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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And then the president of Haiti was assassinated, and things got really bad in Haiti with the gang violence that ensued.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Irish revolutionary and politician Michael Collins was assassinated in County Cork at the age of 31.

— USA Today, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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Jones was only three doors from his house, visiting his neighbor, 46-year-old Jwon Martin, when Jones and Martin were murdered.

— Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Jackson initially cast Ryan Gosling as the father of Susie Salmon, the protagonist who’s murdered by a serial killer early in the story and narrates the fallout from heaven.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026

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The Bella Twins executed a surprising heel turn, attacking Paige after their tag team loss.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Right-hander Adrian Houser got Manny Machado to pop out, but Tatis and Rengifo executed a double steal and France lined a ball to center to open up a 6-0 lead.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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That same day, the Houthis launched a flurry of attacks that reportedly killed and wounded dozens near the Yemen-Saudi border – sparking condemnation from Jordanian, Bahraini and Kuwaiti authorities.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Investigations are ongoing into how cyanide found its way to an ecosystem where wild and domestic animals coexist and farms grow tomatoes and onions, but growers are disputing claims that cyanide from their tomatoes killed the elephants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

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