verb
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing.
- usage: "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
- synonyms: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, do in
- Cut the price of.
- synonyms: shave
- Take by theft.
- usage: "Someone snitched my wallet"
- Write quickly.
- usage: "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"
- synonyms: dash off, scratch off, toss off, fling off
- Stop pursuing or acting.
- usage: "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off"
- synonyms: drop
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