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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

RID
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

CAN
Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

ICE
A rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating; "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice"

BAN
A decree that prohibits something

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FREE
People who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

DUMP
A place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump"

DOIN
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

SLAY
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

KILL
The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

JUNK
Any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

FIRE
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

SHED
Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"

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CHILL
Coldness due to a cold environment

CLEAR
A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; "finally broke out of the forest into the open"

ADIOS
A farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"

DITCH
A long narrow excavation in the earth

EJECT
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

ERASE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

SCRAP
A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"

SCRUB
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

CHUCK
Informal terms for a meal

WAIVE
Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

ROUST

PURGE
An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"

EXPEL
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

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UPROOT
Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

FINISH
The act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

RUBOUT
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

BOUNCE
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

UNLOAD
Leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

MURDER
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

CANCEL
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

EXCEPT
Take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

EFFACE
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

REMOVE
Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

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OBVIATE
Do away with

ROOTOUT
Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

ABOLISH
Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

DISCARD
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

DELIVER
Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"

RELEASE
Grant freedom to; free from confinement

WIPEOUT
A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

KISSOFF

DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

TOSSOUT
Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

RELIEVE
Relieve oneself of troubling information

BUMPOFF
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

HEAVEHO

ABOLISH

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LIBERATE
Give equal rights to; of women and minorities

UNBURDEN
Take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"

KNOCKOFF
An unauthorized copy or imitation

FLUFFOFF

SHAKEOFF
Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

SNUFFOUT
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

DISABUSE
Free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

MAKEFREE

TAKEAWAY
The act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass)

THROWOUT
Force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

DISTRACT
Draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

DESTRUCT
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

GETRIDOF
Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

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ELIMINATE
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

THROWAWAY
Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis

EIGHTYSIX

ERADICATE
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

SLAUGHTER
The killing of animals (as for food)

LIQUIDATE
Eliminate by paying off (debts)

EXTIRPATE
Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

DISBURDEN
Take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"

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DISPOSEOFF

EXTINGUISH
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

XTERMINATE

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DISCONTINUE
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

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DISENCUMBER
Release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

SENDPACKING
Stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

EXTERMINATE
Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

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DISEMBARRASS
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

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