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present participle of kill off
Synonyms & Antonyms of killing off
as in slaughtering, blotting out
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for killing off
- bumping off,
- butchering,
- cutting down,
- finishing,
- getting,
- icing
- [slang],
- knocking off,
- murdering,
- neutralizing,
- offing
- [slang],
- putting away,
- rubbing out,
- scragging,
- snuffing,
- taking out,
- wasting,
- whacking
- [slang]
- carrying off,
- claiming,
- croaking
- [slang],
- destroying,
- dispatching,
- doing in,
- felling,
- killing,
- slaying,
- taking
- euthanizing
- (also euthanatizing),
- putting down
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for killing off
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