Synonyms of doing away with

doing away with

phrase

present participle of do away with

1

as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action

They decided to do away with the old dress code.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishing
• repealing
• cancelling
• canceling
• setting aside
• rolling back
• striking down
• avoiding
• overturning
• voiding
• vacating
• invalidating
• dissolving
• dismissing
• abrogating
• rescinding
• quashing
• nullifying
• annulling
• nulling
• negating
• withdrawing
• suspending
• revoking
• calling off
• abating
• reversing
• vetoing
• rejecting
• retracting
• removing
• disannulling
• eliminating
• writing off
• forbidding
• overruling
• overriding
• recalling
• throwing out
• banning
• prohibiting
• breaking down
• aborting
• erasing
• outlawing
• enjoining
• countermanding
• calling
• eradicating
• dropping
• disallowing
• liquidating
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laying down
• enacting
• establishing
• founding
• legislating
• instituting
• passing
• validating
• permitting
• allowing
• authorizing
• approving
• ratifying
• clearing
• ordering
• endorsing
• legalizing
• prescribing
• commanding
• warranting
• sanctioning
• legitimizing
• legitimating
• formalizing
• mandating
• indorsing
• decreeing

2

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• doing in
• putting away
• taking out
• executing
• slaying
• bumping off
• killing
• getting
• dispatching
• rubbing out
• knocking off
• neutralizing
• blowing away
• terminating
• offing
• cutting down
• liquidating
• destroying
• shooting down
• icing
• carrying off
• whacking
• snuffing
• slaughtering
• shooting
• blotting out
• croaking
• mowing (down)
• wiping out
• claiming
• eliminating
• felling
• eradicating
• smiting
• butchering
• massacring
• zapping
• exterminating
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating