as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
As of this writing, Asbille has yet to speak publicly about the decision to kill off Monica.
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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
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.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 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
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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
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.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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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
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Vanessa Van Helsing wakes up from a coma to discover that a volcanic eruption has blotted out the sun, letting vampires prey 24/7.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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When someone is off island or unwell, others have to fill in, whether that means covering shifts, running errands or slaughtering a cow.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Halal is hand-slaughtered by Muslims.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tradition says that on the 10th of Muharram, Husayn and his companions met Yazid’s military on the battlefield and were massacred.—
Mary Thurlkill,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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In fact, high inflation triggered mass protests in December and January, prompting the regime to massacre tens of thousands of its own citizens.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Michigan had more than enough to put away Arizona, notably with 7-foot-3 center Aday Mara going for 26 points to lead five players in double figures.—
Aaron Beard,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Brazilian put away a goal with ease, leveling the match in the 37th minute.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Betts and Gabriela Jaquez both finished with double-doubles and received a standing ovation from UCLA fans in attendance when taken out of the game with less than five minutes to go.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Rangers had a chance to take the lead after Burns was taken out of the game, but with runners on second and third base with one out, Andrew McCutchen struck out before Brandon Nimmo came to the plate and forced a full count — but struck out to end the inning.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Their radar is 100% annihilated.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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The trap confined 92 antiprotons in a vacuum, as any contact with air would annihilate them.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 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
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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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Maintain a healthy lawn and mow higher to help shade out crabgrass.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2026
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While not having a lawn to mow sparked the couple’s decision to change things up, what to have in its place took some thought.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill%20off. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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