killed off

verb

past tense of kill off
as in blotted out

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  1. blotted out
  2. cut down
  3. knocked off
  4. slaughtered
  5. put away
  6. bumped off
  7. annihilated
  8. decimated
Verb
  • The rest of the ensemble (from a sparky Betty Gilpin as Horwitz’s editor and Bill Burr as a fictionalized composite of a Zuckerberg ally) gets blotted out by Sorkin’s own agitprop for the Sorkin brand.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Those shots blotted out what had been an inspiriting effort by the Valkyries’ bench unit.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of blotted out
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  • If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of cut down
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  • Those include hot water temperatures of 86 to 88 degrees, as well as weak upper-level winds that allow the storm to develop without being knocked off-kilter.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The district’s current representative, Angel Velez, was knocked off the ballot.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocked off
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  • By chance, King was served a video of an auction in Bowie, Texas, where donkeys were being sold to be slaughtered for their hide, which is used to make a popular Chinese medicine called ejiao.
    — Brayden Garcia October 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
  • White militias destroyed their homes, torched their food supplies, and slaughtered them outright so routinely that a secondary economy of kidnappers sprang up to sell the survivors, children and adults alike, into servitude.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of slaughtered
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  • Finishing with a match-high eight kills, Mitchell also put away the winning kills in both games of a 25-22, 25-13 victory for the Blackhawks over crosstown rival East Aurora.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In the meantime, Alex instructs Matt and James to deflate and put away the slide.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of put away
Verb
  • There’s a moment in the movie when the Ben Affleck character has bumped off her lover.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Handre Pollard's grubber was scooped up by center Jesse Kriel, who bumped off two Scots to score.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of bumped off
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  • Atlanta roughed up the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau, then annihilated the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • About 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth, kicking up tsunamis and dropping hot debris that annihilated non-avian dinosaurs and many other species.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of annihilated
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  • Toss in how Vikings tight end TJ Hockenson decimated the defense the week prior and some serious conversations need to be had.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • With a swing to far-right populism, local production is being put through a political grinder, first in Javier Milei’s Argentina who decimated public-sector subsidies.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of decimated
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