Synonyms for deepsixing
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : deep-siks |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdipˈsɪks |
Top 10 synonyms for deepsixing Other synonyms for the word deepsixing
- abjure
- adios
- assassinate
- banish
- blot out
- blow away
- bump off
- can
- cashier
- cast
- cast aside
- cast off
- chill
- chuck
- clear out
- cut
- deep-six
- desert
- dispatch
- dispose of
- dispossess
- ditch
- divorce
- do away with
- do in
- drop
- dust
- eighty-six
- eject
- empty
- erase
- evacuate
- exclude
- expel
- exterminate
- exude
- fling
- fling down
- forsake
- free of
- get rid of
- give up
- grease
- have done with
- heave
- hit
- hurl
- ice
- jettison
- junk
- kill
- knock off
- leave
- let fall
- maroon
- murder
- nuke
- off
- omit
- oust
- part with
- polish off
- protest
- put by
- reject
- relinquish
- remove
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rub out
- scrap
- shake off
- shed
- slaughter
- slough
- snuff
- snuff out
- stretch out
- sweep away
- take care of
- throw away
- throw down
- throw out
- throw overboard
- tip
- toss aside
- unload
- unpack
- waste
- wax
- whack
- wipe out
- write off
- zap
Définition of deepsixing
Origin :- "place where something is discarded," by 1921 (in phrase give (something) the deep six), originally in motorboating slang, perhaps from earlier underworld noun sense of "the grave" (1929), which is perhaps a reference to the usual grave depth of six feet. But the phrase (in common with mark twain) also figured in the sailing jargon of sounding, for a measure of six fathoms:
- As the water deepened under her keel the boyish voice rang out from the chains: "By the mark five--and a quarter less six--by the deep six--and a half seven--by the deep eight--and a quarter eight." ["Learning the Road to Sea," in "Outing" magazine, Feb. 1918]
- In general use by 1940s. As a verb from 1953.
- As in jettison : verb eject; throw overboard
- As in bump off : verb intentionally murder someone
- As in get rid of : verb discard
- As in rub out : verb dispose of
- As in discard : verb get rid of
- As in dump : verb drop, throw away
Antonyms for deepsixing
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