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Definition kill off in American English

kill off phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to destroy living things so that most or all of them are dead

Example

Antibiotics may kill off beneficial bacteria.

Synonyms and related words
kill murder strangle
2

to stop, get rid of, or destroy something

Example

In an unexpected action, the corporation announced that it would kill off its two least productive subsidiaries.

Synonyms and related words
cut into shut off kill
3

if a writer kills off someone in a book, play, movie, or television program, they make them die in the story

Example

She was killed off at the end of the second series.

Synonyms and related words
allegory anthropomorphic bathos
Definition kill off in American English