CARRYING OFF Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

carrying off

verb

present participle of carry off

as in fulfilling

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 killing

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 carrying off Zeus acting for his own pleasure underlies the evolutionary tales of small groups raiding foreign shores, carrying off women. — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026 Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025

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But official sources briefing Iranian media stressed any reopening of the strait would depend on the United States fulfilling what Tehran sees as its commitment to end its own naval blockade of Iran's ports.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Decades later, fulfilling the typical American Dream of a home with white picket fence dotting the front lawn has become all but unattainable, as home prices have soared 235% since January 2000.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of fulfilling

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In March, Nebraska’s Morrill Fire tore through 642,000 acres to become the largest in state history, killing one person and razing vast stretches of cattle country.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
In 2016, wildlife officials closed 183 miles (295 kilometers) of the Yellowstone River to fishing, rafting and other activities to prevent a parasite suspected of killing tens of thousands of fish from spreading further in the low and warm water.

— Matthew Brown, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of killing

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This compilation, led by contributing editor Ardian Wibisono and contributor Yessar Rosendar, shines a light on top-performing companies with sales above $10 million and below $1 billion.

— Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The hard drive alone contained nearly 500 gigabytes of files and thousands of explicit videos and images of children, including one roughly nine-minute video of a toddler performing oral sex on a grown man, court documents show.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

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The fire ripped through hillside neighborhoods, destroying mansions with spectacular ocean views.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
At that tipping point, the only solution is for oil prices to surge, destroying enough demand for oil that the market can return to equilibrium.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

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Smaller teams of high-agency engineers and builders are managing fleets of agents rather than executing every task by hand.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face, for its part, published a forensic timeline, describing how the autonomous AI system spent four and a half days executing 17,600 distinct hacking actions across multiple organizations — without direct involvement by any humans.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of executing

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Symbolism Historically, dragon-slaying stories portrayed the treasure hoard as the ultimate test of a hero’s character.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Foster, 58, was ordered held without bail on Thursday for slaying 39-year-old Julia Anderson during a property dispute, cops said.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026

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Unlike conventional designs, where light is confined to a narrow interface, the new architecture uses the entire available area for transport, achieving what the researchers describe as 100 percent spatial utilization efficiency.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
More employers have balked at paying for them because so many people could be eligible for the treatments and many patients stop them after achieving a weight-loss goal.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of achieving

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Aviation accidents also pose a risk to people on the ground, especially in formation maneuvers like those the Apache pilots were doing in South Carolina.

— Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Daeron has not yet appeared in House of the Dragon but is mentioned in the second season’s sixth episode when Alicent asks her brother Gwayne (Freddie Fox) how Daeron is doing in Oldtown.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

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