bumped off

past tense of bump off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bumped off There’s a moment in the movie when the Ben Affleck character has bumped off her lover. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Handre Pollard's grubber was scooped up by center Jesse Kriel, who bumped off two Scots to score. — ABC News, 11 July 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumped off
Verb
  • On July 7, 2021, Moïse was assassinated inside his second-floor bedroom.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Petruzzi argued that knowing about an effort to remove a president was not the same as knowing he would be murdered.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In what demonstration 500 security and military forces get murdered?
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For example, SpaceX has made three successful catches of Super Heavy back at SpaceX’s Starbase, Texas, launch facility, and has executed a handful of Raptor 3 single-engine relights on Ship while in space.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Cleaning up three years of contracts matters less than ensuring next month’s contracts land in the right place, signed, on the day they are executed.
    — Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 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
  • Previously winless, Washington couldn’t run the ball or convert third downs against Seattle yet knocked off the defending Super Bowl champion anyway, behind backup quarterback Marcus Mariota’s three touchdowns and three Seahawks turnovers.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Huntington Beach knocked off Yorba Linda to go to 5-0 for the first time since 1998.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Bumped off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumped%20off. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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