as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way
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Recent Examples of bump off
Andrew Peeke got bumped off the puck behind the net by Alex Tuch on Thompson’s second goal.
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Stephen Conroy,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
Iyo went after Liv, but Raquel hit a pounce on Iyo, who bumped off the table.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Ioane charged and offloaded to Tommaso Menoncello, who bumped off Elliot Daly and passed inside to midfield partner Marin to finish off.
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ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
Midway through, Clinton is bumped off at a monastery while dressed as a monk in Raquel Welch drag, and his guests must unravel the crime.
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Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
Smith, a tall 25-year-old gay Black man determined to have a fun night on the town, picks up a bag of coke and immediately does a bump off his key.
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Ana Osorno,
Them.,
21 Nov. 2025
Then, just like that, the Zero got bumped off the top of the ultralight electric pump pyramid earlier this summer by the APO5C from fellow Chinese brand Nitecore, a pump that weighs roughly 10 grams less than the Zero while offering comparable performance.
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New Atlas,
12 Sep. 2025
Leganes’ Oscar Rodriguez learned this the hard way in May, getting bumped off the ball with the sort of front-footed tackle Agoume enjoys.
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Carl Anka,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
In those cases, residential home heating and commercial demand can bump off power plants.
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David Wagman,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Apr. 2017
Stephen Conroy,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
Iyo went after Liv, but Raquel hit a pounce on Iyo, who bumped off the table.
—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Ioane charged and offloaded to Tommaso Menoncello, who bumped off Elliot Daly and passed inside to midfield partner Marin to finish off.
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ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
Midway through, Clinton is bumped off at a monastery while dressed as a monk in Raquel Welch drag, and his guests must unravel the crime.
—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
Smith, a tall 25-year-old gay Black man determined to have a fun night on the town, picks up a bag of coke and immediately does a bump off his key.
—
Ana Osorno,
Them.,
21 Nov. 2025
Then, just like that, the Zero got bumped off the top of the ultralight electric pump pyramid earlier this summer by the APO5C from fellow Chinese brand Nitecore, a pump that weighs roughly 10 grams less than the Zero while offering comparable performance.
—
New Atlas,
12 Sep. 2025
Leganes’ Oscar Rodriguez learned this the hard way in May, getting bumped off the ball with the sort of front-footed tackle Agoume enjoys.
—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
In those cases, residential home heating and commercial demand can bump off power plants.
—
David Wagman,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bump off
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Louis Farrakhan, who is now 93, stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.
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Louis Farrakhan stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.
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Their younger son, Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested that evening and charged with murdering them.
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Her most memorable scene (of many) may be when she gets murdered by the audience for talking too much during Shakespeare in Love (1998).
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Earle is there to be supportive, and to slay a dragon in her best copyright-dodging Red Sonja fit.
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Jace is then slain by enemy arrows.
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The surest way to move the fastest, have the greatest impact and capture the most value is to vertically integrate and execute on the full value chain end-to-end.
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Most of the videos featured phony trades executed on dummy sites designed to resemble Polymarket, according to the Journal, which said the company's actions were part of a campaign to lure users to its offshore, unregulated platform.
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An officer again asked if the dog was put away.
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And in Las Vegas, the Carolina Hurricanes put away the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 for their first Stanley Cup in 20 years.
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Concern arose that Orange was going to be taken out of the jail and lynched.
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For the past two decades, graduate students have been able to take out an unlimited amount of federal student loans to cover the full cost of their education.
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“Bump off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20off. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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