bump off

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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. — 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 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 See All Example Sentences for bump off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bump off
Verb
  • Currently, a majority of the country’s capital is controlled by gangs after the president was assassinated in 2021.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is set to stand trial beginning June 21, 2028, a Utah judge announced on Monday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Six months later, 18-year-old Brenda Ritter was murdered after leaving her boyfriend’s house on a stormy night in May 1977.
    — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Stayner, a handyman at the nearby Cedar Lodge, murdered Carole Sund, 42.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Then, for about half a mile, the crowd crept along Milwaukee Avenue onto West Diversey, ending at the Logan Square block where Delgado was slain last week.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Its characters’ motives are clearer — the demons, for instance, are impishly violent; the live-action movie forgets to have most of them do any harm before they’re slain.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Hours earlier, Indiana executed a man for killing two children by setting a house fire in 2010, and in Alabama, a man received the last lethal injection of the day for his conviction in the killing of an elderly man and woman in a home robbery.
    — KIM CHANDLER, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For example, when executing a larger order in a fast-moving market, the venue displaying the best price may not have enough liquidity available to fill it.
    — Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • After DeMatteo’s pair of aces, Prohaska put away kills for the 24th and 25th points.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
  • That was only possible due to the strength of Ossoff and Cooper, who both raised gobs of money and put away their opponents weeks ago.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Back at the dinner table, Matt takes out his irritation with Kaylee on the servers, his co-workers, and several rounds of drinks.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
  • After sentencing, the judge ordered Hanson taken out of the courtroom.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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“Bump off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20off. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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