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relinquish
To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example).
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  1. To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example).
  2. To let go; surrender:
  3. To cease holding physically; release:
throw away
(Figuratively) To waste, to squander.
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  1. (Figuratively) To waste, to squander.
part-with
To willingly let go of; to give up; to relinquish.
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  1. To willingly let go of; to give up; to relinquish.
murder
To kill inhumanly or barbarously, as in warfare
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  1. To kill inhumanly or barbarously, as in warfare
  2. To kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
  3. To commit murder.
eliminate
To drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition
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  1. To drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition
  2. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
  3. To get rid of; remove:
slaughter
(Informal) To conquer or defeat completely
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  1. (Informal) To conquer or defeat completely
  2. To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher.
  3. To kill in a violent or brutal manner.
destroy
To kill
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  1. To kill
  2. To break up or spoil completely; ruin
  3. To put to death; kill:
Find another word for dispose-of. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dispose-of, like: get-rid-of, relinquish, throw away, part-with, murder, eliminate, slaughter, destroy, discard, sell and kill.

Sentence Examples

  • He'd have no reason to remove her body and dispose of it somewhere else.

  • The duke of Dorset's reappointment to the lord-lieutenancy in 1751, with his son Lord George Sackville as secretary of state for Ireland, strengthened the primate's position and enabled him to triumph over the popular party on the constitutional question as to the right of the Irish House of Commons to dispose of surplus Irish revenue, which the government maintained was the property of the Crown.

  • The object of settlers, however, in a great many, perhaps in the majority of instances, is to dispose of their holdings as soon as possible after the requirements of the law have been complied with, and to avoid permanent settlement.

  • As yet the Cassa Ecclesiastica had no right to dispose of the property thus entrusted to it; but in 1862 an act was passed by which it transferred all its real property to the national domain, and was credited with a corresponding amount by the exchequer.

  • Charles Albert could dispose of 90,000 men, including some 30,000 from central Italy, but he took the field with only half his force.

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