kill off

verb

killed off; killing off; kills off

transitive verb

: to destroy in large numbers or totally

Examples of kill off in a Sentence

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Trump reportedly tasked his transition team with coming up with a 100-day strategy to kill off the reporting requirement. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2025 Harlan Drum as CeCe Matney, Anneliese Judge as Annie Sullivan, and Artemis as Lily in episode 408 © 2025 Netflix, Inc. For more on Sweet Magnolias, including why the show had to kill off Bill Townsend, and what’s next for Helen and Erik, and Maddie and Cal, check out our coverage here. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025 These threats have killed off most of the live hard coral in the Florida Keys. Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Feb. 2025 Its agents even sunk as low as engineering a morphogenic virus to kill off the shapeshifting Founders. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for kill off 

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of kill off was in 1607

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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill%20off. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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