rub out

verb

1. to remove or be removed with a rubber
2. slang.
   to murder
3. Australian rules football to suspend (a player)

Example Sentences

They’re the stains you can’t rub out, the holes around the collar, the crease marks forever etched into fabric.

From Los Angeles Times

He fidgets endlessly with his hands as if trying to rub out the scars.

From BBC

After the war, they saw no need to rub out their past.

From Reuters

Neel didn’t bother to rub out their footprints as they climbed the lower half of the trail that sloped up the bank.

From Literature

He told the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations that Hoffa planned to rub out "Tony Pro" and several others, including his successor, Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons, before they could get him.

From Fox News