kill off

Meaning

1. (transitive) To eliminate, or make extinct.
2. Of writers or producers, to permanently take a character out of a television series or other work by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To put an end to.

Synonyms

annihilate

wipe out

exterminate

destroy

decimate

slaughter

massacre

extinguish

keep down

murder

reduce

thin out

carry off

butcher

do away with

eliminate

end

🔚

eradicate

Translations

sterminare

exterminer

supprimer

vernichten

porre termine

auslöschen

massacrar

أباد

massakrieren

eliminieren

niedermähen

niedermetzeln

exterminar

niedermachen

dezimieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪl ɒf/

Etymology

From kill + off.