as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
Florida went 3 for 3 on the penalty kill — and now has killed off 87.5 percent of opponents’ power plays on the road this postseason — and Bobrovsky stopped 19 of 21 shots for his seventh road game this playoffs giving up two goals or fewer.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
When each number was called out, the actors needed to form groups of that number, or else their character would be killed off.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 June 2025
That starts with killing off weeds before planting.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
Manchester City City won seven of their opening nine league matches last term before a sharp downturn in form over November and December derailed their season and killed off hopes of defending their title.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
When each number was called out, the actors needed to form groups of that number, or else their character would be killed off.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 June 2025
That starts with killing off weeds before planting.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
Manchester City City won seven of their opening nine league matches last term before a sharp downturn in form over November and December derailed their season and killed off hopes of defending their title.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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The News The Senate is pushing off plans to sanction Russia and its trading partners until at least July, as war between Iran and Israel and Republicans’ massive tax cuts bill blot out the popular bipartisan legislation.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
17 June 2025
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Photo : Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty Trees and shrubbery blot out neighboring homes.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
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Over the past century, people have been cutting down trees to make room for agriculture and development, but cicadas count on those trees for food and mating grounds.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
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This also cuts down on mining for new raw materials, which helps reduce carbon emissions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025
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An Orthodox priest in Bucha named Andriy welcomed us to his church, which was bombed by Russia and sits on a mass burial site filled with the bodies of innocent civilians slaughtered by the Russians who occupied the city for a month in 2022.—
Laura Thornton,
Twin Cities,
27 June 2025
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While the majority of the rebel players are slaughtered on sight, Gi-hun is spared and placed back in the central common room.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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At the twilight of his career, in 1990, just a few months after the People’s Liberation Army massacred many of the young protesters who had called for change in Tiananmen Square, Xi Zhongxun assumed one of his last titles: co-chairman of the Care for the Next Generation Committee.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Recently, 200 Christian IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) were massacred in Nigeria.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Consider what needs to be washed, what needs to be tossed, and what needs to be put away.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
4 July 2025
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Coulter, who is 24 years old, was put away a decade ago for killing a man who was simply walking home from a White Castle.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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With the elimination of Grad PLUS loans, graduate students in need of federal tuition assistance will have to take out Direct Unsubsidized Loans.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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Here are the highlights: Legislation details: The new law allows condo associations to take out lines of credit, invest owner fees for future repairs and pause reserve contributions for immediate repairs, aiming to make buildings safer without adding new funds.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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But for Kendrick to annihilate a name that big and then write a song that became a huge hit and then perform at halftime?—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The region has been on edge for the past two years as Israel seeks to annihilate the Hamas group, an Iranian ally, in the Gaza Strip, where war still rages after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.—
Elena Becatoros,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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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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