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View synonyms for kill off

kill off

  1. Render extinct, eliminate completely, as in The plague killed off entire villages and towns . [c. 1600]

  2. Represent as dead, as in This mystery writer kills off a new victim in almost every chapter . [Mid-1800s]



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They may be killed off by the icy blast of further mediocrity should Rangers be undone again at home or abroad.

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Thankfully, nothing in “Spinal Tap II” will kill off the original’s legacy.

Did you cover your mouth when one show killed off a main character?

You see it everywhere; it not only crowds out natives, it also poisons the soil to kill off the competition and ruins biodiversity.

The difficulty came from performing nearly every scene without the solidarity of co-star Pedro Pascal, whose character Joel was brutally killed off in Episode 2.

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