rub out

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Verb rub out has 1 sense

erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
--₁ is one way to delete, cancel
Sample sentences:
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Definitions from the Web

Rub Out

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense:

To erase or remove by rubbing.
To eliminate or destroy someone or something, especially by violent means.

Usage:

The pencil marks were too dark, so she used an eraser to rub them out.
The detective discovered that the evidence had been intentionally rubbed out.
During the gang war, several key members were ruthlessly rubbed out.

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