Word Study
kill off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb kill off has 1 sense
- kill off(v = verb.contact) exterminate - kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
They want to kill off the prisoners
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