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Verb
Present participle for to terminate or abolish something
Present participle for bring to an end
Present participle for to decisively put an end to
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 take measures to stop something
Present participle for to stop or keep from happening or continuing
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
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 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
abolishing
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
dropping
finishing
ceasing
concluding
breaking off
annulling
winding up
abandoning
quashing
dissolving
giving up
withdrawing
eliminating
quitting
doing away with
scrubbing
scrapping
repealing
rescinding
giving the chop
closing
aborting
invalidating
knocking something on the head
abrogating
cutting short
packing in
revoking
nullifying
voiding
breaking up
laying off
calling a halt to
cutting
leaving off
interrupting
cutting off
cutting out
eradicating
dispensing with
calling off
breaking
knocking off
wiping out
packing up
negating
retracting
getting rid of
erasing
destroying
bringing to a close
obliterating
recalling
extinguishing
bringing to a halt
nixing
completing
expiring
ditching
desisting from
vacating
countermanding
disannulling
nulling
removing
discarding
declaring null and void
shutting off
blotting out
striking down
wrapping up
dead-ending
rolling back
nipping in the bud
arresting
desisting
adjourning
avoiding
repudiating
abating
killing
obviating
elapsing
lapsing
dumping
setting aside
stamping out
letting up
giving over
rounding off
determining
bringing to a stop
bringing to a standstill
phasing out
reversing
overturning
annihilating
overthrowing
exterminating
undoing
expunging
suppressing
liquidating
deleting
effacing
recanting
scratching
vitiating
waiving
getting shot of
taking back
rendering null and void
putting paid to
passing
belaying
throwing out
winding down
junking
rounding out
winking out
finishing off
stemming
curbing
overruling
overriding
relinquishing
taking away
going
checking
blocking
banishing
putting the lid on
knocking out
closing out
declaring invalid
dying
disposing of
sweeping away
blacking out
crying off
rubbing out
coming to an end
rooting out
closing down
calling it quits
refraining from
shutting down
immobilizing
US
immobilising
UK
intermitting
vetoing
extirpating
lifting
reneging
calling
renouncing
subverting
laying off of
chopping
cleaning up
reverting
bringing to an untimely end
disconnecting
packing it in
calling it a day
stalling
snuffing out
chucking in
impeding
wrapping
driving out
settling
kicking
getting shut of
jettisoning
calling back
casting out
superseding
discharging
sewing up
turfing
stifling
shelving
neutralizing
US
deracinating
bringing to a conclusion
rendering invalid
putting out
topping off
defeating
neutralising
UK
ruining
scotching
recessing
disrupting
running out
rounding up
withholding
severing
abjuring
postponing
forgetting
forgetting about
rejecting
backtracking on
disclaiming
going back on
doing in
disaffirming
torpedoing
reneging on
zapping
drawing to a close
squelching
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
excising
trashing
prohibiting
inhibiting
disestablishing
shedding
putting kibosh on
breaking into
cutting into
disturbing
interfering with
saying goodbye to
binning
ignoring
counterchecking
redressing
going back on your word
counterpoising
redlining
retiring
rendering inert
wiping slate clean
remitting
ruling out
refuting
getting out of
abstaining from
throwing in the sponge
forsaking
throwing in the towel
forgoing
getting off
stopping trying
pulling out of
forletting
declaring
casting aside
getting off the hook
disallowing
killing off
relieving
raising
altering
stripping
ridding
clearing
upsetting
prostrating
downing
oversetting
ruling against
unloading
expelling
changing
bringing down
clearing away
knocking down
putting out of business
bringing to naught
putting out of action
crashing
rendering powerless
crippling
bringing someone to their knees
quelling
subduing
editing out
crosses out
stroking out
purging
taking out
blanking out
excluding
making void
whiting out
bluing pencil
blue-penciling
blocking out
blue-pencilling
backpedaling
US
cancelling out
backpedalling
UK
omitting
striking out
canceling out
inking out
putting a line through
Xing out
putting a lid on
running down
doing for
putting the stopper on
resolving
dismantling
getting done
sundering
crowning
switching off
pulling the plug
ending up
consummating
turning back
deactivating
holding up
culminating
finalizing
US
coming to a halt
fulfilling
finalising
UK
failing
fizzling out
coming to a close
disappearing
vanishing
capping
doing
collapsing
coming to a stop
fading away
coming to a standstill
accomplishing
dying away
climaxing
foundering
miscarrying
perfecting
flopping
leaving
stopping dead
folding
carrying out
petering out
bringing to fruition
biting the dust
dying out
running its course
setting the seal on
putting to bed
falling through
adding the finishing touch to
dying down
polishing off
going wrong
passing away
coming to grief
achieving
fading
resigning
polishing
nailing
evaporating
executing
performing
effectuating
dwindling
refraining
realizing
US
complementing
curtailing
freezing
evanishing
staying
yielding
actualizing
breaking down
putting the finishing touches on
sorting out
making up
bringing to maturity
putting the last touches on
going whole hog
getting through
making good
doing thoroughly
carrying off
going through with
making perfect
going the limit
adding the final touch to
abdicating
not succeeding
stopping short
realising
UK
ceasing to exist
blowing over
putting a period to
dropping out
becoming invalid
coming to nothing
going awry
withdrawing from
cutting it out
becoming obsolete
hanging it up
finishing with
coming to the end
coming a cropper
going down like a lead balloon
having done with
coming to naught
giving notice
finishing up
throwing up
retiring from
melting away
resigning from
becoming void
relenting
topping
disbanding
ebbing
cinching
drawing to a halt
coming to rest
transpiring
stopping in your tracks
reaching a standstill
cooling it
bringing
following through
waning
standing
holding
subsiding
turning around
buttoning up
buttoning down
cutting loose
folding up
evanescing
shutting
departing
pulling up
slipping away
flying by
drawing to close
leading up to
building up to
backing out
shuttering
clinching
bringing down curtain
playing out
tying up
putting the finishing touches to
retreating
reaching a finale
stopping midstream
coming to a conclusion
eschewing
coming to a head
going by
backing off
quitting cold turkey
carrying through
getting on the wagon
kicking over
forbearing from
quitting cold
kicking the habit
doing without
taking the cure
knocks it off
trailing off
tailing off
going dead
hanging up
selling out
crossing the line
surrendering
tiing up loose ends
shunning
closing the books
terminating the account
closing the door on
forfeiting
shaking
divorcing
sacrificing
jilting
ceding
misfiring
putting the finishing touch to
putting the tin lid on
putting finishing touch on
capping off
adding the finishing touches to
breaking short
stopping cold
bringing to a premature end
stopping in full flow
leaving unfinished
writing off
breaking with
parting from
dusting off
parting with
eighty-sixing
turning your back on
not coming off
failing to happen
grinding to a halt
backing out of
dropping out of
quitclaiming
handing over
demitting
fizzling
stepping down
fluffing
tanking
signing off
standing down
walking out
ceasing work
bowing out
standing aside
handing in resignation
floundering
flatlining
bombing
flunking
flagging
cratering
languishing
turning out badly
flaming out
slipping up
going to pieces
screwing up
missing the mark
tripping up
falling flat
lacking success
coming apart at the seams
falling by the wayside
coming unstuck
falling short
going belly-up
fouling up
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 bring to an end
laying to rest
annulling
bringing to a close
burying
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
entombing
holding a funeral
inhuming
interring
invalidating
laying in the grave
negating
nullifying
putting six feet under
putting to rest
revoking
undoing
voiding
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decisively put an end to
scotching
destroying
smashing
devastating
scuppering
thwarting
wrecking
demolishing
extinguishing
frustrating
queering
ruining
shattering
blowing
clobbering
dishing
foiling
putting paid to
scuttling
spoiling
stopping
bringing to an end
messing up
nipping in the bud
putting a stop to
putting the kibosh on
putting the lid on
quashing
crushing
quelling
subduing
squelching
squashing
suppressing
checking
repressing
ending
curbing
killing
stamping out
cracking down on
silencing
defeating
overcoming
hindering
preventing
snuffing out
clamping down on
putting down
slapping down
stifling
stymieing
inhibiting
annihilating
dashing
overpowering
conquering
terminating
abolishing
halting
quenching
impeding
overwhelming
hampering
sabotaging
quelching
obstructing
strangling
restraining
getting rid of
wiping out
finishing
doing for
arresting
vanquishing
deadening
constraining
bringing to naught
blocking
throwing a spanner in the works
shutting down
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
nixing
restricting
marring
derailing
blowing a hole in
routing
stemming
undoing
shushing
putting out
muffling
banjaxing
disrupting
blighting
cruelling
euchring
eradicating
fouling up
lousing up
beating
screwing up
breaking
making a mess of
overthrowing
eliminating
playing havoc with
obliterating
spiking
gagging
extirpating
baulking
UK
injuring
impairing
muting
blotting out
blocking out
sitting on
interfering with
snowing under
opposing
neutralizing
US
balking
US
nullifying
trashing
neutralising
UK
controlling
doing in
putting the stopper on
torpedoing
subjugating
prostrating
whelming
flooring
overmastering
swamping
overturning
making a hash of
smothering
burying
cracking down
oppressing
discontinuing
trampling on
blowing away
damping down
throttling
grinding down
reducing
bringing someone to their knees
holding back
icing
cutting off
weeding out
forcing down
bearing down on
reining in
damaging
disfiguring
confounding
scarring
tainting
staining
afflicting
decaying
harming
upsetting
prohibiting
crippling
undermining
bringing to screeching halt
clamping down
scrunching
squishing
toppling
exterminating
banishing
removing
expunging
counteracting
annulling
ceasing
subverting
limiting
putting a damper on
vitiating
glitching up
decimating
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
razing
wracking
botching
unbuilding
crimping
skinning
cramping
impoverishing
crazing
sweeping aside
interrupting
censoring
settling
dumbing
cowing
containing
bringing down
bottling
trampling
dominating
clamping
clamming
abating
dulling
putting lid on
keeping in
holding in
driving underground
beating down
holding down
keeping inside
putting kibosh on
triumphing over
forestalling
keeping down
cutting short
choking off
closing up
putting at risk
mucking up
cancelling out
canceling out
rendering ineffective
withholding
ballsing up
working against
putting a lid on
bringing to a stop
bringing to a halt
regulating
raining on someone's parade
snookering
treading on
putting the squeeze on
bringing to heel
bringing under the yoke
subordinating
treading
nobbling
finishing off
curtailing
fighting
standing in the way of
defying
countering
resisting
withstanding
tackling
confronting
bringing to a close
making an end of
putting the mockers on
warring
oppugning
repelling
resolving
blasting
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
sinking
wreaking havoc on
putting the skids under
sealing the doom of
ravaging
totalling
totaling
wasting
pulverizing
US
desolating
pulverising
UK
tearing down
vaporizing
US
levelling
UK
leveling
US
creaming
nuking
vaporising
UK
defacing
pulling down
hurting
desecrating
compromising
despoiling
rubbing out
blemishing
laying waste
dismantling
flattening
gutting
flawing
tarnishing
endamaging
weakening
bulldozing
knocking down
crabbing
razing to the ground
blowing up
defiling
vandalizing
US
pillaging
sacking
disabling
depredating
mangling
vandalising
UK
bombing
spoliating
crossing up
breaking up
bloodying
threatening
ravishing
leaving in ruins
disfeaturing
devouring
plundering
mutilating
maiming
dilapidating
bringing to ruin
poisoning
debilitating
destructing
diminishing
laying waste to
destabilizing
US
felling
corroding
dynamiting
battering
sullying
ruinating
corrupting
blowing to bits
taking apart
sapping
destabilising
UK
taking down
leaving desolate
jeopardizing
US
exploding
enfeebling
debasing
scourging
breaking down
raiding
prejudicing
blotting
jeopardising
UK
blowing to pieces
taking out
crashing
wiping off the map
attacking
smashing up
reducing to ruins
scratching
incapacitating
causing detriment to
laying in ruins
ransacking
consuming
marauding
reducing to nothing
mullering
enervating
devitalizing
smiting
blunting
lowering
denting
bodging
busting
popping
raping
scorching
shocking
smirching
blitzing
depleting
polluting
knocking to pieces
roughing up
shaking up
burning
detracting from
putting out of action
putting out of commission
lessening
wrenching
cleaning out
wiping from the face of the earth
unsettling
throwing down
distorting
wearing away
negating
dispatching
tormenting
avenging
endangering
taking
making of no use or value
bollixing
tumbling
imperilling
UK
imperiling
US
looting
aborting
deteriorating
blowing sky-high
wounding
depressing
chastening
chastising
invalidating
intruding on
disempowering
robbing
messing
deforming
bankrupting
attenuating
disassembling
worsening
bringing about the downfall of
withering
inconveniencing
making desolate
rifling
harrying
twisting
laying low
besmirching
nicking
eroding
violating
writing off
etiolating
uglifying
tweaking
dinging
bending
detracting
bruising
warping
costing
handling roughly
wiping off the face of the earth
reaving
doing harm to
spray painting
excising
erasing
ripping down
tagging
detonating
hashing up
effacing
deleting
depopulating
taking care of
throwing a monkey wrench into
souring
colouring
UK
coloring
US
bringing to nothing
tiring
dumping on
doing mischief to
contorting
misshaping
wreaking havoc upon
pauperizing
striking at the foundations
causing the loss of
resulting in harm to
causing the sacrifice of
reducing to rubble
bursting
minimising
UK
undercutting
minimizing
US
spilling
zapping
capsizing
unmaking
scattering
softening
bombarding
resulting in damage to
leading to the end of
rattling
shelling
liquidating
wreaking havoc
chipping away
tearing up
mowing down
blowing down
casting down
striking out
cannonading
scratching out
strafing
wearing down
eating away
pounding
making destitute
bleeding dry
draining
igniting
assaulting
wracking up
wreaking havoc with
bringing to nought
abusing
scathing
tearing
disintegrating
discoloring
US
wronging
splitting
dirtying
rusting
cracking
maltreating
gnawing
lacerating
infecting
knocking
discolouring
UK
rotting
banging
barraging
stabbing
bleaching
contaminating
fading
hitting
tampering with
banging up
setting off
overshadowing
doing damage to
playing merry hell with
casting a gloom upon
casting gloom over
bringing a note of sadness to
driving a nail into the coffin of
targetting
targeting
circumventing
getting out of
escaping
bypassing
evading
circumnavigating
staving off
making useless
defending against
heading off
retarding
warding off
deflecting
interdicting
steering clear of
skirting
sidestepping
trammelling
averting
trammeling
juking
barring
stonewalling
keeping lid on
stumping
taking wind out of
stalling
shutting out
outwitting
avoiding
ditching
holding off
more ❯
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
foiling
frustrating
shackling
fettering
balking
US
short-circuiting
hog-tying
tying up
hanging up
handcuffing
manacling
baulking
UK
cramping
throwing a spanner in the works
scuppering
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
embarrassing
holding up
trammelling
hobbling
cramping one's style
trammeling
clogging
baffling
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
snookering
stalling
puzzling
defeating
spoiling
confounding
mystifying
stumping
flummoxing
shelving
putting the kibosh on
scotching
cornering
putting on back burner
upsetting
putting on hold
crabbing
nonplussing
giving the run around
throwing a monkey wrench into
hanging fire
putting paid to
pigeonholing
choking off
holding off
dead-ending
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
withholding
dispensing with
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 take measures to stop something
clamping down on
limiting
preventing
restraining
stamping out
stopping
suppressing
checking
controlling
cracking down on
restricting
coming down hard on
keeping in check
keeping under control
putting a stop to
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
plugging
estopping
shunting
shoving aside
picking off
heading off at pass
preparing for
cutting off
commandeering
keeping
cramping
chillin
cooling
dampening
letting
damping
chilling
bringing an end to
acting against
working against
withstanding
resisting
repelling
getting out of
escaping
beating
bypassing
putting paid to
handicapping
parrying
standing in the way of
overturning
scotching
suppressing
forefending
drawing away
limiting
disrupting
encumbering
controlling
shaking
discouraging
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
quieting
withholding
indisposing
detaining
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
decelerating
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 prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
interdicting
prohibiting
banning
barring
forbidding
outlawing
proscribing
vetoing
debarring
disallowing
embargoing
enjoining
stopping
blocking
preventing
criminalising
UK
criminalizing
US
estopping
restraining
suppressing
destroying
excluding
halting
inhibiting
making illegal
precluding
tabooing
placing an embargo on
putting a stop to
restricting
declaring illegal
blackballing
boycotting
blacking
banishing
illegalizing
disqualifying
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
passing by
passing up
declaring ineligible
icing out
officially forbidding
closing down
obviating
forestalling
opposing
forfending
freezing
censoring
ruling out
shutting out
giving the red light to
giving the thumbs down to
putting the kibosh on
saying no
declaring taboo
shutting down
putting the chill on
censuring
condemning
dooming
sentencing
denying
forbidding to
making something punishable
placing an injunction on
placing injunction on
declaring something a punishable offence
nixing
zinging
stymieing
spiking
killing
corking
boxing in
hanging up
tying up
bottling up
holding up
jamming up
putting down
locking up
keeping lid on
throwing cold water on
putting half nelson on
pouring cold water on
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
banning
prohibiting
interdicting
negativing
outlawing
ruling out
dismissing
proscribing
turning down
embargoing
barring
nixing
blackballing
downing
precluding
nullifying
boycotting
dissenting
discountenancing
shooting down
censuring
disapproving
declining
negating
denying
burning
cutting
passing
placing an embargo on
refusing permission to
passing on
passing by
declaring null and void
throwing away
putting down
giving thumbs down
not going for
giving the red light to
putting the kibosh on
spurning
reprobating
repudiating
deselecting
withholding
balking at
saying ‘no’ to
setting aside
passing up
throwing over
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
topping
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
neutralizing
US
demolishing
snuffing
crushing
getting
effacing
expunging
removing
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
taking
vaporizing
US
neutralising
UK
vaporising
UK
uprooting
disposing of
weeding out
blacking out
carrying off
taking someone's life
cleaning up
sweeping away
claiming
felling
excising
razing
squashing
exsecting
putting end to
cutting out
putting down
ruining
putting to the sword
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
hitting
cutting to pieces
putting to sleep
waxing
causing the death of
totalling
totaling
shooting
garrotting
guillotining
chilling
chillin
greasing
smashing
deleting
downing
lynching
dusting off
cooling
hanging
stretching out
dusting
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
blackballing
pulverising
UK
beheading
trashing
torpedoing
pulling down
tearing down
decapitating
deep-sixing
stabbing
sacrificing
suffocating
smiting
wiping off
wiping
scrubbing
scrubbing out
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
murking
doing
garotting
smothering
knifing
taking a life
defeating
stopping
sinking
breaking off
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 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
squaring
making good
amending
improving
bettering
redressing
reforming
healing
putting in order
retrieving
emending
harmonizing
US
adjusting
harmonising
UK
doctoring
working through
making right
fixing up
making up for
shaping up
finding the solution to
revising
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
meliorating
rebuilding
debugging
regulating
straightening
recalibrating
scrubbing
laundering
restoring
reconditioning
patching
overhauling
reconstructing
straightening up
hammering out
cleaning up
setting straight
thrashing out
dialing back
taking care of
conciliating
rehabilitating
making up
regularizing
US
disentangling
avenging
unsnarling
untangling
regularising
UK
rewarding
recompensing
balancing
benefiting
benefitting
tidying up
raising
boosting
bringing around
helping
enhancing
fiddling with
making amends for
turning around
compensating for
going straight
doing justice
refining
promoting
advancing
elevating
perfecting
upgrading
enriching
tweaking
making peace
revamping
servicing
renovating
stepping up
becoming better
making improvements to
refitting
fettling
restoring to working order
touching up
giving a face-lift
getting working again
doing up
retreading
putting back together
refurbishing
making as good as new
mediating
propitiating
reconciling differences
restoring harmony
red-penciling
red-pencilling
picking up
going over
paying dues
cleaning up your act
turning things around
setting the record straight
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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