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
  • Among them is the son of Fred Hampton, a senior leader of the Black Panther Party who was assassinated by the FBI in 1969, at the age of 21.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • London, who was married to hip hop legend Nipsey Hussle, would come together with Snoop again to honor Nipsey after he was murdered in 2019.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Florida executed 19 people last year, accounting for 40% of all executions nationwide, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Friday, Trumann police and the Poinsett County sheriff's office executed a search warrant relating to Rebecca Lucille Montgomery, 44, Trumann police said in a social media post.
    Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Simply encouraging students to put away their phones or teaching them better sleep habits wouldn’t move the needle either.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
  • All those devices must be turned off and put away during the school day.
    Kellye Lynn, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Vols are Arlington ISD’s undisputed top team until they’re knocked off their pedestal.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The man was knocked off his scooter, and one of the pellets nearly hit his left eye, police said.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Bumped off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumped%20off. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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