Synonyms of do for
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Another word for do for is hurt. Other synonyms of do for are damage, harm, wound, abuse and injure.
Synonyms and similar words for do for
verbTo doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
- damageTo impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
- woundTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
- abuseTo injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- bewoundTo wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
- do damage to
- do illTo harm, to injure.
- do violence toTo gravely harm.
- harmTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
- harrowTo break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
- hurtTo cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- injureTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- maulTo savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
- put someone in hospital UKTo injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
- scaith ScotlandTo injure; to wound.
- scatheTo harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
- wet slangTo kill or seriously injure.
- annihilate
- bag
- baptize
- bereave of life
- blight
- bring down
- bump off
- bury
- cack US, slang
- compromised to a permanent end
- croak
- crush
- dash
- deactivate
- dead
- demolish
- destroy
- dispatch
- dispose of
- do slangTo deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- do in
- dust
- eliminate
- end
- eradicate
- ex
- exterminate
- finish
- finish off
- flatten
- grease
- knock off
- lay waste to
- make away with
- mercTo kill.
- neutralize
- obliterate
- off
- pay off
- pick off
- polish off
- pop off
- punch someone's ticket
- put an end toTo terminate or abolish.
- put down
- put someone out of their misery
- put six feet under
- put to sleep
- ravage
- rub out
- ruin
- scotch
- scupperTo thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
- scuttle
- send to eternity
- send to hell
- send to the grave
- send to the great beyond
- send to the next life
- slay
- slaughter
- slime outTo kill.
- smash
- smite
- snuff
- squash
- stiff
- stop someone's clock
- take
- terminate
- terminate with extreme prejudiceTo murder; to assassinate.
- top off UK, slang
- top UK, slang
- torpedo
- take care of
- take down
- take out
- waste
- wax
- whack
- wipe out
- wreck
- annoy archaicTo molest; to harm; to injure.
- damnify obsoleteTo damage physically; to injure.
- dere UK, archaicTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
- forwork archaicTo do wrong to; injure; scathe.
- grieve archaicTo harm.
- mayhem archaicTo violently inflict injury on (someone); to injure, to wound.
- misdo archaicTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
- vulnerate archaicTo wound, cause to become vulnerable.
- mortify obsolete
- shut up dated
verbTo work as a domestic servant for.
- attendTo wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting...
- serve
- wait onTo provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a...
- aid
- attend toTo serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on.
- await
- bestand
- bestead
- dance attendance BritishTo wait obsequiously (on or upon someone).
- service
- tend
- wait
Meaning of do for
- verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, for.
- verb To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
- verb To prosecute someone for a criminal offence.
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