The Clue
Deep-sixes (10 letter answer)
The Answer
ELIMINATES
Tags
Notes
The answer ELIMINATES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Does away with
Definition
ELIMINATE as a verb:
1. (eliminate, get rid of, do away with) = terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
2. (obviate, rid of, eliminate) = do away with
3. (eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off) = kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
4. (rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject) = dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
5. (excrete, egest, eliminate, pass) = eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
6. remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
7. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations