The clue “Get rid of” has appeared in various crosswords, and these answers were all used in those completions. This list reflects patterns that are consistent with your current puzzle.
Suggested Answers:
- DISPOSE
- PURGE
- REMOVE
- DITCH
- SCRAP
- CULL
- ELIMINATE
- DISCARD
- ROOTOUT
- DEEPSIX
- NIX
- AXE
- LOSE
- OUST
- DISMISS
- ERADICATE
- CLEAROUT
- SHAKEOFF
Synonyms and Definitions
DISPOSE
- Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, fling, incline, put away, qualify, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
- Definition: Hand over, trade, or pass on to someone else
PURGE
- Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, flush, honk, puke, purgation, purging, purify, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sanctify, scour, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
- Definition: The action of absolving oneself (or someone else) from a certain accusation or disgrace.
REMOVE
- Synonyms: absent, bump off, dispatch, hit, move out, murder, off, polish off, slay, take, take away, take out, transfer, withdraw
- Definition: level of symbolic gap or division; or
DITCH
- Synonyms: dump, trench
- Definition: an extended, slim dig in the ground
SCRAP
- Synonyms: altercate, argufy, bit, chip, combat, dispute, fight, fighting, flake, fleck, junk, quarrel, rubbish, trash
- Definition: a tiny piece that has broken off from the entire entity
CULL
- Synonyms: pick, pluck, reject
- Definition: The individual or object that is dismissed or disregarded due to its lower quality.
ELIMINATE
- Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, do away with, egest, eradicate, excrete, extinguish, obviate, pass, rid of, rule out, winnow out, wipe out
- Definition: Conclude, finish, or remove
DISCARD
- Synonyms: dispose, throwing away
- Definition: anything that is thrown away or rejected
NIX
- Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, disallow, forbid, goose egg, interdict, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, prohibit, proscribe, veto, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
- Definition: an amount that holds no significance
AXE
- Synonyms: ax
- Definition: A tool with a hefty blade attached perpendicularly to a handle.
LOSE
- Synonyms: drop off, fall back, fall behind, mislay, misplace, miss, recede, suffer, turn a loss
- Definition: Stop retaining or preserving; no longer possess, either in a physical or conceptual sense.
OUST
- Synonyms: boot out, drum out, expel, kick out
- Definition: dismiss from a role or job
DISMISS
- Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, can, discount, displace, disregard, dissolve, drop, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, ignore, push aside, sack, send away, send packing, terminate, usher out
- Definition: Exclude from consideration or attention
ERADICATE
- Synonyms: eliminate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot
- Definition: Massacre on a large scale
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- SCRAP also appears as an answer in Tiny bit crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
- SCRAP also appears as an answer in Quarrel crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
- SCRAP also appears as an answer in Kerfuffle crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 letters.