killing off

verb

present participle of kill off
as in blotting out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killing off
  1. blotting out
  2. taking out
  3. putting away
  4. knocking off
  5. slaughtering
  6. bumping off
  7. rubbing out
  8. carrying off
Verb
  • For a few minutes at each end of that window, the moon’s edge will appear to align with that of the sun, blotting out the star’s fierce light and revealing the wispy corona off to one side.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
  • From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of blotting out
Verb
  • In a video obtained by TMZ, a man the outlet identified as Perez is shown taking out a large butcher’s knife from his black sweatshirt pocket.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • This involves taking out a lower-cost, longer-term financial product.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of taking out
Verb
  • Jukes contributed some muscle late, putting away three kills after McAuley trailed 20-19 in the first game and two more after McAuley held a 21-18 lead in the second game.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Clear these areas by putting away anything that does not need to be out.
    — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of putting away
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  • New Mexico improved to 7-1 on the year after going on the road and knocking off San Jose State on Halloween and kept a very weird streak alive.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The Titans finally won a game, knocking off a divisional rival, the Indianapolis Colts, 26-20.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocking off
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  • Mom accused of slaughtering husband, toddler at Great Wolf Lodge could face death penalty.
    — , FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Jason, who supposedly witnessed his mother’s killing, took up the blade, slaughtering his way through several bloody sequels.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of slaughtering
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  • There were two--count 'em, two--stories bumping off the top of the front page Tuesday, both about election observers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In bumping off Ecuador 2-0 Tuesday night in the friendly confines of Estadio Azteca, Mexico has set up Telemundo (and to a lesser extent, Fox) for a post-holiday blockbuster against England.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of bumping off
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  • Also on the trail is a gangster named Clyde (John Magaro), who’s been sent to redo the job of rubbing out the mysteriously undead Ida.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of rubbing out
Verb
  • Zeus acting for his own pleasure underlies the evolutionary tales of small groups raiding foreign shores, carrying off women.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Definition of carrying off
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