killed off

verb

Definition of killed offnext
past tense of kill off
as in blotted out

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  1. cut down
  2. put away
  3. decimated
  4. massacred
  5. murdered
  6. finished
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  • Permits for cutting down Christmas trees in national forests, a Thanksgiving weekend tradition for many Colorado families, are now on sale.
    John Meyer, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The Clippers responded by cutting down its mistakes, not turning over the ball and making the right play, enabling them to build a substantial lead in the second half.
    Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut down
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  • Year-end is when most of them make like an autumn squirrel and choose how much of next year’s pay to put away for the future.
    Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Popular on Variety All that’s left is to put away the phone and enjoy the experience.
    Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of put away
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  • Clampdown on press freedom in Cambodia Rights groups say Cambodia’s once thriving media sector has been decimated in recent years by former strongman Hun Sen, who ruled the country for more than three decades before handing power to his eldest son Hun Manet in 2022.
    Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nasrallah's assassination followed two weeks of precise Israeli strikes that have destroyed weapons sites, eliminated half of Hezbollah's leadership council and decimated its top military command.
    Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of decimated
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  • October 7th, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1400 Israelis and took prisoners.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of massacred
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  • Their father had been murdered in their home, which was then looted and burnt to the ground.
    Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Popular on Variety Chico Mendes, who was murdered by a rancher in 1988, is an international symbol of the struggle to protect the Amazon Rainforest.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of murdered
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  • Its earliest art exhibitions date back to the eighteen-forties, though the west wing, designed by McKim, Mead & White, wasn’t finished until 1897, less than a year before the formation of the modern City of New York.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The stand-alone Rishi episode was a perfect example of why audiences flocked to Industry in its third season, which just finished.
    Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of finished
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