
absorbing
attenuating
defusing
ebbing
slowing
easing off
making less intense
taking the heat off
taking the bite out
putting damper on
putting the lid on
winding down
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
taking the sting out
cutting
depreciating
controlling
extinguishing
chillin
chilling
bridling
constraining
quenching
quashing
impairing
buttressing
mellowing
retarding
stemming
downscaling
dwindling
downsizing
dropping
depleting
buffering
resolving
making less active
deflating
squashing
holding back
soaking up
staunching
harshing
keeping in check
slowing down
getting under control
reining in
holding in check
denting
scaling back
scaling down
knocking down
settling
stepping down
pacifying
stabilizing
US
smoothing
neutralizing
US
stabilising
UK
smoothing out
clearing the air
neutralising
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forcibly remove from a position of power or authority
unhorsing
ousting
deposing
unseating
dethroning
overthrowing
toppling
overpowering
overrunning
vanquishing
overcoming
subjugating
subverting
supplanting
uncrowning
unthroning
subduing
bringing down
doing away with
removing from office
removing from power
Verb
▲
Present participle for to explain away or dispel
resolving
dispelling
removing
allaying
banishing
dissipating
explaining
clearing up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to comprehensively defeat
flogging
defeating
beating
conquering
overthrowing
worsting
crushing
licking
overwhelming
subduing
overpowering
routing
besting
overcoming
quelling
trouncing
vanquishing
subjugating
clobbering
demolishing
mastering
stuffing
tanking
busting
hammering
quashing
thrashing
whipping
pulverising
UK
pulverizing
US
slaughtering
annihilating
crucifying
drubbing
massacring
murdering
pasting
pounding
skunking
smashing
steamrolling
totalling
totaling
trashing
undoing
wallopping
walloping
whacking
caning
creaming
decking
destroying
dispatching
flattening
flooring
getting
marmalizing
overbearing
overmatching
overturning
pommelling
pommeling
ruining
sinking
stopping
surmounting
taking
trimming
upending
upsetting
whitewashing
zapping
dropping
edging
outplaying
shellacking
slamming
slaying
subverting
tanning
torpedoing
trampling
triumphing over
whomping
ambushing
butchering
decimating
entrapping
lambasting
obliterating
outflanking
outhitting
outjumping
outmanoeuvring
UK
outmaneuvering
US
outrunning
overrunning
owning
routeing
shipwrecking
skinning
swamping
knocking out
prevailing over
winning against
plowing under
wiping out
working over
blowing out
edging out
getting the better of
nosing out
running rings round
wiping the floor with
finishing off
giving someone a drubbing
giving someone a hiding
KO'ing
mowing down
putting paid to
running roughshod over
taking it all
taking to the cleaners
walking all over
winning a victory over
bringing someone to their knees
bringing to ruin
doing down
pipping at the post
rolling back
running rings around
taking to cleaners
bearing down
getting around
making mincemeat of
blowing out of the water
turning inside out
picking apart
pwning
gaining a victory over
reducing
outdoing
outclassing
surpassing
throwing
finishing
waxing
prevailing
putting away
wasting
bulldozing
winning
rendering incapable
grinding down
rendering powerless
rendering helpless
gaining mastery over
taking care of
knocking off
suppressing
repressing
taking down
dominating
subjecting
controlling
outmatching
topping
trumping
bettering
triumphing
breaking
outdistancing
outperforming
humbling
shooting down
blowing away
unseating
checkmating
shutting down
outfighting
putting someone in their place
putting in the shade
blasting
beating up
pacifying
outshining
outgunning
burying
hegemonizing
defeating easily
defeating heavily
running circles around
cutting to pieces
knocking for six
beating hollow
defeating utterly
outstripping
excelling
subordinating
overshadowing
downing
weathering
curbing
surviving
devastating
staggering
immobilizing
US
stretching
blanking
dumbfounding
overawing
stunning
winning over
coming out on top
knocking over
hurdling
shocking
walking over
rendering
rising above
outliving
coming out on top of
bowling over
taking out
gaining control over
shutting off
beating down
getting the upper hand over
immobilising
UK
laying out
rolling over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disprove or refute a statement, theory or belief
demolishing
discrediting
rebutting
refuting
disproving
controverting
invalidating
debunking
negating
confuting
contradicting
belying
disconfirming
confounding
denying
overturning
busting
challenging
squelching
squashing
undermining
undoing
shooting down
shooting full of holes
blowing sky-high
proving wrong
giving the lie to
proving false
blowing out of the water
doing for
driving a coach and horses through
calling into question
poking holes in
throwing out
Noun
▲
The action of inhibiting or putting an end to a process or progress
inhibition
prevention
blockage
suppression
repression
smothering
stop
stifling
blocking
checking
prohibition
stopping
arrest
embargo
block
foiling
halting
quashing
thwarting
bar
interdict
nipping in the bud
putting an stop to
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