Definitions
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- verb transitive To get rid of.
- verb transitive To transfer to another's control.
- verb transitive To deal with conclusively with a threat or a difficult situation.
- verb transitive To arrange in an orderly way.
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- verb deal with or settle
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- KO
- abandon
- abjure
- abstract
- accomplish
- achieve
- annihilate
- answer
- answer conclusively
- argue down
- attain
- bereave of life
- call off
- cancel
- carry away
- carry off
- cast
- cast aside
- cast away
- cast off
- cast out
- cede
- chloroform
- chuck
- clear
- clear away
- clear out
- clear the decks
- compass
- complete
- conduct
- confound
- confute
- consume
- consummate
- contradict
- controvert
- cope with
- crush
- cut down
- cut off
- cut out
- cut short
- deal with
- deep-six
- defeat
- delete
- demolish
- deny
- deport
- deprive of life
- destroy
- devour
- discard
- discharge
- disgorge
- dismiss
- dispatch
- dispense with
- dispose of
- ditch
- do
- do away with
- do for
- do the job
- do the trick
- do to death
- do without
- down
- drop
- drop the curtain
- dump
- eat up
- effect
- effectuate
- eighty-six
- eject
- elide
- eliminate
- enact
- end
- end off
- eradicate
- execute
- exile
- expatriate
- expel
- expunge
- exterminate
- extinguish
- fetch
- finalize
- finish
- finish off
- floor
- fold up
- forgo
- forswear
- fulfill
- get along without
- get away with
- get down
- get it over
- get over with
- get quit of
- get rid of
- get shut of
- get through with
- give away
- give the quietus
- give up
- handle
- have done with
- immolate
- ingest
- jettison
- jilt
- kayo
- kibosh
- kill
- kiss good-bye
- knock off
- knock out
- launch into eternity
- liquidate
- lynch
- make
- make a sacrifice
- make away with
- manage
- martyr
- martyrize
- nip
- nonplus
- outlaw
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- parry
- part with
- perfect
- perform
- pick out
- poison
- polish off
- produce
- purge
- put away
- put down
- put paid to
- put to death
- put to silence
- put to sleep
- quitclaim
- realize
- rebut
- recant
- reduce to silence
- refute
- reject
- relinquish
- remove
- remove from life
- render up
- renounce
- resign
- retract
- root out
- root up
- sacrifice
- scrag
- settle
- shoot down
- shut up
- silence
- slaughter
- slay
- slough
- smash all opposition
- spare
- squash
- squelch
- starve
- strike off
- strike out
- subvert
- succeed
- surrender
- surround
- swallow
- swear off
- take care of
- take down
- take in
- take life
- take off
- throw away
- throw out
- throw over
- throw overboard
- throw up
- to
- toss overboard
- transact
- tuck in
- turn the trick
- undermine
- upset
- vacate
- waive
- weed out
- wipe out
- work
- work out
- yield
- zap
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