killed off

past tense of kill off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killed off
Verb
  • It's designed to fit comfortably in your hand and glide perfectly with your favorite body oils, cutting down surface friction while easing muscle tension.
    Allure, Allure, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The decision by the appeal court Friday could be appealed by the National Treasury Employees Union, which brought the lawsuit against acting CFPB director and Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought over the actions of the agency to cut down its size.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than purchasing a new one, try putting away tired toys after playing, out of sight from your cat, and then reintroducing them later.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • That might mean putting away devices, stretching, journaling, or reading.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The cuts also decimated many of the agency's top recruits, enlisted through a program known as the Cyber Talent Management System, plus analysts with top-secret security clearances.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The outbreak also decimated local reindeer populations, with over 2,300 animals succumbing to the disease.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In October, the United Nations said least 70 people, including women and children, were massacred by the Gran Grif gang in the same Artibonite town where the officer was killed on Tuesday.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.
    Phillip Whiteman Jr., The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In the 1970s, dark-haired, slender, and possessing considerable charm, this lethal Romeo wooed, won, and then murdered four women.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • He’s murdered, essentially, and the Innies have run amok.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Rory McIlroy was 4-under through 13 but finished even after double-bogeys on 15 and 17.
    Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2025
  • McIlroy corkscrewed through a front-nine 33 and a back-nine 39 and finished even par.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Killed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killed%20off. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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