"kill-off" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from kill off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kill-offs",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a mass kill-off of marine organisms"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of killing something off; an elimination."
      ],
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          "elimination",
          "elimination"
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          "word": "die-off"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kill-off"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "kill off"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from kill off",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from kill off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kill-offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
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      "word": "die-off"
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      "examples": [
        {
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      "glosses": [
        "The process of killing something off; an elimination."
      ],
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        [
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          "elimination"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kill-off"
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