Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killed off
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Ravens by 17 Chargers at Raiders (+3½) The Chargers knocked off division rival Kansas City to win in Brazil in the first-ever NFL game streamed on YouTube.—
Kevin Cusick,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025 -
He was knocked off course several times.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Great War, however, turned death into something sudden, cruel and unknowable, as young men—often barely into adulthood—were slaughtered on the front line, their deaths reported to their families days or weeks later.—
Alice Vernon
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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That’s why he got slaughtered in the election.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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In a contest that quickly became a matter of which team could shoot itself in the foot less, the Broncos put away the Titans 20-12 Sunday for a season-opening win at Empower Field.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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Its marketing materials show robots handing an apple to a human, making coffee, putting away groceries and dishes, pouring drinks, and watering plants.—
Maya Cakmak,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2025
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Release the hostages and lay down your weapons—or Gaza will be destroyed, and you will be annihilated.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Reed Nichols’ El Cariso home was decimated by the fire.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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Poaching later decimated the wildlife here, until 2003, when NGO African Parks began comanaging Liuwa alongside the Zambian Department of National Parks and Wildlife and the Barotse Royal Establishment.—
Mazuba Kapambwe,
AFAR Media,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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Finally, the 2025 list massacred the stable of eligible plug-in hybrids.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
26 Aug. 2025
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The house is haunted by a family of farmers that lived and died on the land, murdered horribly by the patriarch of the family, but really, the problem is the demon that controls the mirror and its dark reflections.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered on Wednesday during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 2006, Hilleary sought the GOP Senate nomination in Tennessee but finished third.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Animal Crossing decompilation community had just finished reverse-engineering the game's source code, providing readable C instead of PowerPC assembly.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Killed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killed%20off. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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