Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killed off
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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 -
Urban skyglow has robbed many of us of our night skies and the vast majority of the population of the United States now lives in regions where the stars are mostly blotted out by excessive lighting.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Masco knocked off Marblehead, 45-42, at Walt Roberts Field to capture its first NEC crown in program history, accomplishing the feat in dramatic fashion by overcoming a 22-point first half deficit.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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The second came in 2021, when the Gophers knocked off rival and 18th-ranked Wisconsin, 23-13, in Minneapolis.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
18 Oct. 2025
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Giving up 1,700 terrorist hostages from Israel, basically create a potential pathway to statehood, because of an invasion two years ago that slaughtered Israelis, there's a lot here that still has to play out.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
5 Oct. 2025
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In 2022, producers slaughtered more beef cows than ever before in the USDA recordkeeping.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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Owners should also put away toys before bedtime, which will likely keep them calm in the middle of the night.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Then seal them in envelopes and put away for planting next spring.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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But when a sector dwindles to five companies—or four, or three, or two, or just one—the collective action problem is annihilated by the inevitable coziness among the executives of the incestuous industries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 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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Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlighted the mob’s persistence and adaptability to changing times and technology.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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And between offensive line issues such as the left-tackle turnstile last season and a receiver group decimated by injuries, Mahomes seldom played with the fluidity that earned him NFL MVP honors in his first season as a starter and defined his early years.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement There was also a growing feeling that a few more mistakes in Sweida and in coastal Latakia, where Syrian forces massacred Alawites in early March, and the world could turn against the new President.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Hamas massacred approximately 1,200 people in the initial assault and took more than 250 people hostage.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
26 Sep. 2025
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Another legend explains how in the distant past, the nefarious Lake Nyos was formed from the decomposing body of a Kom chief whose people had been tricked and murdered by the Bamessi tribe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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State social studies standards for years have included discussion of how white Tulsans murdered as many as 300 Black people.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Killed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killed%20off. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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