as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
As macabre as this sounds, who better to kill off than somebody that everybody would go, ‘Oh no, not him’?
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Chris Willman, Variety, 25 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
Otherwise, Camara was excellent in helping kill off the other six penalties, as well as 41 seconds of 5-on-3.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Chris Willman, Variety, 25 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
Otherwise, Camara was excellent in helping kill off the other six penalties, as well as 41 seconds of 5-on-3.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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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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Most people never get to experience a total solar eclipse, when the moon blots out the disk of the sun and reveals its fiery outermost atmospheric layer, or corona.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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At Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, a few pigs would be slaughtered and the pork rationed out.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
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Pigs were illegally slaughtered there.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As many as eight thousand citizens were massacred.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Iran is at war, and its regime, after massacring protesters in January, has now hardened in combat.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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Bonetig, a 23-year-old defender who made his seventh career appearance, put away a loose ball from the center of the area to cap the scoring.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Carolina Hurricanes were looking to put away the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, and boy, were the Sens not willing to go down without a fight.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Despite such reports, historians generally view this as exaggerated or taken out of context from a close but platonic friendship.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some take out their phones to shoot video of the unfolding scene.—
Charles Forelle,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mary is willing to be annihilated and remade.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Investors were suddenly gripped with the fear that AI would annihilate software companies of every kind.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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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Ioane charged and offloaded to Tommaso Menoncello, who bumped off Elliot Daly and passed inside to midfield partner Marin to finish off.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Avoid mowing with dull blades; sharpen frequently.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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The city plans to create a park on the property and mow a trail through the prairie and woods for walking.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill%20off. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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