off

⁴off

verb

Definition of OFF

intransitive verb

: to go away : depart —used chiefly as an imperative <off, or I'll shoot>

transitive verb

slang : kill, murder

Examples of OFF

1. The movie is about a gangster who gets power by offing his rivals.
2. <the hit man bragged that he'd offed at least three people in the last year alone>

First Known Use of OFF

1717

Related to OFF

Synonyms: assassinate, bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, liquidate, neutralize, murder [slang], put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack [slang]

Related Words: blow away, shoot, shoot down; blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap; butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter; annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out

Near Antonyms: animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

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