transitive verb
1. : to obliterate or extinguish by rubbing
rubbed out the shovel marks and all their tracks — W.F.Davis
rubbed out the end of his cigarette — Kay Boyle
2. : to destroy completely
much of the older section of town was rubbed out in the air raids — Richard Joseph
specifically : murder , kill
somebody rubbed him out this afternoon with a twenty-two — Raymond Chandler