killed off

past tense of kill off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for killed off
Verb
  • Southlake Carroll, an eight-time state champion, knocked off Hebron twice last season — a 42-37 third-round playoff thriller, after cruising to a 59-16 win early in regular season.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cena lifted Paul onto the top rope, went for an avalanche AA and was knocked off the rope.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The end result is a new type of meat which doesn't require any animal to be slaughtered.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, when Serb forces systematically slaughtered over 8,000 Bosnian Muslims and dumped their bodies into mass graves.
    Seema Jilani August 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Anything that's safe to store in these rooms should still be put away in an airtight plastic container with a lid to keep environmental elements out.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Here in his little 80-page grin-inducing edition published by Titan Books featuring those intimidating Klingons during their downtime, Spiotto lets his imagination run rampant in envisioning just what existence is like after the antagonism and combat plans are put away.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And under Trump, research universities are losing funding and climate initiatives are being decimated.
    Julia Rendleman, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Lemieux and her husband discussed starting a theater company, one that specialized in local playwrights and actors, but after COVID, the performing arts were decimated.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Principals told to stop calling police chief There was so much chaos in the minutes after the gunman entered the classrooms and massacred the children and teachers inside that school police chief Arredondo called the district’s communication chief for help.
    Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Finally, the 2025 list massacred the stable of eligible plug-in hybrids.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Both Johnson’s and Pritzker’s comments came before Labor Day weekend in Chicago, when there were 58 people shot and eight murdered.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In Britain, for example, a man named Kyle Clifford murdered three members of the same family, all women, one of whom was his ex-girlfriend.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Panthers finished the first quarter by stuffing Richland at Heritage’s 20-yard line on fourth-and-short.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Garcia finished the game at shortstop.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Killed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killed%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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