OFFED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

offed

verb

past tense of off, slang

as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone

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The program tonight will include a tribute to the late republican activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated one year ago, and an observance of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, which is Friday.

— Tamara Keith, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Loosely based on an unfinished novel by Federico García Lorca, a writer assassinated during the Spanish Civil War, the film explores the lives of three gay men in three time periods.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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When a patient of Julia’s daughter is murdered and her medical file disappears, the family becomes prime suspects.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Two Australian surfers, Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, were murdered in 2015 while traveling through the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

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An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said Thursday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Last month, Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said that kites would be treated like drones; Benjamin Netanyahu threatened that the people launching them could be killed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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