Hit
Rub out
Rub out verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Hit and rub out are semantically related in dispose of topic. Sometimes you can use "Hit" instead the word "Rub out" as a verb or a noun.
Both terms in one sentence
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When Lonnegan's goons rub out Luther and put a hit on Hooker's head, Hooker seeks out his mentor's friend, Henry Gondorff (Newman), a master of the "big con".
Source: Film / The Sting -
Hand of Death: Subverted; it's revealed that the hit man hired to rub out Hooker is named Salino.
Source: Film / The Sting
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