kill off

verb

killed off; killing off; kills off

transitive verb

: to destroy in large numbers or totally

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The era of celebrities doing photo shoots between trains here was killed off by coast-to-coast flying. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025 In the control group – where mouthwash killed off bacteria in the oral microbiome, BP remained the same as baseline for the older participants (as well as the younger volunteers). New Atlas, 27 July 2025 His Tony DiNozzo fell in and out of an always ambiguous, but highly charged relationship with Ziva until her character was seemingly killed off screen. Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 24 July 2025 Egg and chicken prices have been on the rise for several years following the nationwide avian influenza outbreak that killed off millions of birds. Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for kill off

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 4 Aug. 2025.

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