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squash
squash /skwɔʃ/
danh từ
quả bí
(thực vật học) cây bí
sự nén, sự ép
cái dễ nén, cái dễ ép; vật bị nén, vật bị ép; thức uống chế bằng nước quả ép
orange squash
: nước cam
khối mềm nhão
đám đông
tiếng rơi nhẹ
(thể dục,thể thao) bóng quần
ngoại động từ
ép, nén, nén chặt
bẻ lại làm (ai) phải cứng họng
bóp chết, đàn áp (một phong trào, cuộc nổi dậy...)
nội động từ
bị ép, bị nén
chen
to squash into the car
: chen vào trong xe
Đồng nghĩa của squash
Alternative for squash
squashes, squashed, squashing
Đồng nghĩa:
crush
,
mash
,
press
,
squelch
,
suppress
,
Verb
To crush (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape
crush
flatten
press
compress
mash
pound
smash
bang
beat
hammer
scrunch
squish
mangle
pulverise
pulverize
triturate
tamp down
stamp on
trample down
trample
pulp
squeeze
squelch
tread
compact
press down
tramp
wear
grind
macerate
stamp
tread on
squirt
pinch
jam
sit on
track
reduce
groove
bulldoze
drive over
roll over
demolish
mill
condense
tamp
stamp flat
clamp
stuff
pack down
plaster
level
roll
steamroller
express
splat
squidge
smush
trample on
iron out
even out
smooth off
Verb
To crush into a soft, wet, shapeless, and pulpy mass
mash
mush
purée
pulp
squish
crush
grind
macerate
masticate
pulverise
pulverize
smash
beat
cream
mince
pound
reduce
liquidise
liquidize
mush up
liquefy
triturate
soften
mill
comminute
mangle
bray
powder
bruise
levigate
disintegrate
press
shred
sieve
whip
chew
granulate
mull
fragment
atomize
pestle
crunch
scrunch
splinter
fragmentalize
fragmentize
break up
gelatinate
coagulate
kibble
puree
deliquesce
brew
decoct
hash
infuse
shatter
break
crack
demolish
crumble
fracture
explode
splinterize
shiver
blow
trash
burst
pop
blast
rive
split
bust
grate
break into pieces
blow up
smash to smithereens
break down
bust up
break to pieces
crush to smithereens
blow apart
prang
make mincemeat of
break to smithereens
powderize
contriturate
flour
abrade
micronize
turn to dust
chop up
chop into pieces
Verb
To squeeze or force into a small or restricted space
force
compress
cram
jam
pack
press
squeeze
stuff
wedge
push
thrust
ram
stick
tamp
plunge
compact
crush
telescope
crowd
constrict
condense
contract
collapse
constringe
capsulize
capsule
load
fill
heap
narrow down
brim
sandwich
shoehorn
jam-pack
flatten
charge
wad
scrunch
narrow
pile
clog
overfill
fill to overflowing
fill up
concertina
shove
insert
congest
confine
overcrowd
pack tightly
bung up
crash
drive
mass
pound
choke
strangle
squish
pack in
pack it in
squidge
coarctate
coarct
put
place
sardine
syncopate
bind
tighten
reduce
densen
restrict
cramp
consolidate
dehydrate
wrap
shrivel
decrease
densify
concentrate
coagulate
drive in
cram full
ram in
top off
thrust in
boil down
make brief
pack together
force into space
solidify
integrate
combine
press down
pack closely
pack down
ram down
cram down
tamp down
Verb
To crush or destroy
destroy
crush
ruin
shatter
wreck
annihilate
demolish
devastate
overcome
smash
blow
clobber
conquer
kill
put down
squelch
put an end to
explode
overturn
discredit
burst
disprove
pop
blast
refute
undo
overthrow
blow up
prove wrong
blow sky-high
do for
drive a coach and horses through
give the lie to
shoot full of holes
blow out of the water
quell
overpower
crack down on
quash
subdue
suppress
extinguish
vanquish
overwhelm
subjugate
repress
defeat
whelm
silence
oppress
floor
swamp
prostrate
overmaster
obliterate
break
quelch
ice
reduce
strangle
grind down
slap down
clamp down on
blow away
snuff out
snow under
force down
bring someone to their knees
stamp out
put a stop to
blot out
bear down on
Verb
To bring an end to, especially through the use of force
scotch
frustrate
scupper
thwart
quell
stop
extinguish
quash
repress
squelch
subdue
suppress
silence
dish
queer
bring to an end
nip in the bud
put an end to
put a stop to
put the lid on
put paid to
put the kibosh on
shut down
snuff out
clamp down on
crack down on
trample on
slap down
sit on
check
stifle
crush
curb
put down
stamp out
overcome
end
inhibit
defeat
kill
beat
destroy
quench
terminate
abolish
annihilate
restrain
conquer
clobber
arrest
get rid of
wipe out
finish
demolish
extirpate
control
halt
smother
impede
eliminate
constrain
cut off
overpower
rout
hinder
vanquish
deaden
gag
overwhelm
restrict
prevent
hold back
dominate
shush
put an stop to
weed out
curtail
cut short
eradicate
hamper
overthrow
lessen
diminish
bridle
master
censor
lick
stem
quelch
subjugate
crack down
interfere with
muffle
strangle
triumph over
put out
rein in
block out
hold down
keep down
gain mastery over
strangle at birth
obstruct
block
stamp something out
censure
scrunch
trash
squish
dismiss
reject
torpedo
snow under
nip something in the bud
clamp down
tame
best
bring to screeching halt
surmount
limit
discontinue
cow
throttle
dispatch
sink
pocket
submerge
swallow
trample
bottle
spike
overturn
clamp
interrupt
bury
drive underground
mute
gain control of
prevail over
get the better of
get a grip on
win against
settle
dumb
keep inside
hold in
keep in
clam
abate
dull
dampen
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
gain control over
garrote
choke back
garrotte
damp down
put lid on
put kibosh on
bring to naught
beat down
deflate
contain
wreck
ruin
depress
mar
choke off
close up
govern
spoil
moderate
say nothing
choke
fetter
tyrannize
oppress
trammel
bottle up
dry up
hush
quiet
dummy up
ice
muzzle
quieten
shut up
still
cork
tongue-tie
harsh
soften
mellow
damp
keep in check
mess up
tone down
tyrannize over
keep in submission
keep in subjection
tyrannise
subject
keep under one's thumb
keep under
keep the lid on
quieten down
keep a lid on
hold in check
get under control
put a damper on
ease
mitigate
reduce
allay
temper
soothe
relieve
assuage
mollify
alleviate
palliate
decrease
calm
lighten
cool
weaken
relax
lull
take the edge off
blunt
attenuate
appease
tranquilize
lower
pacify
cushion
regulate
tranquillize
keep a tight rein on
placate
compose
keep under control
soft-pedal
dilute
keep
measure
hold
pull in
help
ebb
sweeten
de-escalate
ease off
satisfy
rule
modify
keep back
gentle
lenify
rein back
take the sting out
dim
fade
bite back
remit
extenuate
smooth
slacken
decline
taper
dwindle
dispel
retard
slake
shrink
slow
calm down
drop off
taper off
take the bite out
modulate
phase down
pour oil on
ratchet down
tail off
play down
turn down
numb
wane
subside
sober
fight back
darken
conciliate
recover
rein
propitiate
keep in line
cut
recede
confine
minimize
paralyse
drop
simmer down
put the brakes on
relent
direct
banish
chill out
benumb
deter
button up
guide
delimit
ameliorate
fall
downscale
discipline
disarm
anaesthetize
withhold
pall
freeze
comfort
keep within bounds
paralyze
anesthetize
minimise
slack
put damper on
pipe down
let up
keep it down
decrease the volume
drop away
die down
die out
die away
buffer
wind down
quiet down
make less intense
make nice
cut back
cool down
take a load off
decelerate
cool it
keep lid on
fall away
cool out
cut down
cool off
drain away
peter out
keep something in check
cork up
hold something in
mask
address
improve
qualify
commute
fill
surfeit
excuse
sate
satiate
shade
deepen
cloud
keep control of
put a lid on
dissipate
desist
hog-tie
put half nelson on
re-collect
reduce the force of
adjust
monitor
cap
keep on a string
gruntle
obtund
drive away
chase away
put to rest
square
drive off
mince
break
gratify
become weaker
fade away
come to an end
unlax
coast
collect
temperate
rally
corner
inspect
steady
reduce something
play up to
peg
bedim
entrammel
set limits on
impose limits on
soberize
meet halfway
loose
disintegrate
refresh
crumble
relaxed
put a limit on
trim
ration
contract
impair
cauterize
box in
dip
keep tight rein on
stem the flow of
slow down
tie up
decrement
incapacitate
stun
exhaust
etherize
cauterise
chloroform
KO
drown
unnerve
stupefy
injure
gas
deprive
consume
tire
dope
pale
stabilize
minify
narrow
shave
pare
slash
knock out
put out of order
put to sleep
lay out
reconcile
settle down
humour
round down
make cutbacks in
pare down
resolve
pad
whittle down
demilitarise
dial down
bring down
take down
save
trim back
neutralise
smooth out
step down
cripple
rescue
clear the air
couch
stabilise
trim down
scale down
mark down
roll back
neutralize
defuse
take the heat
clip
demilitarize
overawe
handicap
content
make dim
make faint
make less bright
leash
bit
harness
depreciate
make lighter
brighten
humor
determine
decide
deplete
downsize
straiten
debar
salve
cure
counteract
win over
clam up
hush-hush
make peace with
gaol
detain
jail
impound
circumscribe
imprison
stay
hogtie
punctuate
succor
succour
console
vary
solace
sway
strike dumb
hush one's mouth
hold one's tongue
liss
put a brake on
patch things up
form
condition
dictate
influence
make matters up
accede to somebody's demands
aid
break up
assist
box up
tie down
lock up
put away
pin down
pull back
hem in
rise above
affect
disburden
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
remove
upraise
uplight
shape
change
facilitate
mould
shift
free
jettison
thin
unload
unburden
bring an end to
bring aid to
make bearable
let up on
make something bearable
bring respite to
bring aid
take load off
bring under control
alter
touch
underlie
predispose
reduce weight
directionalize
dispose
put off
throw out
pour out
mold
act on
incline
make less
work on
shepherd
have on a tight leash
impact on
exert influence on
rachet down
grow less
have an effect on
have an impact on
be a factor in
Verb
To injure a person's dignity and self-respect
humiliate
disgrace
embarrass
shame
debase
degrade
discomfit
humble
demean
expose
mortify
chasten
devalue
discredit
dishonor
dishonour
downgrade
abase
abash
crush
deflate
flatten
quash
subdue
take down
own
show up
bring down
bring low
put to shame
make ashamed
put down
make a fool of
show in a bad light
get the better of
put someone in their place
cut down to size
have the last laugh on
make someone eat crow
make someone eat humble pie
take down a peg
take the wind out of someone's sails
settle someone's hash
take down a peg or two
chagrin
cow
sink
lower
cheapen
smirch
foul
snub
shoot down
dispirit
dishearten
discourage
belittle
break
bemean
knock down
tear down
cause to lose face
cast down
floor
curb
tame
reduce
discipline
restrain
soften
denigrate
afflict
check
repress
pop one's balloon
silence
make one feel small
upset
squelch
overcome
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
pull down
put one away
put away
strike dumb
demote
cut to the quick
bring down a peg
demoralize
rip
smear
slam
pan
discountenance
blister
wither
devastate
confound
confuse
vanquish
downplay
deject
put out of countenance
run down
play down
cause to feel small
hurt
shatter
depress
put in your place
demoralise
dump
psych out
dismay
disconcert
destroy
debunk
dash
puncture balloon
collide with
run over
hit
run into
let down easy
knock the stuffing out of
let wind out of sails
kick in the teeth
take the wind out of somebody's sails
disparage
tarnish
taint
diminish
defame
stain
derogate
blot
sully
bring into disrepute
stigmatize
drag through the mud
nonplus
fluster
ridicule
faze
rattle
stigmatise
bring shame to
corrupt
debauch
slander
decry
depreciate
blacken
bring shame on
reflect badly on
discompose
annoy
perturb
prostitute
besmirch
lessen
besmear
undermine
weaken
insult
minimize
throw
defile
mock
drag down
compromise
minimise
dismiss
drag through the mire
put in a bad light
bring shame upon
dis
lower the status of
bad-mouth
give a bad name to
give a black eye
poor-mouth
vex
pervert
displease
irk
deprave
bastardize
deteriorate
profane
warp
vitiate
canker
subvert
condescend
poison
stoop
deign
vilify
horrify
appal
disappoint
reproach
ruin
slur
injure
mudsling
bastardise
mar
agitate
descend
appall
blemish
undervalue
worry
detract
disturb
deprecate
discombobulate
sap
disfavor
bewilder
disfavour
unnerve
bust
distract
shake
attaint
libel
make uncomfortable
give a bad name
let down
contemn
enervate
disrate
deride
discount
criticize
cast aspersions on
slight
diss
vilipend
do a hatchet job on
detract from
trash
criticise
trash-talk
write off
cry down
make lose face
take to pieces
kiss off
talk down
blast
blight
affront
demolish
disconsider
disoblige
bring discredit to
bring dishonour to
brand
harass
lower in rank
harm
damage
lower in status
spoil
desensitize
brutalize
dehumanize
bring to one's knees
bend to one's will
take down a notch
scandalize
scorn
despise
relegate
take apart
blacken the name of
cast a slur
spot
dehumanise
desensitise
brutalise
betray
downcry
comment negatively
condemn
opprobriate
reject
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
be prejudicial to
reduce the status of
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
disregard
make someone feel ashamed
browbeat
cut down
take the wind out
declass
take to bits
sell out
lose face
be untrue to oneself
beat down
abandon one's principles
shoot down in flames
tar and feather
crawl
bump
set back
revert
subjugate
mark down
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
unsettle
succumb
perplex
disorient
surpass
baffle
ruffle
take aback
lower oneself
debase oneself
be reduced to
debase yourself
demean yourself
lower yourself
be reduced
demean oneself
defeat
throw off balance
gravel
catch off balance
daunt
overwhelm
cripple
smash
enfeeble
overpower
bring to terms
incapacitate
impair
suppress
deter
cause to be at a stand
put someone off their stroke
put someone off their stride
make someone scratch their head
set someone back on their heels
irritate
impoverish
extinguish
hold up to shame
distress
disquiet
rout
peeve
unman
desolate
stultify
dissatisfy
chill
frustrate
sadden
malign
weigh down
make dejected
disincline
make dispirited
make crestfallen
damp
indispose
make downhearted
dampen
make self-conscious
make uneasy
make awkward
bring to ruin
bring someone to their knees
cause instability
plague
stun
tease
puzzle
bother
bug
dumbfound
calumniate
make ridiculous
set up
make absurd
attack
censure
abuse
knock
slate
throw a pall over
give someone the blues
get down
make someone fed up
knock sideways
weigh heavily on
pour cold water on
knock for six
put a damper on
throw cold water on
soil
bag
pummel
rubbish
roast
skewer
bash
hang up
devaluate
hammer
asperse
vituperate
catch one short
pummelled
monster
disesteem
dump on
pour scorn on
slag off
have a go at
speak ill of
pull apart
lay into
speak evil of
throw brickbats at
throw mud at
hit out at
tear into
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
give a bad time
give a hard time
throw into a tizzy
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
bring into disfavour
blacken someone's name
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
Verb
To remove completely, leaving no trace
black out
cancel
erase
obliterate
expunge
efface
eradicate
abolish
exterminate
extirpate
annihilate
liquidate
delete
extinguish
quash
suppress
squelch
cover
conceal
stifle
batten
darken
eclipse
obfuscate
shade
smother
wipe out
rub out
blot out
stamp out
snuff out
root out
clean up
sweep away
cross out
cover up
cut off
hold back
keel over
make dark
pass out
hide
keep secret
keep dark
hush up
sit on
obscure
whitewash
burke
veil
keep under one's hat
sweep under the carpet
sweep something under the rug
keep quiet about
sweep under the rug
sweep something under the carpet
not divulge
hush
remove
excise
eliminate
destroy
raze
ink out
rub away
strike out
score out
cancel out
scratch out
fade
block out
blank out
white out
blue-pencil
edit
erode
smooth away
cover over
wear away
Verb
To tread or stamp on something, thereby crushing it
tramp
trample
crush
flatten
champ
tromp
pulp
step on
stamp on
tramp on
walk over
tread on
stamp
stomp
tread
walk all over
stand on
stomp on
trample on
walk
step
run over
ride roughshod over
press down
walk on
Verb
To apply external pressure on
squeeze
press
grip
clutch
pinch
compress
grasp
nip
wring
clasp
crush
enclasp
flatten
mash
knead
cling to
hold tight
hug
embrace
bear hug
enfold
hold
clench
grab
clinch
catch
clamp
take
seize
tweak
lay hands on
cuddle
snag
fasten
snuggle
take in arms
lay hold of
take hold of
latch on to
twinge
fix
secure
give something a squeeze
bolt
cramp
rivet
confine
nail
envelope
enclose
pinion
grab hold of
seize hold of
get hold of
hold fast
take a grip of
hang onto
catch hold of
constrict
tighten
contract
scrunch
hold tightly
grapple
make fast
fasten one's hand on
draw together
double up
hang on to
press tightly
nuzzle
canoodle
snatch
pluck
nab
gripe
get one's hands on
grasp hold of
clap a hand on
catch at
Verb
To press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily
scrunch
crumple
crunch
crush
rumple
mash
compress
crinkle
crumple up
squeeze
twist
wrinkle
chew
squidge
crease
crunch up
mash up
screw up
squash up
twist up
chew up
ruck up
scrumple
scrunch up
contort
distort
warp
deform
misshape
torture
squinch
contract
pucker
furrow
rimple
crimp
fold
screw
Verb
(crowd into) To press forward into an area with limited space
crowd
surge
shove
push
thrust forward
jostle
elbow
bundle
shoulder
nudge
bulldoze
ram
sandwich
shoehorn
squeeze
stuff
wedge
justle
pile
squish
swamp
pack
jam
cram
elbow one's way
pack like sardines
push one's way
crush
throng
congest
congregate
swarm
mob
mass
flock
overcrowd
wedge oneself
occupy
thrust
force one's way
load
heap
fill
brim
charge
bear
chock
cluster
sardine
huddle
gather
bunch
troop
deluge
muster
stream
jam-pack
top off
pack 'em in
press
herd
insert
pack in
slot in
fit in
squash in
squeeze in
converge
collect
cram into
group
press into
squeeze into
crowd together
force
overfill
pervade
block
stow
lodge
occupy all of
fix
bung
hold
accumulate
amass
concentrate
overrun
inundate
pack into
form a group
cram somewhere
pack somewhere
crowd into
hem in
swarm around
mill around
fill to overflowing
set about
cram full
descend into
foregather
bend
powwow
consult
meet
parley
discuss
cower
confer
hug
gather together
huddle up
come together
press close
draw together
throng together
snuggle up
Verb
(of a button on a device or machine) To press down on
push
press
depress
hit
mash
tap
touch
hold
thrust
nudge
squeeze
jab
squish
poke
shove
strike
ram
hold down
press down
push down
bear down on
exert pressure on
jam on
click
lower
downbear
thumb
flatten
compress
smush
smoosh
level
weigh on
weigh upon
move downward
bulldoze
jostle
elbow
crash
muscle
bull
bore
shoulder
jam
force
drive
propel
hustle
railroad
prod
knock
bundle
manhandle
rush
sweep
push aside
steamroller
crowd
hurry
force one's way
express
crush
bump
impel
shoot
heave
move
plunge
budge
steamroll
shift
boost
butt
jolt
send
stick
move forward
crush against
press on
launch into
push hard
strong-arm
rest on
push forward
set in motion
put in motion
Verb
To refuse or reject
negative
reject
turn down
refuse
blackball
down
kill
nix
shoot down
veto
give the thumbs down to
give the red light to
say ‘no’ to
forbid
block
overrule
stop
quash
disallow
throw out
ban
dismiss
prohibit
bar
embargo
proscribe
defeat
outlaw
rule against
preclude
overturn
declare null and void
pass on
put down
put an end to
put a stop to
vote down
recant
revoke
cancel
debar
repudiate
disown
countermand
rebuff
invalidate
reverse
disclaim
abjure
disavow
zing
exclude
taboo
shut out
disacknowledge
keep back
set aside
throw
censor
say no to
interdict
rule out
nullify
boycott
dissent
decline
discountenance
deny
pass
cut
censure
disapprove
burn
negate
place an embargo on
pass by
throw away
refuse permission to
thumbs down
not go for
give thumbs down
put the kibosh on
enjoin
spurn
make illegal
prevent
criminalize
inhibit
restrain
withhold
banish
criminalise
ostracize
black
blacklist
pass up
reprobate
ostracise
halt
expel
snub
suppress
deselect
leave out in the cold
restrict
shun
stymie
avoid
balk at
throw over
ignore
keep out
disfellowship
cold-shoulder
freeze out
knock back
say no
scorn
remove
oust
vote against
freeze
spike
forfend
evict
eliminate
estop
disqualify
obviate
oppose
declare illegal
except
repulse
hold up
lock up
deprive
get rid of
force out
declare ineligible
cut off
ice out
discount
close out
suspend
count out
put an embargo on
steer clear of
send to Coventry
lock out
give the cold shoulder
have nothing to do with
give the cold shoulder to
give a wide berth to
condemn
shutdown
destroy
sentence
doom
disentitle
begrudge
overthrow
outvote
illegalize
curse
give something a miss
not grant
give thumbs down to
refuse admission to
stand in the way of
refuse entrance to
penalise
penalize
stonewall
officially forbid
close down
close up
consider undesirable
give the brush-off to
gridlock
cool
cork
stopper
refuse to employ
hit list
make something punishable
put on hit list
fetter
bottle up
box in
hang up
jam up
tie up
give the thumbs down
omit
keep lid on
put chill on
declare something a punishable offence
strike
bring to screeching halt
put half nelson on
put a lock on
put a stopper in
throw cold water on
withhold patronage
pour cold water on
disbar
bounce
wash one's hands of
turn your back on
brush off
stay away from
impose sanctions
hold aloof from
abstain from
refrain from
refuse to take part in
eject
deny access to
disregard
disclude
bate
occlude
sideline
leave out
not count
refuse to admit
cut out
miss out
cashier
drum out
put out
ward off
prevent from entering
refuse admittance
hinder
pass over
shut the door on
drive out
desert
jilt
renounce
check
obstruct
forestall
impede
disdain
repel
drop
blank
excommunicate
eschew
abnegate
forsake
unfollow
unfriend
despise
declare taboo
kick someone in the teeth
leave off
give someone the brush-off
give someone the big E
give someone the go-by
scoff at
cut dead
give someone the air
cast out
hand someone the frozen mitt
not buy
break with
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
swear off
cast aside
give the elbow
shut down
put the chill on
Verb
To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
defeat
foil
frustrate
thwart
ruin
forestall
neutralise
neutralize
baulk
block
circumvent
contravene
debar
derail
impede
invalidate
obstruct
obviate
overturn
prevent
scotch
scuttle
snooker
stop
stymie
baffle
bar
confound
deter
discomfit
halt
hamper
hinder
nullify
repel
repress
suppress
upset
balk
checkmate
curb
dash
nobble
outwit
parry
rattle
repulse
scupper
spoil
undo
blank
bury
check
counter
counterplot
cross
disappoint
do for
restrain
put a stop to
put paid to
nip in the bud
put the kibosh on
put the stopper on
get the better of
put the mockers on
screw up
mess up
beat down
cause setback
foul up
hold up
louse up
stand in the way of
upset one's apple cart
put a spoke in someone's wheel
put end to
take wind out of sails
beat
cramp
crimp
counteract
oppose
smash
inhibit
trammel
stall
elude
quash
cripple
prohibit
bilk
stump
crab
annul
escape
head off
upset the apple cart
evade
put an end to
fetter
avoid
hobble
sidestep
negate
arrest
root
skirt
stave off
interfere with
cancel
ward off
hold back
take down
stonewall
take wind out of
steer clear of
hang up
give the slip
conquer
defy
cramp one's style
withstand
stifle
bypass
dodge
hamstring
offset
duck
crush
be beyond
circumnavigate
snafu
traverse
wreck
deflect
forbid
retard
restrict
queer
disconcert
overrule
ditch
juke
kill
avert
defend against
hold off
overcome
shut out
cook someone's goose
play off
put the lid on
spike someone's guns
queer someone's pitch
corner
give the run around
throw monkey wrench in
throw a spanner in the works
resist
buck
get out of
shun
divert
finish something
finish off
countermove
eschew
surpass
challenge
act against
disrupt
interdict
limit
miss
extinguish
end
crash
keep lid on
unsettle
exceed
quell
destroy
throw a curve
fend off
shatter
make an end of
bring to a close
beggar
confuse
cheat
bring an end to
dish
skin
cease
promote
faze
skip
shake
buffalo
bollix
put the damper on
put a damper on
confront
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
shake off
shuffle off
triumph
gain
vanquish
bring to an end
crool
banjax
run circles around
give the run-around
run rings around
be the end of
lick
preclude
halt in its tracks
shackle
handicap
puzzle
throw a monkey wrench in the works
put a brake on
mystify
upset the applecart
dash one's hope
encumber
clog
manacle
short-circuit
hog-tie
nonplus
handcuff
embarrass
veto
flummox
reject
dead-end
pigeonhole
shelve
tie up
render null and void
vote down
disallow
choke off
cut off
hang fire
put on hold
refuse
revoke
recant
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw out
rule against
counterbalance
give the thumbs down to
counterpoise
countervail
negative
balance
compensate for
cancel out
make up for
correct
balance out
counterweigh
equalize
square up
be an antidote to
countercheck
make ineffective
override
equalise
deactivate
even up
abrogate
defuse
wipe out
subdue
redress
counterweight
render ineffective
intercept
forfend
pre-empt
turn aside
torpedo
anticipate
chill
interrupt
rule out
devastate
clobber
blight
dampen
sink
preempt
help
sabotage
second-guess
save
keep
get ahead of
get in before
shirk
provide against
steal a march on
ward
cool
get around
beat someone to it
beat someone to the punch
beat someone to the draw
keep off
keep at bay
plug
worst
throw
estop
demolish
interfere
attack
spike
hit
blow
stay
forefend
stave
cork
dam
desist
discontinue
damp
damage
let
commandeer
injure
blast
mar
disadvise
scare
keep from happening
poison
be early
turn off
talk out of
act like a wet blanket
beat somebody to it
be one step ahead of
pick off
act in advance of
prepare for
head off at pass
cloud
nix
euchre
wreak havoc with
cruel
wreak havoc on
defend
guard
bulwark
fence
burst one's bubble
shortcut
discourage
screen
blow a hole in
bring to naught
outflank
cover
fend
outmanoeuvre
shield against
fight off
guard against
safeguard against
secure against
stand up for
protect against
defend oneself against
keep at arm's length
skirt round
outmaneuver
preoccupy
forecast
delay
monopolize
project
expect
foresee
envision
predict
find a way round
monopolise
get round
end-run
find a way around
get past
go around
flee
lose
scape
outrun
body-swerve
stay shy of
throw off the scent
be beyond someone
fly
weasel out of
run around
get away from
shy
escape from
slip away from
give the slip to
run away from
shuffle out of
double
get away
finesse
give somebody the slip
run from
give the runaround
slip through the net
shuck
slip through someone's fingers
Verb
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
belittle
ridicule
decry
defame
deprecate
depreciate
derogate
disparage
malign
minimise
minimize
trivialise
trivialize
degrade
denigrate
dismiss
mock
abuse
bad-mouth
censure
condemn
deride
diminish
discredit
downgrade
knock
revile
rubbish
run down
scorn
slur
treat lightly
underestimate
underrate
undervalue
vilify
laugh at
laugh off
marginalise
marginalize
asperse
bash
cast aspersions on
criticise
criticize
detract from
dis
discount
diss
pan
pooh-pooh
poor-mouth
pour scorn on
put down
scoff at
slam
slate
sneer at
trash
trash-talk
vilipend
blister
demean
detract
dispraise
do down
downplay
lower
minify
misprize
play down
pull apart
rip
roast
scorch
smear
squelch
understate
cry down
dump on
hit out at
hold cheap
kiss off
pick holes in
slag off
take to pieces
talk down
write off
drag through the mud
have a go at
make light of
pooh pooh
poor mouth
shoot down
sour grapes
take down
tear down
do a hatchet job on
cut down to size
cut to the quick
shoot full of holes
take a swipe at
take down a peg
slight
devalue
insult
humiliate
humble
disgrace
shame
slander
cheapen
reduce
attack
debase
lessen
disdain
contemn
deflate
vituperate
make little of
abase
traduce
calumniate
underplay
taunt
dishonor
speak ill of
dishonour
chasten
mortify
despise
sneer
denounce
lambaste
impugn
smirch
flame
gloss over
sink
sell short
libel
foul
scoff
brush aside
snub
disregard
pull to pieces
jeer
reject
mudsling
berate
crush
stigmatize
tear into
underemphasize
de-emphasize
gibe
inveigh against
speak badly of
think little of
spurn
blast
cast down
look down on
rap
stigmatise
shrug off
affront
soft-pedal
make fun of
disrespect
sniff at
pillory
flout
bring down
undermine
bag
pummel
throw mud at
opprobriate
hammer
give a bad name
bring into disrepute
embarrass
lay into
pummelled
set little store by
twit
fault
throw brickbats at
rail against
fulminate against
spread lies about
find fault with
rate too low
treat with contempt
speak evil of
jeer at
blacken the name of
sully the reputation of
do an injustice to
bring low
besmirch
not do justice to
skewer
hold in contempt
demote
blacken
offend
blame
monster
jump on
weaken
repudiate
abash
excoriate
poke fun at
reprehend
reprobate
scout
disesteem
set no store by
reproach
subvert
lampoon
prostitute
gird
chagrin
demoralize
injure
rally
bemean
demoralise
make a fool of
destroy
cut down
tease
put away
give a black eye
take down a peg or two
tone down
treat as unimportant
blacken the reputation of
conduct a smear campaign against
downcry
savage
rebuff
outrage
wound
castigate
sully
condescend
stain
misjudge
taint
devaluate
deign
scandalize
tarnish
rebuke
slap
backbite
curse
assail
scandalise
upbraid
underprice
sling mud at
discountenance
rag
corrupt
reprove
deplore
disapprove
subdue
discomfit
pervert
laugh
execrate
wave aside
debauch
deprave
bastardize
deteriorate
profane
warp
vitiate
canker
ride
rip up
compromise
high-hat
snoot
besmear
anathematize
poison
damage
slag
cavil at
break
carp at
own
mark down
treat contemptuously
jibe at
be wrong about
be scornful about
disfavor
be contemptuous about
disfavour
denunciate
crack
fleer
caricature
jest
burlesque
travesty
swipe
dump
satirize
grin
leer
skin
bastardise
abhor
hate
show contempt for
disconcert
snigger
turn up your nose at
come down on
tear to shreds
cause to lose face
reflect badly on
satirise
drag through the mire
think too little of
find fault
do a number on
slough off
lower the status of
look down upon
bring shame upon
rag on
call down
put in a bad light
put to shame
show up
look down one's nose at
knock down
turn up one's nose
hold up to ridicule
quip at
put someone in their place
cock a snook at
rank out
sneeze at
make someone eat humble pie
make someone eat crow
give Bronx cheer
turn your nose up at
backstab
make nothing of
treat something lightly
criticize unfairly
poormouth
clamor against
badmouth
hoot
play something down
question
disvalue
object
discommend
expostulate
frown
comment negatively
mistrust
blacken the character of
deemphasize
soften
mute
restrain
talk trash
bad mouth
not go for
lower in rank
mistreat
dig
demonize
cuss
caluminate
voodoo
jinx
subordinate
give comeuppance
knock off high horse
lower in status
give black eye
take dim view of
put hooks in
spot
demonise
stoop
animadvert
disapprove of
underprize
desecrate
defile
attaint
blot
relegate
betray
descend
complain
snipe at
hit
rail
skin alive
dress down
jive
write down
to denigrate
tear to pieces
hold forth against
harm
mar
jibe
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
gibe at
be contemptuous of
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
put a whammy on
knock off
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
bring shame on
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
drag down
take a dig at
misbid
misrespect
take away
spoil
desensitize
brutalize
dehumanize
sell out
hold back
wipe
slam-dunk
declass
decrease
be untrue to oneself
beat down
lambast
take swipe at
throw stones at
dehumanise
desensitise
bring shame to
brutalise
abandon one's principles
withdraw
make jokes about
scathe
miscalculate
bump
set back
revert
nag
potshot
scold
belabor
bust
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
reprimand
be hostile to
argue against
take issue with
object to
take exception to
nitpick over
find lacking
depress
express contempt
miscarry
shun
persecute
oppress
snicker
smile
chastise
disrate
crawl
belabour
zing
hose
slang
miscall
cut rate
take away from
not do justice
heap scorn on
be above
subtract from
cane
objurgate
slash
silence
upset
overcome
subjugate
consider beneath one
spit on
refuse
refute
piss over
confute
avoid
defy
turn back on
curl your lip at
turn nose up at
give the Bronx cheer to
consider beneath you
spit in the face of
renounce
piss on
blow raspberries at
turn down
laugh out of court
spit in the eye of
hold up to scorn
arraign
strike dumb
pull down
chill
abominate
regard with contempt
send up
point finger at
frame
pronounce
punish
judge
hang something on
chide
take to task
blow whistle on
proscribe
give something a bad press
send up the river
thumbs down on
pin it on
name
give someone a bad press
lay at one's door
adjudge
let have it
be rude to
call names
blow off
vituperate against
shout at
cuss out
swear at
settle someone's hash
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
put one away
bring down a peg
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
dispirit
disappoint
flay
cow
carp
maul
cavil
disbelieve
laugh to scorn
boo
call someone names
annoy
ignore
discourage
dishearten
dismay
flatten
overlook
be allergic to
fleer at
poke mullock at
scout at
faze
fluster
confound
rattle
displease
confuse
nonplus
vex
look down nose at
look down your nose at
dig at
show contempt
turn up one's nose at
stultify
neglect
horrify
appal
knock the stuffing out of
let wind out of sails
puncture balloon
debunk
take the wind out of somebody's sails
kick in the teeth
take the wind out of someone's sails
dash
quash
let down easy
take the mickey out of
curl one's lip
appall
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
worry
talk something down
give something a battering
give a bad press to
pick to pieces
nit-pick
make sport of
take the piss out of
soil
bite one's thumb at
pass over
expose
brush off
put aside
refuse to acknowledge
make ridiculous
set up
think no more of
shut eyes to
push aside
sweep aside
make absurd
turn a blind eye to
pay no attention to
take no notice of
forget about
turn a deaf ear to
have no time for
impair
threaten
undo
ruin
disrupt
sabotage
destabilize
sap
wreck
debilitate
demolish
ruin the reputation of
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
blacken someone's name
thwart
undercut
chip away
destabilise
foil
Verb
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer
delete
cancel
blue-pencil
erase
remove
cross out
dele
efface
excise
expunge
obliterate
strike out
cut out
edit
blot out
edit out
eradicate
kill
unpublish
elide
rub out
take out
annul
bleep
clean
cut
decontaminate
destroy
drop
eliminate
exclude
omit
rub
sanitise
sanitize
score
scrap
scratch
scratch out
scrub
snip
squelch
sterilise
sterilize
strike
terminate
trim
X-out
ink out
score out
stroke out
white out
wipe out
x out
black out
clean up
pass up
put a line through
rule out
Tippex out
annihilate
abolish
exterminate
extirpate
liquidate
snuff out
total
demolish
raze
extinguish
stamp out
finish off
root out
do away with
sweep away
trash
torpedo
smash
zap
off
decimate
waste
do in
quash
wash out
get rid of
put paid to
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
ax
axe
sink
obscure
devastate
desolate
wreck
crush
shoot down
wipe from the face of the earth
put an end to
abate
put down
put a stop to
weed out
stop
chop
expurgate
leave out
purge
break off
end
exsect
uproot
suppress
wrack
cream
nuke
pulverize
ruin
shatter
disrupt
undo
vaporize
upset
tear down
take away
bring to an end
pulverise
pull down
put the lid on
check
vaporise
nix
finish
level
cover
defeat
ravage
remove all traces of
blow sky-high
knock out
knock off
KO
blank out
destroy root and branch
take apart
block out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
mark out
blow to bits
rub off
withdraw
nullify
negate
disannul
retract
bowdlerize
redact
gut
bowdlerise
launder
censor
revoke
pull
rescind
wipe off
cancel out
extract
countermand
repeal
recall
abrogate
reverse
void
overrule
override
abandon
abort
recant
invalidate
X out
discharge
take back
dismantle
dismiss
lift
abjure
forswear
cry off
call back
declare null and void
back out of
call off
veto
dispatch
blank
blot
scrape off
disqualify
suspend
withcall
unsay
call in
cross through
amputate
exscind
slash
disinfect
cleanse
cut up
lop off
scissor out
give something the chop
wash off
rinse off
sponge out
clean off
scrub off
obviate
null
renege
disclaim
call
vacate
renounce
set aside
avoid
discard
repudiate
deny
black
make void
backpedal
disown
counterorder
render invalid
retire
render null and void
strike down
declare invalid
roll back
cast aside
pull out of
bow out of
back out
draw out
pull out
take off
stand down
Verb
To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication
expurgate
bowdlerise
bowdlerize
censor
clean up
purge
cut
purify
sanitise
sanitize
blue-pencil
edit
launder
redact
red-pencil
bleep
blip
cleanse
decontaminate
emasculate
lustrate
screen
scrub
sterilise
sterilize
bleep out
blue pencil
make acceptable
make palatable
make presentable
water down
amend
abridge
clean
wash
delete parts of
rinse
make cuts to
make deletions in
bathe
deterge
scour
clarify
disinfect
inspect
examine
delete
refine
depurgate
GI
restore
dry-clean
unpublish
turn out
rinse out
make clean
tub
cork
oversee
criticise
review
bleach
restrain
narrow
conceal
exscind
squelch
excise
gag
restrict
remove
repress
revile
stifle
blacklist
control
suppress
criticize
withhold
valet
make changes to
make cuts in
scissor out
strike out
prevent publication
supervise communications
refuse transmission
black out
wash and press
do the washing
do the laundry
wash and iron
put the lid on
drop the iron curtain
depurate
clear
depollute
freshen
fumigate
deodorize
filter
antisepticize
deodorise
rarefy
distil
distill
pasteurize
autoclave
sublimate
pasteurise
swill
wash out
treat
elutriate
fine
gargle
garble
process
rectify
rinse your mouth
ventilate
fan
aerate
sift
strain
oxygenate
detoxify
cauterize
clean out
cauterise
vaporize
make pure
vaporise
make sanitary
concentrate
clean thoroughly
make sterile
get rid of impurities
reclaim
detoxicate
air
uphold
bath
sanctify
cool
refresh
redeem
disinfest
sanitate
deliver
free
unburden
relieve
antiseptize
neutralize
neutralise
circulate
delouse
smoke
render
incapacitate
change
desexualize
melt
make safe
make germ-free
melt down
make clear
smoke out
air out
remove impurities from
get rid of impurities from
boil down
trim
get to the meat
press
evaporate
press out
volatilize
cook
infuse
express
condense
cut to the bone
extract
squeeze out
precipitate
steam
cut down
sieve
boil
liquate
filtrate
aerify
exculpate
remit
edulcorate
chasten
absolve
expiate
atone
exonerate
rarify
Verb
To put pressure on
pressurize
force
coerce
press
browbeat
bulldoze
pressure
squeeze
bully
dragoon
hound
influence
intimidate
persuade
push
badger
brainwash
drive
goad
harass
harry
nag
pester
prod
blackjack
bludgeon
compel
compress
strong-arm
condense
constrict
fast-talk
hustle
press-gang
railroad
lean on
make
prevail on
put pressure on
use pressure on
breathe down someone's neck
twist someone's arm
put the squeeze on
turn on the heat
put the screws on
impel
urge
constrain
oblige
hassle
induce
steamroller
cow
obligate
impress
bring pressure to bear on
sandbag
muscle
menace
prompt
incite
spur
terrorize
threaten
use strong-arm tactics on
terrorise
hector
nudge
oppress
encourage
plague
bounce
tyrannize
torment
egg on
put the heat on
require
bluster
exhort
tyrannise
admonish
domineer
tempt
push around
frighten
propel
insist
bullyrag
charge
convince
cajole
bogart
move
sway
enforce
necessitate
instigate
mau-mau
inveigle
adjure
solicit
put up to
persecute
provoke
enjoin
stimulate
stir
goose
inspire
demand
command
blackmail
try to persuade
call on
appeal to
trigger
implore
work on
scare
beseech
put under an obligation
bother
entreat
insist on
advise
fire up
coax
importune
get
warn
beset
promote
motivate
caution
buffalo
bind
cause
order
prick
twist somebody's arm
wheedle
chivvy
act on
whip
impose
railroad into
sic
boss around
bulldoze into
tighten the screws on
have someone do something
lead
counsel
daunt
beg
terrify
disturb
subdue
upset
awe
agitate
petition
direct
plead
entice
alarm
unnerve
beguile
lure
bug
overawe
finagle
talk
spook
worry
overbear
subjugate
incline
concuss
trouble
despotize
vex
appeal
rouse
ride
argue
key up
irritate
bring round
prevail upon
occasion
request
shotgun
boss about
sell
politick
push for
pick on
excite
sweet-talk
soft-soap
bring pressure to bear upon
ramrod
sell on
rowel
sound
actuate
advance
call upon
ride roughshod over
come at
high pressure
put the bite on
walk heavy
put screws to
impose on
win over
bring pressure upon
talk into
apply pressure
turn the screws on
bring pressure to bear
shanghai
smother
suffocate
bid
preach
heavy
crowd
assail
lean
mither
castigate
besiege
repress
restrict
hinder
suppress
will
leave someone no option
work over
put the frighteners on
inflame
sting
challenge
dun
mangle
have
effect
twist arm
put off
make nervous
unsettle
twist one's arm
needle
tighten the screw on
high-pressure
turn the screw on
maneuver
sanction
ask
manoeuvre
lord it over
put heat on
force somebody's hand
roust
lash
titillate
bring force to bear on
propose
dominate
tease
heckle
bait
swagger
hold a gun to someone's head
outface
stare down
outstare
deter
put off balance
ruffle
put through the wringer
put the chill on
rationalize
rationalise
conjure
countenance
commend
put the arm on
affright
make an offer they can't refuse
appall
appal
foment
work up
discourage
disconcert
dismay
stand up to
abash
instruct
tell
ordain
push about
decree
exact
psych up
dictate
claim
scare off
prescribe
charm
rule
quest
flatter
scare the bejesus out of
appoint
overcome
dispose
ride roughshod
blarney
abuse
snarl
comminate
fulminate
scowl
forewarn
growl
rally
elicit
impassion
foist
annoy
court
draw
worm
psych someone out
put someone off their stroke
call for
manipulate
use duress on
burden
conscript
use force on
urge by force
choke
apply
obtrude
contract
bring
spark
inspirit
activate
energize
incentivize
evoke
steel
invigorate
plead with
clamor for
stipulate for
give the order to
give the command to
press for
advocate
expedite
exert force on
hearten
impact
exhilarate
convert
animate
uplift
arouse
empower
vitalize
galvanize
embolden
bear down
pin down
inspan
campaign
blandish
reason
palaver
galvanise
hint to
stir up
envigorate
strike
pump up
incentify
cheer on
refresh
whip up
incentivise
pep up
spur on
energise
help
boost up
suggest to
recommend
bear hard on
put squeeze on
smooth-talk
make threats against
threaten to harm
flex muscles
look daggers
make threat
threaten to kill
issue threats to
make threats to
bedevil
irk
aggravate
kowtow
get round
banter
con
snow
oil
soap
seduce
exploit
bribe
control
jockey
play
steer
steamroll
distress
speed up
perturb
work
molest
shake fist at
beleaguer
put the screws to
bill
affect
seek to influence
modify
splash
pitch
spot
change
alter
plug
lobby
boost
soft-sell
hype
thump
drum
billboard
procure
further
butter up
lay it on
soften up
spread it on
sweeten up
fret
work upon
stress
pour it on
dragoon into
sway opinion
press your case
make a pitch for
solicit votes
exert influence
pull strings
hard sell
build up
try to influence
campaign for
pursue
gnaw
prejudice
talk round
pull strings with
steamroller into
chivy
turn on
go on at
get in your hair
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
be on your back
drive up the wall
be in someone's hair
keep on at
give a hard time
give someone grief
turn
suborn
colour
exert influence on
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
touch
cut any ice with
go to town on
browbeat into
bear down on
color
pressurise
afflict
torture
exasperate
nettle
rack
dog
devil
harrow
agonize
chafe
peeve
gall
eat
get to
pain
anguish
agonise
rile
nark
displease
strain
grate
curse
pique
disquiet
anger
keep after
discompose
burn up
try
put out
excruciate
victimize
hack off
rub up the wrong way
infuriate
spite
hurt
madden
perplex
incense
ail
fuss
miff
aggrieve
rankle
get at
victimise
haunt
taunt
get on your nerves
gripe
wind up
tick off
rasp
frost
fluster
concern
harp on at
faze
enrage
maltreat
grieve
bend someone's ear
discommode
give someone the hump
ill-treat
gnaw at
henpeck
rattle
itch
antagonize
frustrate
tantalize
tantalise
exercise
gravel
drive crazy
outrage
make angry
be at
give a bad time
drive mad
make someone see red
antagonise
get across
tee off
attack
mistreat
insult
embarrass
offend
flurry
interrupt
tax
peck at
tear
rark
niggle
wrong
overwhelm
martyr
break
grumble at
frazzle
discomfort
depress
weigh down
distemper
distract
unhinge
derail
alarum
hagride
cause suffering to
pick at
undo
exacerbate
discombobulate
be on one's case
hack you off
weird out
freak out
put down
make waves
get on one's nerves
make someone's blood boil
get in someone's hair
hit where one lives
rub the wrong way
get someone's back up
get on someone's nerves
scourge
scold
berate
wring
upbraid
barrage
ply
wound
rag
confuse
criticize
smite
blight
disgust
bite
grip
crucify
carp at
be a nuisance to
sadden
intrude upon
make cross
criticise
burn
misuse
enslave
moan at
throw
shake
grate on
find fault with
keep complaining to
overpower
injure
abrade
rankle with
tyrranize
get on your wick
drive to distraction
drive bananas
bum out
mess with
eat at
single out
roil
hump
make anxious
ill-use
T-off
lie heavy on
get your back up
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
turn off
treat harshly
cheese off
get on someone's back
get in one's hair
get under one's skin
put your back up
make someone's hackles rise
put someone's back up
be cruel to
walk all over
tyrannize over
ruffle someone's feathers
rattle someone's cage
get under someone's skin
raise someone's hackles
be on the back of
give someone the pip
try someone's patience
get someone's dander up
get up someone's nose
be brutal to
infest
give someone hell
bewilder
stress out
remind
scorn
rib
chaff
noodge
macerate
despoil
foray
tear away at
prey on
buttonhole
give the business
drive nuts
discomfit
jerk around
accost
pother
encroach
intrude
be prey to
breath down someone's neck
mess
disparage
nag at
chide
rattle one's cage
grind someone down
discriminate against
punish
bone
push someon's buttons
be on someone's back
reproach
revile
expel
beat
hunt
exile
weigh heavily on
be the victim of
get someone's hackles up
get someone's goat
get someone's wick
be a thorn in someone's flesh
discountenance
incommode
override
haze
drive you up the wall
sweat
fear
stew
be a pest to
entangle
hamper
break in
confound
aggress
puzzle
curdle
strap
nit-pick
indispose
desolate
put through wringer
get the knife into
stick the knife into
grind
psych
cause anguish to
humiliate
violate
get up your nose
make your blood boil
get your goat
get under your skin
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
do a number on
throw off balance
make wretched
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
jump on one's case
give one the business
affront
fester
fall upon
fall on
push button
heat up
get your dander up
make uneasy
prey on someone's mind
cause concern to
make uncomfortable
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
cause discomfort to
flip out
start in on
belittle
mock
give the needle
yap at
scratch around
rag on
get on someone's wick
ask for it
put someone's nose out of joint
beleague
hang over
wear
search high heaven
have a down on
make fun of
be down on
have it in for
be critical of
be autocratic
be on one's back
crush
despair
deride
abase
manhandle
grill
start
test
raid
be bothered
cause anxiety
dishonor
mishandle
brutalize
brutalise
cause anxiety to
master
hegemonize
get across someone
set on
work into lather
send into a rage
set one off
try one's patience
take a rise out of
put someone out
get a rise out of
make blood boil
chagrin
dissatisfy
subject
dump on
martyrize
take advantage of
dishonour
do an injustice to
sweat out
be a great weight on
keep down
kick around
play the heavy with
mess over
mess with someone's head
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
prey on one's mind
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
beef
grouse
yowl
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
complain
squeal
crab
yammer
wail
moan
caterwaul
whine
grump
scream
grouch
repine
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
carp
bellyache
bleat
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
grizzle
yawp
whinge
maunder
maraud
ravage
encumber
overload
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
saddle
rule over
hold sway over
grind down
bring under the yoke
bring someone to their knees
overthrow
trample
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
put upon
bring to heel
handicap
beat down
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
step on the toes of
take
visit
egg
buffet
be a pain in the neck
mix up
be a thorn in someone's side
cause trouble to
moan on at
savage
find fault
press hard
attack repeatedly
lacerate
mutilate
claw
maul
kill
take it out on
set upon
inconvenience
go for
tear at
bore
impede
cross
pull at
tear to pieces
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
Verb
Make legally null and void
nullify
invalidate
void
abolish
annul
abrogate
quash
repeal
rescind
cancel
revoke
disannul
dissolve
negate
reverse
undo
vacate
veto
abate
avoid
counteract
countermand
neutralise
neutralize
null
obliterate
obviate
terminate
countervail
rebut
recall
render invalid
set aside
annihilate
axe
ax
cancel out
cast aside
compensate
confine
counterbalance
declare null and void
kill
limit
nig
offset
renege
renig
restrict
roll back
scratch
scrub
strike down
torpedo
trash
vitiate
zap
do away with
render null and void
blue pencil
bring to an end
forget it
stamp out
take out
wash out
wipe out
call all bets off
bring to naught
retract
overrule
withdraw
overturn
override
repudiate
take back
overthrow
recant
nix
put an end to
disallow
counterpoise
scrap
balance
end
compensate for
remove
abort
make up for
dismantle
call off
drop
balance out
rule against
lift
discharge
redress
stop
erase
efface
call back
discontinue
delete
renounce
expunge
eradicate
eliminate
negative
deny
dismiss
disclaim
make void
redeem
abjure
abandon
cut
rub out
black out
blot out
ditch
outweigh
suspend
reject
dump
discard
backpedal
counterweigh
X-out
finish
forswear
countercheck
cry off
root out
snuff out
extinguish
equalize
disaffirm
suppress
disestablish
call
throw out
destroy
make ineffective
exterminate
correct
backtrack on
extirpate
get rid of
oppose
contravene
liquidate
renege on
disown
declare invalid
equilibrize
defeat
even out
equalise
weasel out
work against
sweep away
contradict
back out of
make null and void
undermine
upset
alter
halt
chop
subvert
excise
counter
cease
disqualify
down
deracinate
ignore
supersede
prohibit
abnegate
frustrate
counterorder
square
go back on
outvote
break off
blackball
turf
cross
turn down
counterweight
clean up
shoot down
finish off
even up
unsay
close down
dispatch
give something the chop
rule out
decimate
back out
rectify
refuse
put down
withcall
censor
knock something on the head
dele
put a stop to
go against
cross out
strike out
put the kibosh on
blank out
blue-pencil
put a line through
atone for
go back on one's word
divorce
declare
weaken
discount
bleep
devalue
disobey
disregard
dishonour
unfit
impair
circumduct
retreat
watergate
back-pedal on
waive
dishonor
blow sky-high
render meaningless
get off the hook
backwater
forget
quell
refuse to fulfil
inter
bring to a close
KO
lay in the grave
bury
put to rest
hold a funeral
inhume
blow
entomb
put six feet under
cork up
hush up
bottle up
shut down
remit
knock out
do in
repel
break
call in
atone
equal out
wangle out
put damper on
opt out
stand down
throw over
worm out
retire
refute
redline
do a U-turn on
purge
omit
dominate
flout
defy
predominate
prevail
pull the plug
crawl out of
belay
put the lid on
exclude
edit
black
knock on the head
slaughter
massacre
butcher
disavow
ding
impugn
traverse
stonewall
belie
disprove
ride roughshod over
trample underfoot
amend
equiponderate
elide
waste
check
arrest
antagonize
antagonise
redress the balance
trample upon
phase out
remedy
break with
take off
ink out
x out
block out
stroke out
edit out
X out
white out
pull back
take away
draw back
tip the scales
set off
wipe from the face of the earth
put paid to
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
foreswear
scratch out
score out
redact
wipe off
bowdlerize
turn thumbs down
junk
disband
render inert
shed
relinquish
apostatize
forsake
deface
fix
right
reduce
stabilize
respond
lessen
stabilise
counterwork
buck
adjourn
trim
blank
gut
strike
remove all traces of
cut out
bowdlerise
blot
scrape off
launder
even
level
equate
match
deactivate
subdue
overcome
conquer
defuse
render ineffective
jettison
wipe slate clean
dial back
back down
backtrack
welsh
back off
eat one's words
worm out of
fly in the face of
conclude
prorogue
bring
square up
dispense with
change
break up
wind up
disunite
desist
overset
lay to rest
prostrate
set
tie
collate
adjust
accord
attune
parallel
readjust
be an antidote to
inhibit
squelch
wreck
split up
close
disorganize
loose
wrack
postpone
unmake
collapse
destruct
sever
shoot
ruin
wind down
shatter
demolish
ban
pull up
quit
interrupt
forbid
block
interdict
cut short
pack in
put kibosh on
knock down
bring down
proscribe
outlaw
fade out
resolve into
render void
pair off
come out even
come out
bar
embargo
lay off
cut off
stop midstream
preclude
boycott
knock it off
call a halt
pull the plug on
call it quits
pass
decline
disapprove
discountenance
censure
burn
dissent
place an embargo on
give thumbs down
thumbs down
pass on
give the thumbs down to
pass by
not go for
give the red light to
throw away
refuse permission to
Verb
Diminish or destroy the value or quality of
spoil
damage
mar
harm
impair
injure
blemish
destroy
disfigure
ruin
deface
wreck
scar
flaw
blight
blow
total
upset
bloody
break
compromise
crab
cripple
endamage
hurt
trash
undo
vitiate
crool
debase
disfeature
blot
cross up
defile
demolish
depredate
desecrate
desolate
despoil
devastate
disgrace
mess up
pillage
plunder
prejudice
ravage
sack
smash
spoliate
waste
make useless
take apart
put a damper on
be a blot on the landscape
screw up
crush
tarnish
mutilate
sabotage
shatter
mangle
maim
undermine
weaken
taint
annihilate
vandalize
ransack
loot
corrupt
vandalise
distort
deform
raid
raze
foul up
scupper
batter
lay waste
gut
disable
rifle
pollute
scotch
rob
maraud
stain
sully
louse up
reave
wreak havoc on
queer
rape
strip
hinder
corrode
impede
put the kibosh on
poison
disrupt
subvert
devour
wound
enfeeble
diminish
incapacitate
play havoc with
contaminate
decimate
ravish
torpedo
abuse
pervert
thwart
sap
make a mess of
do in
frustrate
wear away
bruise
touch
scratch
consume
debilitate
cream
pulverize
reduce
afflict
infect
deteriorate
nuke
contort
violate
pulverise
foil
dash
dismantle
stymie
rust
twist
level
botch
nix
overwhelm
dish
extinguish
threaten
erode
wrack
vaporize
put paid to
besmirch
warp
cut
discolour
quash
dirty
pull down
vaporise
blow a hole in
tear down
disintegrate
invalidate
gnaw
discolor
hamstring
eat away
sink
throw a spanner in the works of
deprave
banjax
forage
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
lacerate
put an end to
cruel
euchre
scourge
blast
enervate
shake up
depress
blunt
steal from
rot
decay
mangulate
mark
be detrimental to
darken
soil
blacken
put the lid on
uglify
bring to naught
take out
lessen
hamper
devalue
quell
crumble
bring down
jeopardize
rub out
fleece
put out of action
foul
scathe
misshape
dilapidate
weather
torture
abrade
hack
dishonour
eat
dissolve
bend
rough up
lame
paralyse
defeat
profane
interfere with
destabilize
maul
befoul
impoverish
deflate
dent
burn
wrench
disqualify
nibble
fret
break up
jeopardise
make a hash of
paralyze
bring to an end
prostrate
ruinate
muck up
unfit
put a stop to
debauch
smash up
dishonor
subdue
wear down
bite
waste away
bite at
cause detriment to
prostitute
destabilise
leave desolate
leave in ruins
wipe out
run through
tear apart
outrage
worsen
attenuate
affect
exhaust
overcome
bring to ruin
lay waste to
obliterate
end
cramp
burgle
buckle
prevent
butcher
ding
tweak
emasculate
degrade
traumatize
squinch
obstruct
denude
screw
molest
smear
stifle
shake
detract from
misuse
malform
harry
put at risk
fade
smirch
hold up
tear
reive
gnarl
havoc
appropriate
overturn
do damage to
wrong
bodge
scorch
pirate
shock
misapply
bleach
restrict
overrun
spread to
brutalize
brutalise
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
scuttle
stab
dismember
knot
misemploy
skew
traumatise
knock down
make unattractive
water down
demoralise
demoralize
distress
flatten
stop
be deleterious to
overthrow
wince
color
slash
scour
eat away at
animalize
raze to the ground
bust
make ugly
do for
immobilize
cut up
colour
decompose
wear
play merry hell with
adulterate
rain on someone's parade
chip away at
gnaw away at
hack up
knock off
stick up
spread among
wreak havoc
seduce
drive a nail into the coffin of
inactivate
burn through
bite into
burn into
gnaw away
do mischief to
knock out
throw monkey wrench in
unstrengthen
kibosh
unbrace
immobilise
take advantage of
spike
muzzle
shoot down
lay in ruins
pinion
render incapable
hogtie
hock
handicap
use up
tag
whittle
plague
detract
shiver
blotch
speckle
devitalize
disfashion
inconvenience
wither
endanger
nick
dispossess
bust up
maraud over
imperil
brand
annoy
clobber
mess
disarrange
disorganize
disturb
disorder
deprive
bastardise
bastardize
bestialize
handle roughly
oxidize
delay
convulse
slow
retard
unsettle
trouble
do harm to
bow
impact
bring about the downfall of
freeboot
indispose
muller
depopulate
turn upside-down
derange
slow down
dampen
sour
strike
spray paint
rustle
streak
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
throw into disarray
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of commission
deplete
torpefy
perturb
influence
mayhem
hog-tie
massacre
gimp
castrate
truncate
stamp out
score
arrogate
embezzle
confiscate
invade
trespass
pinch
scrape
beat
rend
bankrupt
blaspheme
curb
inhibit
restrain
smother
disserve
wipe off map
do one in
make powerless
make unfit
render powerless
decrease
nip in the bud
reduce to nothing
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
occur
prevail
knacker
make misshapen
distort the shape of
bend out of shape
melt
liquefy
dissipate
limit
perish
fragment
topple
radioactivate
pique
aggrieve
grieve
pain
wax
torment
sting
wear through
do
burglarize
dump on
oxidate
impinge
neutralize
squelch
commit sacrilege
age
eradicate
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
expurgate
censor
bowdlerize
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
cost
enthuse
disease
make impure
move
treat sacrilegiously
insult
cancel out
spot
char
strike down
strike at
canker
flake
oxidise
season
draw blood
amputate
bowdlerise
render ineffective
stiff
mug
steam
treat with disrespect
blaspheme against
take hold of
attack
chop
crumple
assault
make dirty
tinge
become rusty
devaluate
cheapen
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
skin
crimp
have
neutralise
craze
unbuild
overreach
outmaneuver
abolish
outmanoeuvre
outfox
abate
outsmart
offset
overshadow
make lose face
commit sacrilege against
condition
fell
harsh
balls up
cut to pieces
tear limb from limb
hash up
force
dynamite
crash
burglarise
break into
turn over
nullify
prowl
liberate
loft
relieve
prey
grab
kip
requisition
foray
lift
work against
make waves
carve
slay
cut about
hash
slit
separate
mash
slice
flay
lose strength
mellow
take
explode
smite
bomb
disappoint
whittle away
disempower
exploit
mishandle
cast gloom over
mine
dig
soften
tunnel
sandbag
challenge
break down
blow up
chop up
wash out
manipulate
knock over
moonlight requisition
rip off
be destroyed
bring a note of sadness to
cast a gloom upon
glitch up
chip
blow to bits
blow sky-high
blow to pieces
drag through the mud
dig out
hollow out
bed
clip one's wings
knock the bottom out of
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
smash and grab
halt
misrepresent
falsify
misinterpret
deflower
sexually assault
scrape away
jam
ill-use
garble
have one's way with
force yourself on
sexually abuse
have one's evil way with
force oneself on
take away someone's innocence
indecently assault
grimace
deactivate
freeze
disenable
grind down
divert
misconstrue
crack
maltreat
split
knock
clamp
wheel-clamp
exterminate
simulate age in
misrelate
misstate
fudge
deflect
slant
cook
cause injury
bang up
tamper with
tie
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
arrest
disarm
trample
eat into
mistreat
salt
change
alter
doctor
phony up
alloy
steer
fake
doctor up
veer
water
brainwash
Verb
To masticate (food, or the cud)
chew
champ
masticate
bite
grind
munch
chomp
crunch
gnaw
nibble
chaw
eat
manducate
chumble
consume
devour
triturate
bite on
chavel
chomp on
crunch on
crush
dispatch
gnaw on
gulp
gum
rend
rip
ruminate
scrunch
tear
chew up
feast upon
gnash
sink one's teeth into
ingest
partake of
wolf
bolt
swallow
finish
gobble down
gobble up
nosh
cram down
bolt down
gulp down
finish off
wolf down
put away
chump
demolish
tuck into
gobble
scoff
scarf
pack away