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killed off

killed off is the simple past and past participle of kill off.

Meaning of kill off

Verb

kill off (third-person singular simple present kills off, present participle killing off, simple past and past participle killed off)

  1. (transitive) To eliminate, to make extinct.
    • We killed off the Dodo by over-hunting.
  2. 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.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) 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 January 16, Bill Amend, FoxTrot

Questions about killed off

What is killed off the simple past and past participle of?
Killed off is the simple past and past participle of kill off.

Words near killed off in the dictionary

  1. Killebrew
  2. Killebrews
  3. killed
  4. killed in action
  5. killed it
  6. killed off
  7. killed one's darlings
  8. killed oneself
  9. killed someone dead
  10. killed the fatted calf
  11. killed the goose that laid the golden eggs

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