Sekirov Dictionary

kill off

UK /kɪl ɒf/US /kɪl ɔf/

verb 3
kill-off noun 1
forms 4

verb3

•
To eliminate, to make extinct.
- We killed off the Dodo by over-hunting.
•
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.
- The writers are killing off lots of people in the soap opera.
•
(figurative) To put an end to.
- (Jason) The only thing I had handy to send them was this one dinky little program I'd written for fun. (Mom) And it killed off interest? (Jason) Actually, it killed off the Internet. — 1999

kill-off noun1

The process of killing something off; an elimination.

forms

killed off · killing off · kills off · kill-offs

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