kill off
Idioms-
Render extinct, eliminate completely, as in The plague killed off entire villages and towns . [c. 1600]
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Represent as dead, as in This mystery writer kills off a new victim in almost every chapter . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
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Inter killed off the game within 10 minutes of the restart as Argentina star Martinez fired home from close to the penalty spot after a long throw into the box.
From Barron's
Lawyers filed the claim in Boston's federal court on behalf of relatives of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, among six men killed off the coast of Venezuela on 14 October.
From BBC
"Ubisoft and other major publishers have killed off games many times because the project wasn't progressing".
From Barron's
What happened when all the new animals in the north killed off the arctic foxes and belugas and narwhals and polar bears that already lived there?
From Literature
According to Marrero, the decision killed off any prospect of finding an answer.
From BBC
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