bump off

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Recent Examples of bump off Iyo went after Liv, but Raquel hit a pounce on Iyo, who bumped off the table. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 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 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 See All Example Sentences for bump off
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Verb
  • He was assassinated in Paris in February 1984, shot on a street outside his residence close to the Eiffel Tower.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Nearly sixty years later, King Philip—the Wampanoag leader who tried to fight the English Pilgrims—was assassinated on August 12, 1676.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When one of the contestants is murdered live on air, the remaining cast members become the prime suspects.
    — L.M. Chilton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Flynn is accused of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, who was found dead at their home in Tipp City on February 16.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Relatives of slain Columbia University teaching assistant Davide Giri flew in from his native Italy to attend the Manhattan Supreme Court sentencing of Vincent Pinkney.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • With career-defining performances from Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, this movie still absolutely slays 35 years after it was released.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners, her lawyers wrote in a Friday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Reset The Car By the end of the week, there’s probably a bit of clutter still sitting in your car that needs to be put away, too.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Jason Wright threw for a touchdown and ran for another but also had two interceptions as the Bulls (2-2) had trouble putting away the Colonials (2-2).
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The second person took out a gun and shot the man in the right hand.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Most farmers take out short-term loans to cover costs between planting and harvest.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Bump off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20off. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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