as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
The Rookie also is yet to kill off a main character — something long-running dramas do for both story and financial reasons.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2026
At one point on back-to-back plays, Carter Mirabal had a block and Vaughan Flaherty followed with a kill off an assist from Spalding.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Rosemount goaltender Sam Clements made four crucial saves to not only kill off the final minute of a penalty but also keep it tied early in the third period.
—Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
As of this writing, Asbille has yet to speak publicly about the decision to kill off Monica.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2026
At one point on back-to-back plays, Carter Mirabal had a block and Vaughan Flaherty followed with a kill off an assist from Spalding.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Rosemount goaltender Sam Clements made four crucial saves to not only kill off the final minute of a penalty but also keep it tied early in the third period.
—Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
As of this writing, Asbille has yet to speak publicly about the decision to kill off Monica.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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Extragalactic astronomers refer to a region behind our Milky Way as the 'Zone of Avoidance' because dust between our galaxy's stars blots out, or deeply reddens, light from more distant galaxies behind it.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
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Then a perusal of several studies that spanned decades and oceans made my hypothesis cloudy enough to blot out that April Fools’ Day moon.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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When the MPKs didn’t know the Marines’ secret code word, the Marines slaughtered them and then shrugged and walked away from all their dead bodies to stay on mission (as in, kill more Marsies).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Lovebugs are vegetarians who feed on pollen and nectar and lack the speed, the jaws and grasping legs to catch and slaughter a mosquito.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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Retroactively, they were interpreted as premonitions of the 1994 violence that saw many thousands of locals, primarily Tutsis, massacred at the hands of Hutu Génocidaires.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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There’s a big fight with Dogknott and Sheline who, in-between sniffing one another’s butts, start massacring the test audience.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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All three were put away with sliders.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Laundry — the end-to-end folding and putting away — is genuinely, profoundly hard.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Undefeated this season on clay, the 15th-seeded Ukrainian player reached the quarterfinals at the French Open for the first time on Sunday by taking out four-time champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 and ruining her birthday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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For example, a second parent in the household who hasn’t yet borrowed could take out the loan instead.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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If Neptune did have an original set of moons that more closely resembled those of its planetary neighbors, the arrival of Triton — which is just smaller than our own moon — would have wreaked havoc, crashing into the other satellites and annihilating some of them.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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Now southern Republicans are annihilating Black political power.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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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
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Iyo went after Liv, but Raquel hit a pounce on Iyo, who bumped off the table.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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One was from a neighbor sick of mowing her double lot, another from a couple of ardent gardeners whose failing health kept them inside.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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And when manually mowing tall stuff, the bumper can be too sensitive for my bull-in-a-China-shop tastes.—
Joe Salas
May 29,
New Atlas,
29 May 2026
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill%20off. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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