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a) An assassination.
A direct manipulation editor would support, for example, a single rubout key that uses the cursor to find the appropriate character for deletion...
b) backspace
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rubout — noun see rub out … New Collegiate Dictionary
rubout — /rub owt /, n. Slang. a murder or assassination. [1925 30, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase rub out] * * * … Universalium
rubout — rub•out [[t]ˈrʌbˌaʊt[/t]] n. Slang. cvb sts a murder • Etymology: 1925–30, amer … From formal English to slang
rubout — /ˈrʌbaʊt/ (say rubowt) noun Chiefly US Colloquial a killing …
rubout — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: rub out : an act or instance of rubbing someone or something out * * * /rub owt /, n. Slang. a murder or assassination. [1925 30, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase rub out] * * * rubˈout noun … Useful english dictionary
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rub out — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to obliterate or extinguish by or as if by rubbing 2. to destroy completely; specifically kill, murder < somebody rubbed him out…with a twenty two Raymond Chandler > • rubout noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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