RUBBED OUT Synonyms: 211 Similar and Opposite Words

rubbed out

verb

past tense of rub out

as in destroyed

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of aerial bombs rubbed out the oil refinery

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as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately an elaborate setup to rub out rival mobsters

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as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of a promise to rub out the city's drug trade

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Recent Examples of rubbed out This treacherous gang has phenomenally rubbed out many signatures of independence in a very short time. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 But an Irish knock-on rubbed out a try for Jack Conan, and the second chance was turned over by Mann. — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

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Verb

Climate change was considered a factor in the December 2021 wildfire that destroyed Somauroo's home, after the county's suit was originally filed.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Climate change was considered a factor in the 2021 Marshall Fire that destroyed Somauroo’s home, after the county's suit was originally filed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroyed

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Yeah, people just want to see if I really did get assassinated by Madonna’s Cartel.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

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The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradicated

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On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The idea for her top was loosely based on an old vintage shirt that Satenstein accidentally threw into the dryer and ruined.

— Irene Kim, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ruined

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In the series, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride (Jenner) winds up murdered in the pool, and her closest girlfriends all become suspects.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Her sister's husband, her brother-in-law, Yagev Buchshtab however, had been murdered by the terrorists.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of murdered

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The old airport must be demolished within 12 months under the development agreement with the City of Burbank.

— Annita Katee, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Pulte’s application calls for the existing shopping center to be demolished, paving the way for construction of three six-story condominium buildings, two single-story commercial structures and a riverwalk.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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Shortly after, in his final snaps under center as a Bronco, Zabransky made two completions and then perfectly executed the Statue of Liberty handoff to cement his place in Boise State’s history.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026
Earlier this week, IRNA reported that Iran had executed two other men over violence during the January protests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026