deep-sixing
Throwing away forever
Deep-sixing is discarding something completely, disposing of it so it won't resurface: They deep-sixed the incriminating documents.
The term comes from nautical slang—six fathoms deep, enough to ensure something sinks and stays gone.
It often implies deliberate destruction or burial of something inconvenient: The committee deep-sixed the proposal before it reached a vote.
Causing death deliberately
- torpedoingAttacking with underwater missiles
- scuttlingHasty, low scurrying motion
- derailingGoing off course
- underminingWeakening by covert means
sabotaging · wrecking · destroying · ruining · quashing · crushing · obliterating · axing
Off a vessel's deck
- sinkingFalling through water
- burial at seaOcean disposal of remains
- fathomsUnderstands or depth units
- ocean floorUnderwater continental surface
weighted · submerging · drowning · watery grave · maritime · seafloor · submersion · plunging
Removing what's unwanted
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
- trashingDestroying or criticizing harshly
- ditchingHastily discarding something
- junkingDisposing of as worthless
scrapping · tossing · throwing away · getting rid of · disposing · chucking · binning · jettisoning
killing
Causing death deliberately
- torpedoingAttacking with underwater missiles
- scuttlingHasty, low scurrying motion
- derailingGoing off course
undermining · sabotaging · wrecking · destroying · ruining · quashing · crushing · obliterating · axing · canceling
overboard
Off a vessel's deck
- sinkingFalling through water
- burial at seaOcean disposal of remains
- fathomsUnderstands or depth units
ocean floor · weighted · submerging · drowning · watery grave · maritime · seafloor · submersion · plunging · naval
discarding
Removing what's unwanted
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
- trashingDestroying or criticizing harshly
- ditchingHastily discarding something
junking · scrapping · tossing · throwing away · getting rid of · disposing · chucking · binning · jettisoning · eliminating
deep-sixingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
saving · keeping · rescuing · conserving · safeguarding
deep-sixingexposing
Making something known
revealing · disclosing · uncovering · publicizing · bringing to light
deep-sixingadopting
Taking as one's own
embracing · implementing · championing · endorsing · approving
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