rule out
102 synonyms found
- abscind
- amputate
- annihilate
- anticipate
- avert
- ban
- bate
- blot
- blot out
- bob
- clip
- close out
- count out
- crop
- cross out
- cull
- cut away
- cut off
- cut out
- debar
- deflect
- dele
- delete
- deter
- disallow
- discourage
- disenable
- dishearten
- disqualify
- dock
- efface
- eliminate
- embargo
- enjoin
- enucleate
- eradicate
- erase
- estop
- except
- excise
- exclude
- exclude from
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fend
- fend off
- forbid
- foreclose
- forestall
- help
- inhibit
- interdict
- isolate
- keep from
- keep off
- knock off
- lop
- make impossible
- mutilate
- nip
- obliterate
- obviate
- outlaw
- pare
- peel
- pick out
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- prune
- raze
- reject
- repel
- repress
- root out
- rub out
- say no to
- scratch
- scratch out
- set apart
- set aside
- shave
- shear
- shut out
- sponge
- sponge out
- stamp out
- stave off
- strike off
- strike out
- strip off
- suppress
- suspend
- taboo
- take off
- take out
- truncate
- turn aside
- ward off
- wipe out
Definition
(v) :
to cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler; to reject an option from a list of possibilities