Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killed off
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During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026 -
News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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After both players helmets got knocked off, Kastelic scored the knockdown with an overhand right.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points and Folgueiras had 16 for the Hawkeyes (24-12), who knocked off top-seeded and defending champion Florida in the second round on Folgueiras’ 3-pointer in the closing seconds.—
Kristie Rieken,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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That is the most in modern history, more than in 2018, the last time Republicans got slaughtered in the midterm election.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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But news of Anthropic testing its most powerful AI model yet slaughtered enterprise software stocks Friday.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Buoyed by a loud sellout crowd at its home arena, West Virginia used a 16-3 run spanning the halves to put away Miami.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Arnold exploded in the fifth set of Agoura’s Marmonte League showdown with Thousand Oaks, giving his team just enough to put away the Lancers.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
21 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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And when matter and antimatter particles meet, they are mutually annihilated.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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The latter was to be driven from the Persian Gulf, the former to be annihilated.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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In this case, by not parting with any of their wealth of starting pitching depth, the Royals have bolstered a stellar rotation decimated by injuries last season.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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The local fishery was decimated, Khiev says.—
Ryan Kellman,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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But in places where criminal groups are more present than law enforcement, nearly every vigilante movement that has emerged in recent history has either been coopted by rival cartels or massacred.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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But vigilante movements in Mexico historically get co-opted by rival cartels or massacred, creating a dangerous spiral that could worsen after recent cartel leadership deaths.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Killed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killed%20off. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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