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The resulting juice also keeps more of its nutrients because centrifugal juicers produce heat from friction that kills off nutrients.—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 Several characters are killed off throughout the new movie, some minor and a few shockingly major, although the ending implies not all of the deaths will be permanent.—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 May 2026 Percy and Richardson's deaths came a few weeks after Fergus (César Domboy) was killed off in a major deviation from Diana Gabaldon's book series, of which the Starz series is based.—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026 To Henry, this would have been for the greater good of English football, but the reaction was again one of anger and Henry was annoyed that the idea was killed off.—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for kill off