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blow away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, top)
2
blue-pencil(remove, destroy, eradicate, obliterate, erase)
2
break(verb, cut, remove, destroy, kill)
2
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2
bump
2
bury
2
chill(verb, hit, destroy, top, waste)
2
cool(verb, destroy, kill, shoot, slaughter)
2
countermand(verb, cut, remove, destroy, withdraw)
2
cross off
2
decimate(verb, destroy, crush, top, kill)
2
deface(verb, cut, remove, destroy, kill)
2
defeat(verb, remove, reject, ruin, disregard)
2
dust(verb, hit, top, waste, kill)
2
dust off(verb, expression, destroy, kill, shoot)
2
erode(destroy, eradicate, obliterate)
2
finish off(verb, expression, cut, remove, destroy)
2
knock out(verb, expression, remove, reject, disregard)
2
polish
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quash(verb, cut, remove, destroy, crush)
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