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rid of
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb rid of has 1 sense
- rid of(v = verb.stative) eliminate, obviate - do away with; Array Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
ROGET THESAURUS
rid of
Loss
N loss, deperdition, perdition, forfeiture, lapse, privation, bereavement, deprivation, riddance, damage, squandering, waste, losing, not having, shorn of, deprived of, denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off, dispossessed, rid of, quit of, out of pocket, lost, long lost, irretrievable, off one's hands, Int, farewell to!, adieu to.
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