DOES IN Synonyms: 287 Similar and Opposite Words

does in

verb

present tense third-person singular of do in

as in destroys

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a business venture that was done in by poor planning

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as in kills

to deprive of life the early frost did in all of our tender plants

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as in assassinates

to put to death deliberately somebody did the old man in late last night

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as in wears

to use up all the physical energy of the long day of hard work really did me in

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as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns

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Recent Examples of does in The machine learning model does in a fraction of a second what took the original models days, predicting sea-level change with similar accuracy. — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 Everything Tom Holland does in the upcoming Fred Astaire biopic, Sabrina Carpenter will have to do backwards and in heels. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 Coastal flooding underway in Mid-Atlantic Coastal flooding is a lock in the Mid-Atlantic through the end of this week regardless of what the nor’easter does in the Northeast because of two other factors. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 There’s not many around that give you what Ben does in terms of his physicality, playing on the last line, his speed to run in behind. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Meta could introduce technical solutions, like automatically blurring faces, as Google does in Street View images, but Szydlowski doubts Meta would voluntarily make such a privacy-conscious change without regulatory or public pressure. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 This and that Why yes, Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis does in fact play with his shoelaces untied. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 However, Sacramento does in fact have a restaurant that merges these cuisines in an elegant and very personal way. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Not everyone went slowly insane under such circumstances, as Bartleby does in Melville’s story, but the experience was disorienting all the same. — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

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These include immune amnesia, a type of immunosuppression in which the measles virus destroys immune cells and adaptive responses.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Cash flow is a timing problem, not a sales problem, and that difference destroys companies that look profitable on paper.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroys

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In the end, Matt kills everybody who wronged him (plus several innocent people), and is forced to live as a reclusive mud monster in the sewers.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Crime, courts and policing A man kills his teenage ex-girlfriend in Arcadia and then shoots himself.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of kills

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That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.

— Jill Lawrence, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.

— Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of assassinates

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Among the terminated is a welder, Choi Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu), who wears a frown so implacable that it might have been etched in steel.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Doncic loves his two daughters — Gabriela, 2, and Olivia, 10 months — and wears their initials on his shoes during games.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of wears

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But the strain extends across the Global South, where developing nations struggle with a prolonged energy crisis that disproportionately squeezes the planet’s most deprived.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Meta squeezes two independent light-guiding cores into a single standard glass strand to double its bandwidth.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezes

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George Santos simply cannot get up After surprising the DS by passing the first task — falling out of a hovering helicopter backward — Santos ruins his big moment by struggling to swim to the dock and not being able to lift himself out of the water.

— Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
Nothing ruins an outfit faster than an ill-fitting bra, which is why this V-neck option caught our eye.

— Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruins

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With career-defining performances from Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, this movie still absolutely slays 35 years after it was released.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
When his friend Richard (Leo Suter) slays Beatrice’s husband as well, the two come up with a scheme to marry the sisters and take over their property.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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