as in assassinated
to put to death deliberately
these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way
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Recent Examples of bumped off
Ioane charged and offloaded to Tommaso Menoncello, who bumped off Elliot Daly and passed inside to midfield partner Marin to finish off.
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ABC News, 7 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
ABC News, 7 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumped off
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Franco is the sister of Marielle Franco, a Rio councilwoman, feminist and human rights activist who was assassinated in 2018.—
Eléonore Hughes,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Several days after this event, right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University.—
Karen J. Leader,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Davis believes her ex-husband was murdered, although a coroner ruled his death an overdose, the attorney said.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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Murder is only a federal crime under certain circumstances, including when a person is murdered to prevent them or someone else from sharing information with federal authorities.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Regional American wines are a strength of this particular list, and cocktails are sensible and executed with an eye to matching the caliber of the food.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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On April 21, 1996, Russian forces executed one of the most precise assassinations of the modern era.—
Robert A. Pape In The Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Is there a time when phones should be put away and not used in the classroom?—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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One person unpacks the food in the kitchen while the others put away the rest.—
Brittany Huston,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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Two years ago, Canadian Vicky Mboko, 19, was floating in the mid-300s in terms of her WTA ranking; she’s now ranked 10th, having knocked off recent opponents including Naomi Osaka, Mirra Andreeva, and Elena Rybakina.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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Jaquan Johnson scored 18 points, six in double overtime, as Bradley knocked off Valparaiso 90-84 on Friday night in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Bumped off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumped%20off. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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