CARRIES OFF Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

carries off

verb

present tense third-person singular of carry off

as in fulfills

to carry through (as a process) to completion the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims

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as in destroys

to deprive of life pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has

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Recent Examples of carries off These are fed through a hopper into the reactor vessel to produce a self-regulating fission reaction and are cooled by helium gas that carries off the heat to a heat exchanger to generate steam for electrical generators. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025

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Securing public money for them raises issues over church-state separation but fulfills a longstanding goal for Christian conservatives, who lobbied for this funding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Ashley Gearhardt, who studies and treats food addiction at the University of Michigan, points out that social media fulfills our base need for socialization in the same way that ultraprocessed products fulfill our need for food.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of fulfills

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This overfeeding triggers a runaway nuclear explosion that usually destroys the white dwarf.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The more useful skill for leaders and investors is learning to distinguish between a problem that destroys value and one that can be solved in a way that creates it.

— Michael Ligon, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroys

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In the end, Matt kills everybody who wronged him (plus several innocent people), and is forced to live as a reclusive mud monster in the sewers.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Crime, courts and policing A man kills his teenage ex-girlfriend in Arcadia and then shoots himself.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of kills

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Artistically and emotionally, Fatherland accomplishes more in its 82-minute runtime than any two-hour-plus movie released this year.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Seattle accomplishes this by masterfully disguising defensive assignments before the snap, which can force Mahomes to diagnose where to go with the football only after dropping back.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of accomplishes

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With career-defining performances from Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, this movie still absolutely slays 35 years after it was released.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
When his friend Richard (Leo Suter) slays Beatrice’s husband as well, the two come up with a scheme to marry the sisters and take over their property.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of slays

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And while tax law partially achieves his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, the reality is a little more complicated.

— Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
The jacket achieves weather-resistant performance through a unique process where Hermin Textiin weaves ultra-fine lyocell yarns into a dense ripstop, then compacts it with heat.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieves

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How can Christians, who both grieve and celebrate the sacrifice of Jesus, support a flawed justice system that inevitably executes innocents?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Some of the chip designs that the company executes, like those which animate an iPhone or a Mac, are inestimably precious trade secrets.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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