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Godan verb, transitive verb

1. to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete.
2. to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off.
3. to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out.
4. to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison).
5. to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle.
6. to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out. Colloquialism.