KILLED OFF Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

killed off

verb

past tense of kill off

as in blotted out

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Those in the eclipse's path were treated to an incredible display as the moon completely blotted out the sun and revealed its outermost layer, which for a few minutes appeared as a striking glowing ring.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Californians suffered from terrible air quality, struggling to breathe amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a sooty plume blotted out the sun.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of blotted out

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If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026

Definition of cut down

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Some have been Ukrainian drones knocked off course by Russian electronic warfare, such as the jamming of navigation signals, which can make their flight paths unpredictable and complicate decisions about whether and where to shoot them down.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Thunderstorms that sweep through the Kansas City area producing brilliant flashes of lightning and booming thunder knocked off power to around 10,000 customers in the Kansas City area.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked off

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Defender Kevin O'Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Defender Kevin O’Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of put away

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Earlier that day, Moneymaker drove back from Chimney Rock, one of the many areas in western North Carolina decimated by Hurricane Helene.

— Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2026
After the Chechen war in the 1990s when Russian tanks were decimated by light anti-tank weapons, the Russians introduced the Arena Active Protection System to detect and intercept incoming projectiles.

— David Hambling, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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