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Definition of Kill off
1. Verb. Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. "They want to kill off the prisoners "; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
Definition of Kill off
1. Verb. To eliminate, or make extinct ¹
2. Verb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kill Off
Literary usage of Kill off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"... year to kill off sheep, and the whole clip of the State marketed reached only
about 9500000 pounds ; the total clip would be, perhaps, a million more. ..."
2. A Series of Pamphlets on the Doctrines of the Gospel by Orson Pratt (1891)
"... or impute them in these days to the power of the devil, but they grasp the
sword, and fire-arms, and deadly weapons, to kill off the Saints, ..."
3. Discoveries in Every-day Europe: Vagrant Notes of a Rapid Journey by Don Carlos Seitz (1907)
"Along the highways hunters are always lurking to kill off the few reckless swallows
who now and then flit from the crags above the sea. ..."
4. The Annals of Kansas by Daniel Webster Wilder (1875)
"... laws by which he is governed, to meet in Kansas and kill off this Godforsaken
class of humanity as soon as they place their feet upon our soil. ..."
5. The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events (1870)
"The low price of wool continued the tendency among farmers last year to kill off
sheep, and the whole clip of the State marketed reached only about 9500000 ..."
6. The Works of Henry Clay by Henry Clay (1863)
"If, therefore, he could put forward his own party in Congress, to bring in and
pass a bill to kill off the protective policy, he would at the same time make ..."
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