killed off

verb

past tense of kill off
as in blotted out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killed off
  1. blotted out
  2. cut down
  3. knocked off
  4. slaughtered
  5. put away
  6. bumped off
  7. annihilated
  8. decimated
Verb
  • Those in the eclipse's path were treated to an incredible display as the moon completely blotted out the sun and revealed its outermost layer, which for a few minutes appeared as a striking glowing ring.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Californians suffered from terrible air quality, struggling to breathe amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a sooty plume blotted out the sun.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of blotted out
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  • If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of cut down
Verb
  • Some have been Ukrainian drones knocked off course by Russian electronic warfare, such as the jamming of navigation signals, which can make their flight paths unpredictable and complicate decisions about whether and where to shoot them down.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Thunderstorms that sweep through the Kansas City area producing brilliant flashes of lightning and booming thunder knocked off power to around 10,000 customers in the Kansas City area.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked off
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  • Cattle that might have come to the US and fattened on American corn to be turned into steaks are now fed, slaughtered and packed entirely in Mexico – then sent to the US as boxed beef.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • His restaurant, Danny’s Burger Shack, serves beef slaughtered in Kansas, southern Nebraska and Missouri, supplied through the Braveheart Black Angus Beef program.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of slaughtered
Verb
  • Defender Kevin O'Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Defender Kevin O’Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of put away
Verb
  • There’s a moment in the movie when the Ben Affleck character has bumped off her lover.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Handre Pollard's grubber was scooped up by center Jesse Kriel, who bumped off two Scots to score.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of bumped off
Verb
  • Just 75 hours after Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb annihilated another Japanese city, killing 73,000 people.
    — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Here, too, a face is lost in another body—though this time the self is annihilated by desire rather than grief.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of annihilated
Verb
  • But that did little to fend off a rash of injuries that decimated the roster during the regular season.
    — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Expansions, nips, and tucks happened over the years, but the British Colonial design was needing a facelift when Hurricane Irma decimated the island in September 2017.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of decimated
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