消す

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete

to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off

to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out

to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison)

to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle

to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out