carrying off

verb

present participle of carry off
1
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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2
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying off
  1. fulfilling
  2. killing
  3. performing
  4. destroying
  5. executing
  6. slaying
  7. achieving
  8. doing in
Verb
  • Others can involve providing financial stability for a child who has pursued a meaningful and fulfilling career that does not pay very much, or assisting younger family members with a down payment in a tight housing market.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • With Charlie, Erika was well on her way to fulfilling this fantasy.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of fulfilling
Verb
  • In truly horrific news, a Frankfort mom is accused of killing her 2-year-old son after allegedly following the trial of Lindsay Clancy with great interest.
    — Hilary Gowins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this month, a fuel tanker crashed into other vehicles and exploded near the western city of Sanandaj, killing 11 people and injuring seven others.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of killing
Verb
  • Give yourself permission to enjoy connection without performing constant availability.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The special show at the sanctuary found Wakeman sitting at a grand piano and performing a few new compositions written specifically for the bears.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of performing
Verb
  • It was defined in a United Nations Convention, adopted in the wake of the Holocaust, as acts that are committed with the intention of destroying — in whole or in part — a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Can the product be restored without destroying what still works?
    — Christopher Kiggins, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of destroying
Verb
  • The 30-logical-qubit demonstration represents an important data point in the industry’s effort to move from isolated quantum experiments toward machines capable of executing increasingly long and reliable computations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Most importantly, ask whether your team has started avoiding good ideas because executing them on the website feels too difficult.
    — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of executing
Verb
  • Jose’s siblings are reeling from the shock slaying so close to home.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In a long campaign wielding the sword, converting Venezuela to the dollar would stand as his biggest dragon-slaying victory ever.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of slaying
Verb
  • Orbit is Flight 14’s primary focus, and only by achieving that milestone can SpaceX move on to clear the rocket’s remaining hurdles.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But achieving that level of pristineness is difficult and time consuming.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of achieving
Verb
  • Basically, what Thiel’s doing in his Antichrist speeches is portraying our current predicament as an existential battle between good and evil.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Great leaders learn to recognize what a person may be capable of doing in the future.
    — Hao Lam, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of doing in

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“Carrying off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20off. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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