11
assassinate(verb, get, remove, ruin, defeat)
11
cause death
10
blot out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, make, help)
10
cancel(verb, cut, remove, reject, disregard)
10
execute(verb, get, remove, hit, destroy)
10
remove(verb, make, help, cut, reject)
10
strike out(verb, expression, cut, remove, destroy)
9
slaughter(noun, verb, get, remove, ruin)
8
cross out(verb, expression, cut, remove, destroy)
8
dispatch(verb, get, remove, ruin, defeat)
8
do away with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, make)
8
finish(verb, take, get, help, ruin)
8
put away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, get, help)
8
zap(verb, get, help, cut, remove)
7
hit(noun, verb, get, destroy, top)
7
off(verb, get, help, cut, remove)
6
polish off(verb, expression, get, hit, destroy)
6
rub off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, destroy, obscure)
5
scratch(verb, remove, destroy, obscure, kill)
5
scratch out(verb, expression, cut, remove, destroy)
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