kill off

verb

killed off; killing off; kills off

transitive verb

: to destroy in large numbers or totally

Examples of kill off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Steaming your fresh produce, like broccoli, in a pan for a few minutes should be enough to kill off the parasite. — Michelle Marchante july 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Stallone wrote all of the Rocky movies and Creed II — the one that (spoiler alert) killed off his character. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Tuchel and his players, particularly Gordon and Pickford today, and Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham across the tournament, have much to be proud of, but England simply weren’t capable of killing off the game and scoring a second goal. — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Counselors reopen Camp Crystal Lake, despite its dark history, and slowly most of them are killed off in gruesome ways by a mysterious figure. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for kill off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff