KILL OFF Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

kill off

verb

Definition of kill off

as in to blot out

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Recent Examples of kill off Dry weather will kill off wasp prey, including other insects and vegetation, before the wasps get to it. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026 What kind of superhero show has the guts to kill off its lead character in the first episode? — Matt Minton, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 However, the decision to kill off Stevenson’s character was entirely because the actor was leaving the show. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026 Strip the entire operation down to the chassis, scrap every piece of worth for real prospect capital, and kill off this franchise’s addiction to fly-by-night decision-making. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for kill off

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Luxor, Egypt Luxor, in southern Egypt, will enjoy the longest duration of totality during the solar eclipse that will blot out the sun in parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa on August 2.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Deafheaven broke the mold by introducing blinding light to rock music’s darkest corner, but after wave upon wave of imitators, the only subversion left is to blot out the sun.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of blot out

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If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026

Definition of cut down

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Until then, the RSF will, based on its actions over the past two decades, continue to slaughter tens, if not hundreds, of thousands more.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
In one of the many scary dream sequences David Naughton has while becoming a werewolf, his Jewish family back home is slaughtered by Nazi monsters.

— Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of slaughter

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Earlier this summer, a gang had massacred at least 47 residents and kidnapped dozens more in the town of Kenscoff, on the main southern route out of the capital.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
The people in Silo 17 were brutally massacred by the members of Silo 1.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of massacre

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That was only possible due to the strength of Ossoff and Cooper, who both raised gobs of money and put away their opponents weeks ago.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Mikael Granlund added a goal and two assists for the Ducks, while Leo Carlsson put away a shorthanded tally and Beckett Sennecke had four assists.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of put away

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According to the company, about 65,000 California Community College student accounts were impacted by data changes, roughly 1,000 were accessed and 400 had financial aid refunds taken out.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The Israeli military has been accused of targeting buildings in Lebanon in a bid to take out Hezbollah militant operatives in full knowledge that civilians would also be caught in the strike.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of take out

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Magnetic fields and an extreme vacuum — so extreme that no pressure gauge can measure it — ensure that the antiprotons don’t prematurely encounter ordinary protons, which would annihilate both.

— George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Hell, Ella Langley has been annihilating the Billboard charts lately.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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