kill off

Example Sentences

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Lawyers filed the claim in Boston's federal court on behalf of relatives of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, among six men killed off the coast of Venezuela on 14 October.

From BBC

"Ubisoft and other major publishers have killed off games many times because the project wasn't progressing".

From Barron's

What happened when all the new animals in the north killed off the arctic foxes and belugas and narwhals and polar bears that already lived there?

From Literature

According to Marrero, the decision killed off any prospect of finding an answer.

From BBC

After leading the NFL with just eight turnovers this season, Detroit gave the ball away six times, quarterback Jared Goff being responsible for five of them to continuously kill off any momentum they mustered.

From BBC