All carry off synonyms
carΒ·ry off
C c verb carry off
- consummate β You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- refine β to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- fulfill β to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- furnish β to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- fill β to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- overpower β to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
- vaporize β to cause to change into vapor.
- annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- liquidate β to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- slay β to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- slaughter β Frank, 1908β2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- worst β in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- assassinate β When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
- rout β a bellow.
- best β Best is the superlative of good.
- lure β anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- coax β If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- seduce β to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- decoy β If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
- impress β to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- inveigh β to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
- waylay β to intercept or attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay.
- pirate β software pirate
- skyjack β to hijack (an airliner), especially in order to hold the passengers and plane for ransom or for political reasons.
- efface β to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- junk β narcotics, especially heroin.
- relegate β to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- depose β If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position.
- abstract β An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- unload β to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
- displace β to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- doff β to remove or take off, as clothing.
- purge β to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- dislodge β to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- skim β to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- shed β Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- amputate β To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
- unseat β to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- uproot β to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
- detach β If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- dethrone β If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power.
- incorporate β to form into a legal corporation.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- subdue β to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- overwhelm β to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.