to kill off

  • 1kill off — verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (Freq. 1) Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe • Syn: ↑exterminate • Derivationally related forms: ↑exterminator (for: ↑ …

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  • 2kill off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms kill off : present tense I/you/we/they kill off he/she/it kills off present participle killing off past tense killed off past participle killed off 1) to destroy living things so that most or all of them are… …

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  • 3kill off — 1) see kill 3) 2) PHRASAL VERB If you say that a group or an amount of something has been killed off, you mean that all of them or all of it have been killed or destroyed. [be V ed P] Their natural predators have been killed off... [V n P] It is… …

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  • 4Kill Off The Show — Infobox Album | Name = Kill Off The Show Type = EP Artist = The Carnival Released = October 31 2007 Recorded = JJM Studios (Walsall, West Midlands) Genre = Alternative Length = 21:31 Kill Off The Show is the debut EP from the band The Carnival,… …

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  • 5kill off — phr verb Kill off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑character, ↑hope …

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  • 6kill off — kill all, kill every one    The oil killed off the ducks in the bays along the coast …

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  • 7kill off — kill or end completely, destroy The pollution in the river has killed off all of the fish …

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  • 8The Kill-Off — Infobox Film name = The Kill Off caption = Video Cover producer = Lydia Dean Pilcher director = Maggie Greenwald writer = Screenplay: Maggie Greenwald Story: Jim Thompson starring = Cathy Haase Loretta Gross Andrew Lee Barrett cinematography =… …

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  • 9kill off — {v.} To kill or end completely; destroy. * /The factory dumped poisonous wastes into the river and killed off the fish./ * /The president suggested a new law to Congress but many members of Congress were against the idea and they killed it off./… …

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  • 10kill off — {v.} To kill or end completely; destroy. * /The factory dumped poisonous wastes into the river and killed off the fish./ * /The president suggested a new law to Congress but many members of Congress were against the idea and they killed it off./… …

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