All offing synonyms
offΒ·ing
O o noun offing
- off β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- one-way ticket β transport: single-journey fare
- rub out β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- the business β If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
- the works β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
verb offing
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abort β If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- annul β If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- eliminate β Completely remove or get rid of (something).
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- repeal β to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
- rescind β to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- revoke β to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
- wipe out β an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- abrogate β If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- ax β An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- countermand β If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- deface β If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
- delete β If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
- efface β to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- eradicate β Destroy completely; put an end to.
- expunge β Erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
- obliterate β to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- quash β to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- scrub β to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- smash β to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- squash β to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- torpedo β a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- total β constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- trash β anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- undo β to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
- zap β to kill or shoot.
- black out β If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.