as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
Defeat to Eastleigh in the play-offs then killed off any hopes of an EFL return.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Historically, Mike White doesn’t start killing off cast members until the night before check-out, but perhaps the patterns that once proved pleasurable are ready to be interrupted.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The Blue Jackets killed off the final seconds of regulation, but the Panthers started overtime with a four-on-three advantage.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Cataclysmic events have taken place five times in the past 500 million years, killing off most species from water and land over a relatively short geological interval.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Historically, Mike White doesn’t start killing off cast members until the night before check-out, but perhaps the patterns that once proved pleasurable are ready to be interrupted.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The Blue Jackets killed off the final seconds of regulation, but the Panthers started overtime with a four-on-three advantage.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Cataclysmic events have taken place five times in the past 500 million years, killing off most species from water and land over a relatively short geological interval.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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Totality, whereby the Earth blotted out the sun's disk to reveal the sun's corona, lasted for more than two hours, with the entire eclipse process ending around 6 a.m. On Friday morning, Firefly Aerospace then released two images captured by its lander with a wide-lens camera on its top deck.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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At one point on its trip, Athena will also experience a solar eclipse, as Earth moves in front of the sun and blots out the light.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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The week before the ceremony, the community cuts down cottonwood trees and gathers yucca plants and other supplies for the dance.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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Spotify also pushes its free users toward premium subscriptions, without ads, which could cut down on its advertising ambitions.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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Instead, hundreds of Russian commandos were slaughtered at Moshchun by a ragged mix of Ukrainian troops, policemen, national guardsmen and regular civilians, some of them armed with nothing more than hand grenades and hunting rifles.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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Birds are dying off — or they're slaughtered — by the thousands.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2025
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The first season ended with Joel making the shocking decision to massacre a group of Fireflies, who planned to use Elle's immunity to make a cure for the infection but at the cost of her life.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Combat can often be janky, with some weapons feeling floaty and imprecise, enemies sometimes bugging out, frozen in place for the party to massacre.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Experts generally recommend having three to six months’ worth of expenses put away for emergencies.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2025
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Hartford Courant As personal agendas were put away, and new work habits were established, the Huskies started 5-5-1 before getting a big win over Boston College Nov. 15.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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The prequel’s biggest bad, Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton), is later taken out by Spencer.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025
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Aloy took out plate umpire Chuck Pack at the knees, then got up and stomped on the plate.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2025
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The landing force annihilated, the battle is lost. Against overwhelming odds, Scott dares the unthinkable — cross behind enemy lines, survive the lethal landscape, evade capture by ruthless enemies, resist natural predators, face human deserters and finish the mission singlehandedly.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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The artist and rapper has been annihilating each show she’s been attending and her lineup is stacked.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the 5ft 8in Modric is bumped off balance by 6ft tall Betis centre-back Marc Bartra, who ends up making contact with the ball, sending a free header wide.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The celebs must unmask the killer before they’re all bumped off.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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