kill off
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /kɪl ɒf/
  • (America) IPA: /kɪl ɔf/, /kɪl ɑf/
Verb

kill off

  1. To eliminate, or make extinct.
    We killed off the Dodo by over-hunting.
  2. (of writers or producers) To take a character out of a television series by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot.
    The writers are killing off lots of people in the soap opera.
  3. (figurative) To put an end to.



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