offs

present tense third-person singular of off, slang

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Recent Examples of offs However, what's even more ingenious in setting them apart from other horror villains is how the killer offs their victims by using the rules of horror films against them. — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
  • By definition, a serial killer is someone who murders two or more people during separate events, with gaps of time in between.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.
    — Jill Lawrence, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • With career-defining performances from Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, this movie still absolutely slays 35 years after it was released.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When his friend Richard (Leo Suter) slays Beatrice’s husband as well, the two come up with a scheme to marry the sisters and take over their property.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Offs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offs. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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