'nip in the bud' definitions:
Synonyms of 'nip in the bud'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annihilate,
- bereave of life,
- block,
- brake,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- chloroform,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut short,
- deadlock,
- deprive of life,
- destroy,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do away with,
- do for,
- do to death,
- end,
- execute,
- exterminate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- get rid of,
- halt,
- immolate,
- kill,
- launch into eternity,
- liquidate,
- lynch,
- make away with,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- nip,
- poison,
- purge,
- put away,
- put down,
- put paid to,
- put to death,
- put to sleep,
- remove from life,
- sacrifice,
- slaughter,
- slay,
- slow down,
- stall,
- starve,
- stay,
- stop,
- stymie,
- take life,
- take off,
- to