dispose of
phrasal verbdispose of somebody/something
- to get rid of somebody/something that you do not want or cannot keep
- the difficulties of disposing of nuclear waste
- to dispose of stolen property
- Radioactive waste must be disposed of safely.
- to deal with a problem, question or threat successfully
- That seems to have disposed of most of their arguments.
- to defeat or kill somebody
- It took her a mere 20 minutes to dispose of her opponent.