"kill off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kɪl ɒf/ [UK], /kɪl ɔf/ [US], /kɪl ɑf/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-kill off.wav Forms: kills off [present, singular, third-person], killing off [participle, present], killed off [participle, past], killed off [past]
Etymology: From kill + off. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kill|off}} kill + off Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kill off (third-person singular simple present kills off, present participle killing off, simple past and past participle killed off)
  1. To eliminate, or make extinct. Categories (topical): Death Derived forms: kill-off [noun], killoff [noun] Related terms: die off [verb] Translations (to eliminate or make extinct): 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afdauþjan) (Gothic)
    Sense id: en-kill_off-en-verb-1qit2sLQ Disambiguation of Death: 94 6 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Gothic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 24 17 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 71 19 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 68 18 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 22 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 13 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 55 37 8 Disambiguation of 'to eliminate or make extinct': 97 1 1
  2. (of writers or producers) To take a character out of a television series or other work by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot.
    Sense id: en-kill_off-en-verb-OIQQVUt5
  3. (figurative) To put an end to. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-kill_off-en-verb-rYH5Y7Pi

Inflected forms

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