KILLED OFF Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

killed off

verb

past tense of kill off

as in blotted out

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Those shots blotted out what had been an inspiriting effort by the Valkyries’ bench unit.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Those in the eclipse's path were treated to an incredible display as the moon completely blotted out the sun and revealed its outermost layer, which for a few minutes appeared as a striking glowing ring.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 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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Fifteen people were slaughtered, including relatives of Maram, and some of her neighbors.

— Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaughtered

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As Arcadia police approached the house in May 2025, Xuan allegedly ordered one nanny to put away the sticks used to hit the children, according to the complaint.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Last month, Cate Blanchett, from the London stage of National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre after the curtain call of Electra/Persona, asked fans to put away their cellphones.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of put away

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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
After the gold ions annihilated in collisions and produced new bits of matter, STAR tracked the paths of that debris.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of annihilated

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The offensive line sort of got decimated, and now the cornerbacks have gotten decimated.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department, for instance, decimated its elite Public Integrity Section in early 2025 while the FBI disbanded a white-collar fraud and public corruption squad based out of its Washington field office.

— PATRICK WHITTLE, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of decimated

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