as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
Over the course of not quite three decades, hunters killed off so many California sea otters that Russia’s fur business became unprofitable, and those loooong supply lines to the politically fraught homeland became even harder to keep up.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
In an unexpected twist, season 3 killed off another survivor — but not one fans were expecting to see die, especially in the present timeline.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
These have been heat-treated to kill off pathogens.
—Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
New York killed off the penalty, generating a short-handed rush, and Rempe then drew a penalty later in the period.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
In an unexpected twist, season 3 killed off another survivor — but not one fans were expecting to see die, especially in the present timeline.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
These have been heat-treated to kill off pathogens.
—Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
New York killed off the penalty, generating a short-handed rush, and Rempe then drew a penalty later in the period.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
Verb
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The Earth casts a shadow that can partially or totally blot out the moon.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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At every turn, President Donald Trump and his oligarchic allies, the real-life embodiment of Mr. Burns, are trying to blot out the sun by filling the skies with so much bull**** that no one knows what's what. Consider Trump's alliance with the billionaire tech bro class.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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And indeed, the roofline is cut down more than 2 inches lower than the actual 3 Series.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Mar. 2025
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But conservation groups and forestry experts say cutting down more trees doesn't inherently reduce wildfire risk and can actually increase it.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2025
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The Minervois is a sunny land of black truffles, red marble, oak and juniper forests and castles constructed by Cathars (pescatarian Christians who disdained the symbol of the cross, were branded as heretics and subsequently slaughtered wholesale by Papal decree in the 13th century).—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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As a result of the spread, infected birds have been selectively slaughtered across the country, sometimes millions of birds at a single location.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 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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Prior to Olathe Public Schools implementing its cellphone policy, Lisa Mansfield spent a lot of time policing her classroom and asking her students to put away their phones.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pinewood had some trouble putting away Priory (22-5) early on, scoring just eight points in the first quarter and leading 25-19 at the halftime break.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Tennessee Titans basically took out a billboard and put the No. 1 overall pick up for sale during new GM Mike Borgonzi’s press conference in January.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fenerbahce issued a statement on Tuesday defending Mourinho, saying his comments were taken out of context and deliberately distorted.—
Reuters,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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With all of this being said, Teyana annihilated the other looks that were at the Vanity Fair Oscar party.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
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If not for Hunt, we’d have been annihilated on the glass.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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The jury had not yet decided on punitive damages when the settlement was reached. Meta and X, formerly Twitter, paid Trump $25 million and $10 million respectively to resolve his suits seeking damages for being bumped off the sites after the January 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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Miller was bumped off the top power-play unit in favour of Jonathan Lekkerimäki.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill%20off. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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