as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
Last year, Kennedy proposed allowing bird flu to run rampant on the nation’s poultry farms, so as to kill off all the weakest chickens.
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
In an effort to escape his ordinary life in New Jersey, Becket decides to kill off his seven relatives to claim a $28 billion inheritance.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Trump last year had pushed in his NASA budget request, which Congress ignored, to kill off the existing reliance on SLS and Orion after Artemis III.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
They are then put back in after rounds of chemotherapy to kill off the cancer cells.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
In an effort to escape his ordinary life in New Jersey, Becket decides to kill off his seven relatives to claim a $28 billion inheritance.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Trump last year had pushed in his NASA budget request, which Congress ignored, to kill off the existing reliance on SLS and Orion after Artemis III.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
They are then put back in after rounds of chemotherapy to kill off the cancer cells.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Iranian security forces slaughtered thousands of protesters in a crackdown on street demonstrations in January.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Sheep are overwhelmingly bred and slaughtered for meat, either lamb or mutton.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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The collapse of the currency sparked widespread protests in late December and early January, prompting the regime—with the help of the IRGC—to massacre thousands of Iranians.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Ali Larijani One possible successor is regime loyalist Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, who reportedly implemented Khamenei’s plan to massacre over 30,000 Iranians who protested against his regime in January.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Is there a time when phones should be put away and not used in the classroom?—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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One person unpacks the food in the kitchen while the others put away the rest.—
Brittany Huston,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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In response, Israel has ordered some 300,000 residents of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut to flee, taking out building after building.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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There’s also a chance that holiday or spring break fliers are not as familiar with the TSA rules, which can create a bottleneck of flustered passengers scrambling to take out their laptops right at the conveyor belt.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Yes, Riverdale Ridge annihilated every single Rocky Mountain Basketball league opponent and was hardly tested in state.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
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So, if the president succeeds in 'annihilating,' in his words, the Iranian navy, then long-term prospects of closure should decline, and that should increase the likelihood that ships will start sailing again.—
DAVID McHUGH,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Midway through, Clinton is bumped off at a monastery while dressed as a monk in Raquel Welch drag, and his guests must unravel the crime.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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Smith, a tall 25-year-old gay Black man determined to have a fun night on the town, picks up a bag of coke and immediately does a bump off his key.—
Ana Osorno,
Them.,
21 Nov. 2025
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Apply the rule of one-third when mowing to prevent stressing the existing grass.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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Avoid mowing your lawn too short; longer blades of grass will help shade out emerging weeds like dandelions.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill%20off. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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