does away with
phrase
1
as in abolishes
to put an end to by formal action They decided to do away with the old dress code. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- abolishes
- repeals
- cancels
- sets aside
- rolls back
- avoids
- strikes down
- voids
- overturns
- invalidates
- vacates
- abrogates
- dissolves
- dismisses
- negates
- withdraws
- revokes
- rescinds
- calls off
- nullifies
- annuls
- nulls
- suspends
- disannuls
- abates
- reverses
- quashes
- retracts
- rejects
- vetoes
- forbids
- recalls
- removes
- eliminates
- overrules
- overrides
- prohibits
- bans
- writes off
- outlaws
- aborts
- erases
- countermands
- throws out
- breaks down
- enjoins
- calls
- eradicates
- disallows
- drops
- liquidates
- annihilates
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lays down
- institutes
- establishes
- enacts
- passes
- validates
- permits
- allows
- orders
- approves
- legislates
- sanctions
- warrants
- founds
- authorizes
- endorses
- ratifies
- mandates
- legitimizes
- clears
- legitimates
- formalizes
- commands
- decrees
- indorses
- prescribes
- legalizes
2
as in assassinates
to put to death deliberately He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents. Synonyms & Similar Words
- assassinates
- murders
- does in
- takes out
- puts away
- executes
- slays
- rubs out
- bumps off
- knocks off
- offs
- terminates
- gets
- kills
- dispatches
- blows away
- liquidates
- whacks
- neutralizes
- shoots
- snuffs
- ices
- carries off
- shoots down
- cuts down
- blots out
- destroys
- slaughters
- croaks
- claims
- wipes out
- zaps
- eliminates
- smites
- fells
- eradicates
- butchers
- massacres
- exterminates
- annihilates
- mows (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raises
- restores
- revives
- animates
- resurrects
- resuscitates