deep-six
Throw overboard, slangily
Deep-six means to discard, destroy, or dispose of something decisively: Let's deep-six that proposal and start fresh.
The term comes from nautical slang—six fathoms (36 feet) being deep enough to bury something at sea.
It implies getting rid of something completely, often quietly: The committee deep-sixed the controversial report.
Deliberately discard, especially cargo
- dumpWaste disposal site
- tossLight, casual throw
- scrapDiscarded bit or tussle
- ditchShallow excavated channel
chuck · trash · dispose · reject · abandon · eliminate · shed · expunge
jettison
Deliberately discard, especially cargo
ditch · chuck · trash · dispose · reject · abandon · eliminate · shed · expunge · purge
demolish
Destroy completely
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
ruin · sabotage · crush · kill · terminate · end · finish · cancel · abolish · quash
fathom
Nautical depth unit
- overboardOff a vessel's deck
- watery graveDeath by drowning
- sea bedUnderwater terrain surface
underwater · depths · abyss · seafloor · oceanic · briny · anchor · shipwreck · mariner · submarine
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase