CARRIED OFF Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

carried off

verb

past tense of carry off

as in fulfilled

to carry through (as a process) to completion the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims

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as in destroyed

to deprive of life pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has

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Recent Examples of carried off John Mark Steward, 65, died after being carried off in his mobile home in Kerrville, his wife told The San Antonio Express-News. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 Once rescuers reached Hardy she was loaded into a rescue stretcher so she could be carried off the mountain. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Their father returns to total devastation—his home in flames, his wife Sally mortally wounded, and his two boys carried off into captivity along with five other women and children. — Literary Hub, 8 July 2026 One woman who seemingly had both legs wrapped up was carried off a vessel by several officers, the post shows. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026 He was then carried off the pitch. — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Agyemang was carried off on a stretcher while playing for Derby in the English second-tier, one tier below the Premier League. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 As George takes Mabel on a tour of his kingdom, Ellen gobbles up a fish, while a friendly worm gets abruptly carried off by a bird that swoops in from the sky. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026 She was carried off in a protective neck brace. — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026

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Now, over a year after the film’s premiere, the demand for merchandise is finally being fulfilled with the pending release of dolls of singers/demon hunters Rumi, Mira and Zoey from Mattel, role-playing toys from Hasbro and Funko Pops!

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Already on a yellow card, Fernandez fulfilled that brief with his wild tackle on Pau Cubarsi.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of fulfilled

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Residents of one village in the Gironde region of France returned to find their homes charred and destroyed by the wildfire which has ripped through them.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Yet with a lack of funds, officials halted further work, leaving the stands partially destroyed and deserted.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

Definition of destroyed

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Alignment Alignment connects the organization’s strategy to how the team is structured, how responsibilities are distributed and how work gets accomplished.

— Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The 39-year-old entered the tournament chasing back-to-back World Cup titles with Argentina, something no country has accomplished on the men’s side since Brazil in 1958 and 1962.

— Nethumi Kannangara, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of accomplished

Verb

Though the World Cup avoided issues with ICE raids at stadiums, the agency this summer has been responsible for shootings that killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine.

— Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The state, then called Vargas, had another natural disaster in 1999, when landslides killed thousands.

— Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of killed

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Last year, The All-American Rejects performed at the Fandom Party, SPYAIR and Denzel Curry headlined the Crunchyroll Anime FanFest, and GI Joe’s Cold Slither debuted.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
That so many teams were capable of winning races showed how well the crews performed, especially considering the breeze was again blowing strongly across the Solent, around 17 knots and sometimes gusting over 20.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of performed

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That means his desire to step up into duels and defend on the front foot will need to be executed carefully, to avoid exposing the space behind a high line that was breached too often on the counter-attack last season.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 July 2026
From a fringed mullet, to a blonde buzz cut, bobs in various lengths, micro bangs, and even a shade of citrus—Kristen Stewart’s looks are always executed with an edge.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 July 2026

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