as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
Idaho spent $3 million the past two years on copper poisoning to treat the Snake River, just enough of a concentration to kill off the invasive species and still under the limit for drinking water.
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Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
This is simply heating milk to kill off bacteria.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
And Morrow’s ability to knock the Xenmorph out, even briefly, with a taser rifle feels like an awkward shortcut for a TV show that can’t just have the thing kill off all the ongoing characters at once.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Microsoft announced the decision to kill off the three-decade-old Microsoft Publisher back in March, with an October 2026 end-of-life date, citing how most of its functionality had now been incorporated in other Microsoft 365 apps such as Word and PowerPoint.
—PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
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Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
This is simply heating milk to kill off bacteria.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
And Morrow’s ability to knock the Xenmorph out, even briefly, with a taser rifle feels like an awkward shortcut for a TV show that can’t just have the thing kill off all the ongoing characters at once.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Microsoft announced the decision to kill off the three-decade-old Microsoft Publisher back in March, with an October 2026 end-of-life date, citing how most of its functionality had now been incorporated in other Microsoft 365 apps such as Word and PowerPoint.
—PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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Childhood photos are also here, bearing the red time stamp from the 1990s and family members whose faces have been blotted out.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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By then, the fire had burned more than a thousand acres, and the winds were starting to whip; smoke blotted out the setting sun, and the power in the area was down.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Overcome with fury, the King announces his plan to slaughter anyone who was complicit, including his own grandmother.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, producers slaughtered more beef cows than ever before in the USDA recordkeeping.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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In total, around 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were massacred, according to the U.N. Most of the victims from the Alawites, a minority group in Syria, which the Assad family belonged to, as well as from the Druze community.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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In a statement following an attack days earlier where gunmen massacred at least 40 people in the rural fishing village of Labordrie, just north of the capital, Amnesty International called on Haitian authorities to take action to protect the population.—
Ychmuth Corneille,
Miami Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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The Bills, at times, struggled to put away one of the NFL’s worst teams at home.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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First thing on New Year’s Day, Lynch posted the video on TikTok and then promptly put away her phone, vowing not to look at the post.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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In response to that news, Colbert received an outpouring of support from many of his current and former fellow talk-show hosts, including Kimmel, who even took out a billboard in Los Angeles endorsing Colbert (against his own show), for an Emmy.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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While that’s happening, center Connor McGovern sealed off his defender, Torrence and Van Demark took out the two defenders ahead of them and Cook scampered for another gain of 10-plus yards.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Oh, and stopping the Soviets from annihilating the world.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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As a result, Israel preserved its existence without annihilating vast opposition forces.—
ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Leganes’ Oscar Rodriguez learned this the hard way in May, getting bumped off the ball with the sort of front-footed tackle Agoume enjoys.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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YouTube continues to rake in money from advertisers worldwide, with the video giant’s ad revenue reaching $8.93 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 10.3% year over year — a solid double-digit bump off an already large haul.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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While applying pre-emergent herbicides in September or October is the best defense against these weeds, mowing in late fall and winter can help manage any that appear after the herbicide window.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
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Outdoors, WhistlinDiesel drove a truck into Ben, took it into downtown Nashville, and even used it to mow a lawn.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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