Kill off

Verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.VerbTo eliminate, or make extinct.

"We killed off the Dodo by over-hunting."

2.VerbOf writers or producers, to permanently take a character out of a television series or other work by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot.

"The writers are killing off lots of people in the soap opera."

3.VerbTo put an end to.

Synonyms

exterminate eliminate wipe out extinct kill stamp out extermine annihilate slay do away with terminate extinguish

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