kills off

present tense third-person singular of kill off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kills off
Verb
  • However, the Rangers erased the Yankees’ three-run lead in the bottom of the second, as former pinstriped prospects Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran — traded for Joey Gallo in 2021 — had RBI knocks off Max Fried, with the latter tying the game.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Polish government considers the Volhynia and Galicia massacres a genocide, and holds Bandera equal in infamy to Nazi war criminals of the same era.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, if Hollis wins and indeed takes out Pope the winner could be up for grabs.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The 2022 bare-knuckle holiday sensation Violent Night followed an embittered Santa, armed with lethal combat skills, who takes out a team of ruthless mercenaries to rescue a girl and her family.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • He was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison, but his guilt came into question in 1982 when investigators connected the Locci and Lo Bianco murders to the 1974, 1981, and 1982 slayings.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Ken Woroner—Netflix In Shelley's book, the Creature either directly murders or is responsible for the deaths of several innocent people as part as his quest for vengeance against Victor.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This move effectively decimates the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has conducted federal funds to NPR and PBS for nearly 60 years.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With its 5Ah battery, the Goat mows over 5,000 square feet per charge and gets back to work after just 45 minutes of charging.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In Steel Nomad Light, the new Adreno GPU certainly smites the implementation of the old Adreno in the two Snapdragon X Elite systems here, delivering a bit more than double the score.
    Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The flip side occurs when an area with good yields when bad weather smites the crop nationally.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Redditors report that finishes often flake off, scratch easily, or discolor with regular cleaning.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Even in JSerra finishes 3-7, its power rating on HSratings could be high enough to claim an at-large spot in Division 2.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Kills off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kills%20off. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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