Synonyms of did away with

did away with

phrase

past tense of do away with

1

as in abolished

to put an end to by formal action

They decided to do away with the old dress code.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolished
• cancelled
• repealed
• canceled
• set aside
• struck down
• rolled back
• avoided
• overturned
• vacated
• voided
• dismissed
• invalidated
• quashed
• dissolved
• abrogated
• suspended
• withdrew
• rescinded
• revoked
• nullified
• called off
• annulled
• negated
• abated
• rejected
• vetoed
• reversed
• retracted
• nulled
• eliminated
• disannulled
• recalled
• prohibited
• overruled
• forbade
• removed
• countermanded
• banned
• aborted
• threw out
• erased
• overrode
• enjoined
• outlawed
• broke down
• called
• disallowed
• wrote off
• dropped
• forbad
• eradicated
• liquidated
• annihilated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laid down
• enacted
• established
• founded
• instituted
• passed
• approved
• permitted
• authorized
• legislated
• allowed
• ratified
• ordered
• endorsed
• prescribed
• validated
• cleared
• warranted
• sanctioned
• formalized
• mandated
• legalized
• commanded
• legitimized
• legitimated
• decreed
• indorsed

2

as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately

He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinated
• murdered
• did in
• put away
• executed
• took out
• killed
• got
• dispatched
• slew
• terminated
• knocked off
• bumped off
• liquidated
• neutralized
• destroyed
• rubbed out
• carried off
• shot down
• blew away
• whacked
• cut down
• slaughtered
• snuffed
• iced
• offed
• croaked
• blotted out
• claimed
• wiped out
• mowed (down)
• eliminated
• shot
• smote
• felled
• massacred
• butchered
• eradicated
• exterminated
• zapped
• annihilated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• raised
• revived
• animated
• resurrected
• resuscitated