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What is another word for
terminate
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To bring or come to an end, typically in an abrupt fashion
To end a journey, especially by a vehicle or vessel
To discharge from a job or position
To kill or cause the death of
To set or be a limit or boundary to
To put an end to, especially formally
To stop operating
To destroy or disrupt by means of sabotage
(
of a business
)
To go bankrupt
To reach or bring to a climax, or a very satisfying end
To completely destroy or devastate
To become less intense or severe
To ultimately develop or happen as a result
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
To relinquish a right or position
To fail or come to nothing
To hang up the phone
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▲
Verb
▲
To bring or come to an end, typically in an abrupt fashion
end
finish
stop
cease
discontinue
conclude
halt
close
quit
elapse
lapse
pass
expire
determine
complete
drop
go
die
dissolve
cancel
desist
ax
US
axe
UK
abort
scrub
abolish
belay
scratch
wrap
adjourn
annul
eliminate
extinguish
break off
wind up
break up
dead-end
let up
leave off
bring to an end
wrap up
wink out
cut off
put a stop to
round off
close out
lay off
cut short
come to an end
put an end to
round out
bring to a close
wind down
run out
pull the plug on
bring to a conclusion
bring to an untimely end
suspend
interrupt
pack in
give up
knock off
abandon
break
can
pack up
desist from
close down
cut out
draw to a close
finish off
call a halt
shut down
settle
call a halt to
call it a day
give over
be over
culminate
shut off
consummate
finalize
US
sew up
arrest
check
bring to a halt
withdraw
finalise
UK
scrap
pause
cut
refrain from
put the kibosh on
come to a close
top off
call off
nip in the bud
disappear
vanish
do
crown
call it quits
liquidate
relinquish
intermit
surcease
come to a stop
ultimate
end up
put the lid on
bring to a stop
fade away
come to a halt
come to a standstill
accomplish
die away
bring to a standstill
give the chop
knock something on the head
dispense with
cap
curb
sever
abate
disconnect
kick
stem
get done
leave
put paid to
forgo
stop dead
carry out
bite the dust
peter out
pack it in
bring to fruition
die out
run its course
set the seal on
put to bed
die down
fizzle out
polish off
pass away
cry off
lay off of
finish up
climax
achieve
fulfill
US
fade
nail
polish
evaporate
prorogue
perform
effectuate
execute
kill
recess
dwindle
refrain
complement
realize
US
block
curtail
repeal
revoke
shelve
freeze
rescind
evanish
perfect
stay
fail
actualize
pull the plug
add the final touch to
make good
go whole hog
go the limit
add the finishing touch to
make perfect
go through with
bring to maturity
do thoroughly
carry off
put the last touches on
sort out
get through
make up
put the finishing touches on
forsake
do not
stop short
fulfil
UK
realise
UK
cease to exist
blow over
put a lid on
put a period to
drop out
get rid of
become invalid
melt away
run down
do away with
resign from
clean up
finish with
be through with
phase out
become void
have done with
come to the end
cut it out
withdraw from
throw up
retire from
give notice
become obsolete
hang it up
relent
resolve
top
disband
disrupt
sunder
withhold
ebb
clear
cinch
draw to a halt
come to rest
dispose of
switch off
quell
disturb
wrap-up
immobilize
US
turn back
transpire
cool it
stop in your tracks
collapse
reach a standstill
deactivate
immobilise
UK
follow through
wane
hold up
get shut of
call
lift
hold
stand
stifle
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button up
button down
turn around
depart
get shot of
discharge
recall
shut
quash
be at an end
be no longer valid
remove
draw to close
be suspended
be broken off
be abandoned
subside
slip away
be no more
fly by
evanesce
lead up to
build up to
put a stop to something
bring down curtain
renege
back out
shutter
clinch
play out
interfere with
cut into
say goodbye to
break into
relieve
put the finishing touches to
tie up
fold
reach a finale
retreat
obstruct
impede
come to a conclusion
round up
stall
avoid
renounce
come to a head
bar
raise
eschew
go by
staunch
close the door on
close the books
carry through
put the stopper on
back off
not do anymore
quit cold turkey
trail off
tail off
kick the habit
quit cold
abstain from
do without
not continue
get on the wagon
take the cure
forbear from
kick over
pull up
stop midstream
hang up
knock it off
postpone
cross the line
go dead
go down the toilet
go out the window
ditch
shun
yield
tie up loose ends
ignore
remit
forfeit
shake
divorce
jilt
sacrifice
put a sock in
blow the whistle on
hold back
put a cork in
waive
stop cold
break short
leave unfinished
bring to a premature end
stop in full flow
turn your back on
part with
eighty-six
dust off
break with
write off
part from
wipe out
forget about
resign
intervene
disjoin
dissever
separate
interpose
disunite
part
back out of
drop out of
retire
abdicate
step down
bag it
blow off
throw in the towel
hand in resignation
stand down
cease work
stand aside
sign off
walk out
bow out
swear off
jack in
steer clear of
forswear
resist
preclude
refuse
keep from
abstain
reject
forbear
pull out of
pass up
hold off
check out from
withhold from
prevent
abjure
skip
stay away from
inhibit
back off from
restrain from
shrink from
call it quits on
take a break
give a wide berth to
rest
desert
keep
restrain
go without
take a breather
forfend
bypass
get out of
have nothing to do with
rein in
kibosh
surcease from
wean
thwart
exit
delay
wait
bail
chuck
prohibit
take five
obviate
move from
have a break
hang back
put on hold
bow out of
step aside from
have a breather
not do
resist the temptation to
go away from
take ten
stop oneself from
give a rest
restrain oneself from
head off
depart from
stop oneself
leave alone
decline
spurn
suspend proceedings
give something up
set aside
lay aside
detain
forlet
be put on hold
come off
steer clear
hold back from
keep back
deny
suppress
stand down from
unaccustom
ease off
ease up
detach
get off
stop trying
rise
stop doing
throw in the sponge
hold off on
take time out
take time off
close off
bring to end
avert
sit out
fight shy of
avoid doing something
take the pledge
be temperate
not touch
go on the wagon
put on ice
foil
forego
repudiate
intercept
secede from
call a stop to
stonewall
step down from
break away from
split with
delink from
sever relations with
bag
defend against
stave off
prevent oneself from
ward off
not give in to
cease to indulge in
shut out
save
turn aside
fend off
keep off
keep from happening
hesitate
waver
vacillate
disaffiliate oneself from
dissociate oneself from
dump
escape
vacate
discard
put a lock on
put a stopper in
bring to screeching halt
put chill on
break free from
take leave from
have nothing more to do with
falter
procrastinate
exclude
hinder
debar
be gone from
be done with
deliberate
brush off
bail from
break off with
walk out of
walk out on
clear out from
disappear from
run along from
cast aside
take off from
abscond from
escape from
cast off
exit from
set out from
absent oneself from
sideline
reflect
disqualify
interdict
hang fire
estop
rule out
forestall
forbid
sit tight
hang about
hold on
adopt Fabian tactics
hang around
think twice
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
deter
make impossible
ward
make impracticable
stop briefly
call time
take a breath
stop what you're doing
mark time
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
more ❯
“The contracting officer had all pertinent information available to him when he decided to
terminate
the contract.”
Verb
▲
To end a journey, especially by a vehicle or vessel
stop
finish up
end its journey
“They begin in Moscow and
terminate
in either Vladivostok, the eastern Russian port, or Beijing in China.”
Verb
▲
To discharge from a job or position
dismiss
sack
fire
discharge
cashier
release
remove
axe
UK
retire
can
ax
US
bounce
pink-slip
muster out
turn off
let go
lay off
oust
send packing
kick out
expel
boot
boot out
show the door
give the heave-ho
give someone the boot
give someone the sack
make redundant
give someone the push
give someone their marching orders
throw out
get rid of
give notice
give someone their notice
give someone the bullet
give someone their cards
drop
depose
give notice to
give walking papers
give the elbow
displace
impeach
give the old heave-ho
unseat
shelve
disemploy
bump
suspend
turf
turf out
give someone the pink slip
disqualify
cut
unfrock
defrock
pension
recall
deselect
disfrock
furlough
depone
eject
discard
out
pink slip
let out
shut out
wash out
turn away
give warning
hand walking papers
give the ax
give the gate
pay off
declare redundant
give a pink slip
give someone the big E
give the chop
give marching orders
evict
throw
ship
move on
give someone his or her walking papers
break
shed
dehire
unhire
dethrone
chase out
topple
disbar
unmake
give their cards
give the axe
terminate employment
give one's cards
give pink slip
give the sack to
give bum's rush
eighty-six
supplant
excuse
court martial
drum out
cast out
nix
supersede
replace
bust
freeze out
run out of town
relieve of duty
deprive of office
lock out
ride out on rail
pension off
sever connections
put out to grass
force to give up work
force to retire
put out to pasture
defenestrate
give someone his
kiss off
bin off
give someone the air
overthrow
uncrown
unthrone
remove from office
deprive
bring down
dislodge
overturn
drive out
discrown
banish
exclude
demobilize
US
turn out
demobilise
UK
usurp
force out
give the bum's rush
throw out on your ear
chuck out
eliminate
degrade
disband
relegate
unhorse
rout
deport
chase
extrude
see the back of
remove from power
push out
run off
send away
decommission
demob
defeat
vote someone out
triumph
overwhelm
unsettle
disthrone
disenthrone
give the boot to
give the bullet to
debar
purge
ditch
dump
give the push to
move
transfer
reposition
abolish
remove by force
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
budge
abstract
dislocate
thrust out
throw someone out on their ear
give someone their P45
show the gate to
take down
exile
demote
downgrade
expatriate
subvert
chuck
excommunicate
ostracize
US
bar
repatriate
extradite
transport
ban
outlaw
reject
proscribe
isolate
rusticate
ostracise
UK
set aside
extradict
expulse
drive off
sequester
disperse
liberate
do away with
shake off
drive away
chase away
dispatch
rid
bundle
clear
strip of rank
show out
allow to go
send home
send off
dispense with
dispose of
cast off
slough off
do without
push aside
more ❯
“The charges leveled against him were serious enough to have his superior
terminate
him from his position as postmaster.”
Verb
▲
To kill or cause the death of
kill
murder
assassinate
execute
slay
dispatch
liquidate
croak
ice
whack
off
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
snuff
get
take out
do in
bump off
rub out
knock off
put away
eliminate
slaughter
exterminate
waste
butcher
massacre
destroy
do away with
top
put to death
stiff
wipe out
smoke
annihilate
eradicate
blow away
do to death
finish off
cut down
scrag
mow down
polish off
dispose of
take the life of
finish
erase
shoot down
cut to pieces
end the life of
decimate
hit
snuff out
put down
make away with
cause the death of
zap
do for
put to sleep
shoot
get rid of
wax
guillotine
extirpate
fell
hang
lynch
dust off
crucify
grease
obliterate
behead
cool
electrocute
decapitate
garrotte
UK
down
garrote
US
take someone's life
blot out
carry off
gun down
give someone the works
terminate with extreme prejudice
remove
silence
abolish
chill
claim
end
blackball
take
euthanize
purge
nix
asphyxiate
strangle
immolate
smite
gas
send to the gibbet
stretch out
put an end to
send to the chair
stone to death
send to the gas chamber
put before a firing squad
string up
send to the electric chair
put to the sword
deep-six
put out of its misery
cancel
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
mutilate
stab
dust
discard
drop
fry
bowstring
wipe off the face of the earth
murk
blast
stone
smother
garotte
defeat
do
extinguish
knife
carry out a sentence of death on
kill in the name of
kill in cold blood
see the back of
suffocate
sacrifice
take a life
blow someone's brains out
send to the gallows
take care of
wipe from the face of the earth
put end to
ruin
take off
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
put paid to
drive to the wall
bring down
move in for the kill
more ❯
“A cybernetic organism arrived from the future on a mission to
terminate
Sarah Connor.”
Verb
▲
To set or be a limit or boundary to
bound
demarcate
delimit
circumscribe
limit
define
demark
mark off
delineate
fix
restrict
mark out
confine
establish
mark
set
specify
restrain
straiten
cramp
determine
curb
delimitate
outline
prescribe
girdle
nail down
distinguish
encircle
envelop
stake out
edge
wall in
flank
rim
fence in
border
encompass
gird
belt
set out
set bounds to
compass
lay down
set the limits of
set the boundaries of
surround
enclose
verge
measure
set the limits
check
cap
control
regulate
bar
arrest
hold
trammel
freeze
peg
bridle
constrict
hinder
constrain
fetter
inhibit
govern
cork
hamper
keep within bounds
keep the lid on
hem in
hold in check
bottle up
keep a tight rein on
put a brake on
hold down
keep within limits
tie down
place a limit on
draw the line on
sketch
trace
mark the boundaries of
mark the limits of
draw
silhouette
plot
draft
US
describe
draught
UK
draw the lines of
contain
sketch out
measure out
chart
pinpoint
prelimit
impede
obstruct
etch
limn
indicate
set limits on
impose limits on
depict
put a ceiling on
paint
image
lay out
map out
contour
set a limit on
identify
measure something off
set off
picture
portray
render
stand out
interfere with
stymie
line
detail
encumber
slow
hamstring
hobble
tie
handicap
plan
block out
pencil
copy
map
thwart
fence off
chalk out
localize
US
isolate
centre
UK
localise
UK
center
US
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
draw round
sketch in
draw over
make a rough draft
rough out
draw up
stop from spreading
tether
allocate
keep under control
pin down
block in
more ❯
“This band of plywood screed around the top of the interior walls will provide an upper boundary to
terminate
the stucco wall coats.”
Verb
▲
To put an end to, especially formally
abolish
cancel
quash
annul
rescind
eradicate
repeal
nullify
destroy
invalidate
eliminate
annihilate
obliterate
void
abrogate
kill
end
extinguish
revoke
erase
exterminate
negate
stop
extirpate
expunge
remove
drop
liquidate
vacate
dissolve
retract
withdraw
efface
disannul
ax
US
axe
UK
avoid
countermand
abate
null
finish
discontinue
scrub
scrap
overturn
suppress
undo
delete
overthrow
zap
squelch
repudiate
discard
nix
excise
vitiate
ditch
trash
dump
subvert
junk
prohibit
jettison
disestablish
chop
deracinate
inhibit
supersede
shed
wipe out
stamp out
rub out
snuff out
do away with
blot out
get rid of
put an end to
set aside
root out
strike down
roll back
black out
call off
sweep away
clean up
dispense with
bring to an end
throw out
give the chop
put the kibosh on
close down
knock something on the head
put kibosh on
squash
reverse
crush
quell
overcome
defeat
neutralize
US
check
neutralise
UK
put down
put a stop to
repress
subdue
render null and void
crack down on
veto
declare null and void
render invalid
curb
silence
conquer
quench
nip in the bud
take out
override
obviate
recall
put out
clamp down on
stifle
finish off
thwart
slap down
cut
overwhelm
torpedo
overrule
slaughter
do in
waste
renege
put the lid on
banish
frustrate
beat
counteract
overpower
vanquish
demolish
knock out
clobber
get shot of
take back
rout
scratch
blue pencil
phase out
off
X-out
croak
cut out
wipe off the face of the earth
halt
arrest
reject
disallow
upend
abandon
rebut
control
stem
murder
dispatch
dispose of
take away
bury
execute
assassinate
cast out
drive out
scotch
cancel out
massacre
butcher
dismantle
bleep
slay
decimate
cast aside
lift
blow sky-high
stiff
top
ice
smoke
break off
pull the plug on
crack down
block out
put to death
wash out
exclude
weed out
bump off
blow away
sterilize
US
wipe from the face of the earth
knock off
take the life of
give someone the works
sit on
sterilise
UK
kill off
wipe off the map
shut down
terminate with extreme prejudice
countervail
abnegate
discharge
relax
disqualify
offset
scrunch
squish
declare invalid
withhold
unfit
impair
circumduct
bin
deaden
give up
stun
recant
total
renig
sink
smash
raise
pack in
rein in
renounce
call a halt to
abjure
snow under
disclaim
clamp down
bring to screeching halt
get shut of
do for
queer
suspend
subjugate
take off
disaffirm
clear away
drag
take down
drag down
pull back
draw back
waive
forget it
call all bets off
call back
renege on
backtrack on
go back on
abort
put paid to
claim
put to sleep
whack
scrag
do to death
dele
elide
put to the sword
cut down
mow down
send to the gas chambers
ethnically cleanse
polish off
send to kingdom come
shoot down
blow someone's brains out
end the life of
omit
rub
edit
snip
trim
unpublish
score
decontaminate
strike
sanitize
US
clean
ink out
score out
overwrite
cross out
sanitise
UK
strike out
x out
blue-pencil
stroke out
put a line through
rule out
edit out
Tippex out
white out
pass up
scratch out
interrupt
cow
trample
bottle
dominate
spike
clamp
shush
cut off
beat down
trample on
triumph over
put lid on
bring to naught
keep inside
drive underground
hold in
hold down
keep in
raze
wreck
ruin
hinder
devastate
restrain
desolate
quelch
prevent
strangle
impede
restrict
vaporize
US
nuke
cream
constrain
vaporise
UK
shatter
hamper
pulverize
US
wrack
tear down
pull down
pulverise
UK
muffle
gag
ravage
mute
interfere with
gut
curtail
uproot
obstruct
limit
spoil
stymie
block
level
force down
blank out
grind down
reduce
bring someone to their knees
KO
break
prostrate
bear down on
overmaster
floor
oppress
swamp
whelm
gain mastery over
lay waste
wreak havoc on
remove all traces of
throttle
smother
hold back
take apart
damp down
exsect
scupper
censure
wipe
wipe off
scrub out
gain control over
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
dismiss
purge
foil
commit genocide
cut a swath through
benothing
kayo
dash
mess up
scuttle
master
lick
bridle
despoil
tame
pillage
best
sack
put the stopper on
contain
regulate
bring to a halt
bring to a stop
put a lid on
plunder
overkill
desecrate
leave in ruins
raze to the ground
ransack
scourge
depredate
devour
flatten
raid
leave desolate
spoliate
surmount
prevail over
gain control of
get the better of
get a grip on
win against
wipe off face of earth
blow to bits
mark out
cover
obscure
destroy root and branch
rub off
exscind
scissor out
expurgate
cut up
lop off
bowdlerise
UK
bowdlerize
US
launder
cross through
slash
keep under control
come down hard on
keep in check
cut short
strangle at birth
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
tread
subordinate
bring to heel
tread on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To stop operating
fail
break
crash
malfunction
stop
collapse
die
stall
bomb
cease
bust
vitiate
idle
spoil
compromise
damage
pause
endamage
halt
weaken
attenuate
discontinue
degrade
interrupt
yield
act up
be damaged
be defective
be faulty
break down
stop working
give out
give up
give way
go wrong
play up
shut off
be unusable
bite the dust
cease to function
cease to work
cut short
fall over
go down
develop a fault
go haywire
go kaput
go phut
pack up
seize up
conk out
cut off
cut out
give in
go to pieces
be on the blink
give up the ghost
go on the blink
jam
grind to a halt
give
fold
founder
flop
go
seize
have had it
flatline
buckle
crumple
fizzle
fold up
stop functioning
cave in
shutdown
expire
quit
come to a halt
go out of control
misbehave
flag
stop dead
snap
not work properly
give trouble
stop short
tumble
go under
go bump
pack in
implode
collapse inward
fall in
fall down
go out
be ruined
go belly up
go bust
come a cropper
go to the wall
abort
tank
flounder
fall
crater
flunk
fizzle out
fall flat
run down
come unstuck
fade out
lose power
go belly-up
fade away
peter out
run aground
flame out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To destroy or disrupt by means of sabotage
sabotage
destroy
cripple
disrupt
wreck
damage
hamper
hinder
interrupt
ruin
spoil
smash
thwart
undermine
attack
break
demolish
eradicate
nullify
subvert
dispatch
impair
stymie
dash
foil
incapacitate
quash
ravage
devastate
eliminate
end
frustrate
prevent
annul
disable
mar
obliterate
threaten
upset
abolish
block
quell
undo
bollix
crush
decimate
extinguish
harm
kill
abort
annihilate
obstruct
shatter
suppress
break down
break up
interfere with
mess up
intrude on
muck up
screw up
injure
blight
weaken
compromise
hurt
impede
scotch
scupper
trash
torpedo
louse up
vitiate
foul up
nix
put the kibosh on
destabilize
US
wreak havoc on
raze
deface
banjax
blow a hole in
total
desecrate
bring to naught
destabilise
UK
cruel
euchre
blemish
disfigure
queer
corrupt
sap
taint
make a mess of
defile
dish
blast
diminish
do for
debase
flaw
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
endamage
hamstring
desolate
tarnish
blow
despoil
crab
inhibit
put an end to
play havoc with
curb
restrain
cramp
restrict
debilitate
encumber
fetter
bloody
poison
dismantle
botch
dent
vandalize
US
overwhelm
pulverize
US
mangle
defeat
disempower
nuke
cross up
smash up
vandalise
UK
do in
pulverise
UK
afflict
stand in the way of
bring down
trammel
impoverish
shake
slow
infect
crool
enfeeble
vaporize
US
waste
sandbag
wrack
limit
forestall
dilapidate
gut
cream
prejudice
corrode
batter
blot
sully
detract from
sink
ruinate
baulk
UK
ravish
derail
stonewall
vaporise
UK
take out
put a stop to
wear away
put paid to
cause detriment to
rub out
balk
US
tear down
hold back
bring to ruin
jeopardize
US
handicap
scar
attenuate
unsettle
influence
erode
contaminate
retard
cumber
check
shackle
neutralize
US
emasculate
shake up
reduce
wound
stain
halt
jeopardise
UK
disfeature
pollute
shock
overthrow
neutralise
UK
scorch
negate
muller
bridle
crack
stall
smirch
bust
take apart
do damage to
bork
bring to an end
be detrimental to
interfere
balls up
undercut
knock
overturn
pull down
put out of action
put out of commission
make a hash of
put the lid on
reduce to rubble
hold up
cancel out
render ineffective
reduce to nothing
leave in ruins
slow down
rain on someone's parade
drive a nail into the coffin of
wipe out
lay in ruins
subdue
bruise
strike at the foundations
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
deteriorate
bankrupt
depress
devitalize
enervate
stop
arrest
nick
besmirch
finish
inconvenience
wither
bring about the downfall of
avert
stifle
mess
cost
wrench
topple
consume
shelve
lay waste to
rough up
handle roughly
be the ruination of
invalidate
minimize
US
lessen
minimise
UK
suspend
whittle
decay
dump on
do mischief to
make of no use or value
nip in the bud
pervert
deprave
do harm to
flatten
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
put off
stand off
peter out
unbuild
squelch
knock out
put the skids under
eat away
be the ruin of
whittle away
shoot down
seal the doom of
skin
crimp
craze
affect
be prejudicial to
be deleterious to
be disadvantageous to
bodge
level
scourge
debauch
maim
mutilate
deplete
throw a monkey wrench into
result in damage to
lead to the end of
chip away
knock down
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
lay waste
clean out
leave desolate
trouble
put a damper on
glitch up
impact
touch
overcome
blunt
put at risk
strike
perturb
work against
tunnel
scratch
abuse
lacerate
maltreat
split
rot
burn
disintegrate
tear
dirty
discolour
UK
scathe
gnaw
wrong
rust
discolor
US
unstrengthen
kibosh
muzzle
hogtie
occur
prevail
bleach
fade
stab
play merry hell with
deliver a blow to
bang up
tamper with
warp
make powerless
make unfit
make ineffective
render powerless
impinge
render incapable
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
crash
set a bad example
manipulate
lead astray
degrade
throw monkey wrench in
strike down
spread to
strike at
take hold of
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
shipwreck
efface
tear up
delay
demoralize
US
crack up
wrack up
hobble
write off
dash to pieces
run onto the rocks
damage beyond repair
pile up
bar
manacle
handcuff
embarrass
demoralise
UK
soften
challenge
pillage
plunder
prohibit
sack
drag through the mud
stay
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
depredate
poke full of holes
spoliate
throttle
screen
obscure
complicate
hog-tie
cramp one's style
give a hard time
hang up
weigh down
monkey with
short-circuit
get in the way of
put a brake on
tie up
get in the way
squash
make useless
bungle
butcher
fluff
muff
flub
fumble
befoul
bobble
beat
goof up
murder
soil
mishandle
foozle
exterminate
circumvent
mismanage
foul
bumble
deform
boggle
dub
make a muck of
erase
blow up
boot
blunder
devour
raze to the ground
baffle
bulldoze
counter
make a Horlicks of
distort
liquidate
blacken
prostitute
bollix up
cheapen
tar
expunge
extirpate
snooker
profane
checkmate
prostrate
ransack
cancel
wipe off the map
stamp out
bastardize
US
spot
violate
smear
take down
discomfit
raid
muddy
demean
remove
abase
disappoint
snuff out
bastardise
UK
loot
rape
bomb
zap
blow away
canker
dishonour
UK
slaughter
overpower
maraud
dishonor
US
trample
do something badly
massacre
vanquish
misdirect
muddle
err
bring someone to their knees
conquer
grime
begrime
smudge
outwit
blot out
wipe off the face of the earth
fell
dynamite
destruct
denigrate
explode
upset the applecart
misconduct
misgovern
clobber
confuse
rob
contort
lower
blow to bits
blow to pieces
reduce to ruins
wipe from the face of the earth
rifle
repress
adulterate
bilk
finish off
put down
floor
make impure
stump
mangulate
put the stopper on
mark
swamp
uglify
reave
twist
maul
misshape
gum up
incinerate
make a nonsense of
scuttle
wreak havoc
torture
drain
fleece
rout
fail
lick
confound
discredit
take
cross
nobble
miscalculate
muck
distain
bemire
gaum
mire
daub
overrun
subjugate
jumble
hash
slay
brutalize
US
counteract
seduce
do away with
whack
oppress
vilify
mow down
put the mockers on
slam
brutalise
UK
blaspheme
make degenerate
put a spoke in someone's wheel
take wind out of
get the better of
make a pig's ear of
mix up
muddle up
buckle
cut
strip
tweak
ding
traumatize
US
squinch
smite
screw
pauperize
malform
execute
devalue
delete
havoc
oppose
bend
bust up
exhaust
outrage
worsen
tumble
burst
gnarl
darken
worst
rattle
pop
tire
knacker
tear apart
maladminister
humble
misrule
flounder
etiolate
traumatise
UK
fudge
doctor
trounce
best
disgrace
overlook
root out
spike
goof
knot
stumble
crack down on
disarm
wince
black out
skew
root
defame
shame
blow sky-high
knock to pieces
snafu
sweep away
hit
stuff
tank
master
throw
make unattractive
clean up
thrash
whip
hammer
bestialize
stigmatize
US
throw down
crucify
paste
skunk
pound
wallop
steamroll
drub
make ugly
marmalize
overbear
overmatch
cane
trim
deck
pommel
upend
whitewash
get
surmount
lay low
deflect
silence
whelm
overmaster
flog
kill off
shellac
edge
outplay
triumph over
drop
whomp
tan
get rid of
give the slip
stigmatise
UK
reflect badly on
bring into disrepute
entrap
outjump
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
outflank
ambush
route
outrun
outhit
lambaste
flax
own
water down
play off
cook someone's goose
quelch
strangle
ice
head off
win against
spike someone's guns
queer someone's pitch
give someone a drubbing
force down
take to cleaners
take it all
manage badly
snow under
blow out
grind down
make mincemeat of
edge out
make a mistake
KO
bear down on
take wind out of sails
get around
give someone a hiding
pip at the post
run roughshod over
pwn
run rings round
slap down
plow under
stuff up
turn inside out
bear down
walk all over
work over
drag through the mire
run rings around
make a botch of
nose out
win a victory over
blow out of the water
clamp down on
do down
make unclean
wipe the floor with
make a dog's dinner of
roll back
take to the cleaners
ball up
offset
pick apart
buck
bring shame on
molest
blitz
overkill
detract
forage
cow
endanger
chasten
chastise
disassemble
hash up
wipe
imperil
make destitute
bleed dry
wipe off
prang
misuse
disfashion
crumple
harry
scrub out
mash
burn away
demote
detonate
squander
tear to pieces
be a blot on the landscape
make desolate
disrate
maraud over
cease
miss
miscarry
lose
rip down
bow
take away
annoy
divert
degenerate
rupture
wreak havoc with
bring to nought
score
scrape
contravene
obviate
debar
tame
lure
burn out
beggar
cut down
commit genocide
repel
deter
cut a swath through
maculate
trip
radioactivate
crud up
lame
boob
repulse
parry
disease
drop the ball
botch up
make misshapen
distort the shape of
bury
blank
counterplot
be the end of
take care of
make a hash
play mischief with
create chaos
get out of
sweep aside
rob from
wear down
misemploy
spread among
disconcert
bend out of shape
scuzz up
trip up
slip up
deliver badly
run through
preclude
badly influence
escape
bypass
evade
throw away
make foul
benothing
throw a curve
stave off
circumnavigate
color
US
colour
UK
sour
assassinate
lace
dilute
reduce to beggary
torpefy
jack up
forbid
beat down
cause setback
put end to
betray
defend against
steer clear of
ward off
sidestep
skirt
interdict
decrease
cripple financially
dislimb
disturb
devaluate
excise
overshadow
disqualify
unfit
thin
go bad
be incompetent
pain
wax
pique
shut out
juke
ditch
avoid
keep lid on
hold off
go to hell
live in the gutter
bed
deflower
hack up
dispose of
knock off
give the run around
draw blood
dash one's hope
disarrange
disorder
disorganize
make lame
lose strength
mistreat
manhandle
extend
unmake
scatter
torch
bump off
put away
cast gloom over
mix
sophisticate
take off
carry off
take someone's life
dope
give the coup de grâce
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
cast a gloom upon
bring a note of sadness to
tread
subordinate
blow down
bully
have sex with
bring under the yoke
tread on
put the squeeze on
bring to heel
strike out
alloy
combust
scald
persecute
harass
assault
victimize
US
depreciate
cast down
denature
scratch out
cremate
carbonise
UK
carbonize
US
take advantage of
blend
intermix
roughhouse
persuade someone to have sexual intercourse
have your wicked way with
pop the cherry
weary
thin out
destroy by fire
burn up
reduce to ashes
burn to the ground
burn down
burn to a crisp
fatigue
knock about
kick around
knock around
treat roughly
cut up
be violent toward
treat badly
beat up
do over
victimise
UK
ill-treat
mess over
bung up
slander
humiliate
treat sacrilegiously
immobilize
US
frazzle
treat with disrespect
overtire
traduce
trample on
tax
deflate
prick
disprove
have a negative effect on
have a negative impact on
knock for six
malign
overtax
throw out
throw into chaos
turn topsy-turvy
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
poop
put in a bad light
bring shame to
traverse
censure
slur
rubbish
puncture
stultify
reproach
belittle
badmouth
decry
disparage
calumniate
asperse
besmear
scandalize
US
assail
libel
pan
muckrake
vilipend
knock the stuffing out of
give a bad name to
knock props from under
blow sky high
take down a peg
knock bottom out
shoot full of holes
make lose face
mow
immobilise
UK
bring shame upon
rip up and down
blackguard
do a number on
give a black eye
rip
disrespect
blotch
speak ill of
bring discredit to
scandalise
UK
sling mud at
do a hatchet job on
breathe on
poor-mouth
give a bad name
blister
slag off
deride
tar and feather
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
bad-mouth
fling mud at
sling mud
derogate
run smear campaign
wear out
tire out
make weary
make helpless
wash out
tucker out
take it out of
make impotent
bring low
take the wind out of your sails
misjudge
misconstrue
miscompute
misapply
mend
fall down
do clumsily
pull a boner
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a business
)
To go bankrupt
fail
collapse
close
crash
fold
end
fizzle
flop
decline
default
finish
drop
miscarry
retire
bomb
go
plummet
founder
topple
languish
slump
buckle
flatline
crumple
perish
tumble
be ruined
cease trading
go bankrupt
go broke
be shut
close down
fall down
fall through
be liquidated
go bump
go under
shut down
be closed
belly up
cave in
fold up
give up
be unsuccessful
cease production
go bust
lose big
become insolvent
go wrong
not succeed
shrivel up
be closed down
be in arrears
go belly-up
go to the wall
come to a halt
go belly up
go into receivership
grind to a halt
be shut down
be wound up
close one's doors
lose one's shirt
be cleaned out
be taken to the cleaners
drop a bundle
be in the hands of the receivers
go into chapter 11
go into liquidation
go out of business
shut
shut up shop
cease activity
cease operating
bankrupt
bust
liquidate
stop trading
shut up
drop the curtain
bite the dust
come a cropper
wind up
close up
fall
succumb
close out
pack it in
call it a day
put the lid on
put up the shutters
pack in
stop
cease
abandon
go down
go on strike
go into Chapter 11
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reach or bring to a climax, or a very satisfying end
climax
conclude
finish
culminate
crown
cap
end
peak
cap off
come to a climax
come to a head
rise to crescendo
come to a crescendo
reach a peak
reach a pinnacle
reach the zenith
reach the summit
hit high spot
round off
top off
close
wind up
lead up to
end up
close with
end with
finish with
reach a finale
conclude with
terminate with
build up to
complete
fulfill
US
perfect
go over the mountain
go the route
rise to a crescendo
come to an end with
consummate
fulfil
UK
be the climax
be the climax of
put finishing touch on
add the finishing touch to
finish off
put the finishing touch to
be the culmination of
add the finishing touches to
be a fitting climax to
put the tin lid on
reach a critical point
reach a crossroads
reach a turning point
reach a crisis
come to the crunch
crest
maximize
US
summit
top
maximise
UK
max out
top out
reach a climax
break the record
reach the top
reach its highest point
be at its height
reach the high point
be at height
more ❯
Verb
▲
To completely destroy or devastate
vaporize
US
destroy
ruin
wreck
devastate
demolish
smash
annihilate
decimate
shatter
total
waste
desolate
raze
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
cream
extinguish
wrack
nuke
obliterate
exterminate
kill
zap
incinerate
burn
strike
rub out
tear down
pull down
do in
burn away
wipe out
trash
ravage
crush
eradicate
erase
lay waste
extirpate
eliminate
level
desecrate
liquidate
spoil
torpedo
expunge
abolish
flatten
quash
break up
efface
leave in ruins
remove
break
cancel
overwhelm
leave desolate
knock down
raze to the ground
wipe off the map
take out
dash
wreak havoc on
blast
despoil
bulldoze
stamp out
snuff out
blow up
blight
do away with
overturn
scotch
undo
damage
nix
scupper
gut
slaughter
crash
dismantle
massacre
defeat
devour
dilapidate
spoliate
blot out
put paid to
bring down
do for
blow away
wipe off the face of the earth
wipe from the face of the earth
blow
unbuild
topple
execute
pillage
sabotage
banjax
mar
dispatch
impair
sack
sink
dish
dynamite
butcher
depredate
reduce
bomb
destruct
ravish
scourge
finish off
blow a hole in
bring to naught
take apart
bring to ruin
put the kibosh on
blow to pieces
blow to bits
write off
murder
trample
prostrate
upset
plunder
ruinate
delete
fell
queer
assassinate
explode
botch
bust
disrupt
end
batter
slay
overthrow
raid
mangle
injure
deface
take down
mow down
tear up
take
wrack up
root out
mutilate
maim
bump off
knock off
knock to pieces
break down
black out
put down
put to death
sweep away
clean up
cut down
mess up
lay waste to
dispose of
get rid of
damage beyond repair
put out of commission
reduce to rubble
put away
reduce to ruins
lay in ruins
put an end to
lower
overkill
prang
disassemble
rape
wipe
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suspend
except
eliminate
make illegal
estop
reject
put the kibosh on
sandbag
faze
elude
override
exile
refrain from
count out
rule out
freeze out
shut out of
duck
soften
defend
pacify
let up
guard
mollify
hang on
hold the line
resist attack
hold the fort
protect
gentle
shield
humble
screen
put on brakes
cow
safeguard
reclaim
bust
secure
bulwark
withhold from
desist from
stay away
stay away from
forbear
deny oneself
give up
make up for
get out of
nullify
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
break the habit of
skip out on
do without
shy from
leave off
kick
negate
steer clear
forgo
shrink from
abstain
renounce
keep from
desist
shirk
help
forbear from
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miss
cover
water down
forfend
fend
cheat
fence
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
defend oneself against
guard against
protect against
nix
force away
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To relinquish a right or position
demit
surrender
abandon
cede
resign
renounce
abdicate
yield
quit
quitclaim
hand over
relinquish
waive
abnegate
forgo
abjure
give up
disclaim
deny
decline
renege
sign away
forswear
sacrifice
turn over
part with
forsake
turn in
lay down
cough up
render
forfeit
deliver up
deliver
transfer
grant
drop
leave
concede
give
give over
give away
let go of
lose
do without
dispense with
disown
assign
discard
convey
reject
forego
remit
commit
bequeath
withgo
wash your hands of
turn down
make over
pay with
say goodbye to
pass up
be deprived of
yield up
be stripped of
lay aside
go without
disavow
disgorge
give in
refuse
spurn
betray
withdraw from
dispose of
shed
prostitute
eschew
spare
cast off
put aside
set aside
let go
kiss goodbye
kiss goodbye to
cast aside
leave behind
offer
provide
entrust
step down from
consign
delegate
step aside from
pass
stand down from
divorce oneself from
separate oneself from
sign off
extend
forbear
volunteer
submit
trust
hand
transmit
vest
intrust
release
proffer
allow
confide
repose
commend
recommend
gift
confer
relegate
onpass
pay for
lose out on
free
fork out
fork up
deed
alienate
alien
vouchsafe
accord
abalienate
remise
sign over
fork over
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To fail or come to nothing
fall through
fail
founder
flop
miscarry
collapse
misfire
abort
fold
end
be unsuccessful
fizzle out
be frustrated
come to nothing
go wrong
go awry
come to grief
come to naught
come a cropper
come to a halt
go down like a lead balloon
not come off
fail to happen
grind to a halt
not succeed
break down
fizzle
go to pieces
languish
fall flat
bomb
miss the mark
flatline
screw up
turn out badly
trip up
be in vain
be found wanting
flunk
fluff
flag
come unstuck
fall by the wayside
slip up
go belly-up
be found deficient
tank
foul up
fall short
flounder
crater
come apart at the seams
be found lacking
lack success
flame out
meet with disaster
backfire
bite the dust
run aground
go astray
not come up to scratch
be defeated
be ruined
suffer defeat
go up in smoke
miss
go amiss
go down
boomerang
rebound
blunder
strike out
go pear-shaped
fall
slip
recoil
fall to pieces
wash out
go phut
disappoint
decline
deteriorate
go adrift
go off course
end in failure
go down the tube
underperform
go badly
not pass muster
come unglued
not work
nosedive
underachieve
hit the skids
end in tears
unravel
be abortive
be a failure
fall apart
go downhill
be demoted
disintegrate
miss the boat
come unwrapped
poop out
fail to go off
fizz out
peter out
end in defeat
be a fiasco
end in disappointment
come apart
crumble
go to ruin
come undone
bungle
bring to naught
not show
dissatisfy
fall down
fall short of
fall short of expectations
flummox
fail miserably
sink without trace
blow it
lose
go out of business
bomb out
wallow
miss fire
gang agley
hit bottom
lose status
play into
lose out
go down swinging
backslide
back wrong horse
lose control
yield
give
crumple
buckle
miss the target
go haywire
have an adverse effect
spring back
be counterproductive
be self-defeating
ricochet
not go as planned
backlash
have unwelcome repercussions for
bounce back
redound on
cause one to be hoist with one's own petard
come back
hit rock bottom
go down the toilet
fall flat on your face
not pass
lay an egg
be rejected
blow up in someone's face
go by the board
cave in
not make the grade
not come up to the mark
abate
decrease
degenerate
diminish
drop
weaken
wither
meet with failure
go on the rocks
come to a sticky end
come to a bad end
go to the wall
dwindle
wane
bust
die away
be deficient
fall away
drop off
be lacking
be inadequate
be wanting
die down
die out
be insufficient
not come to ripeness
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hang up the phone
hang up
disconnect
end
get off the phone
put the phone down
ring off
release a call
replace the receiver
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