kill off
English
/kɪl ɒf/, /kɪl ɔf/
verb
Definitions
- To eliminate, or make extinct.
- (of writers or producers) To take a character out of a television series by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot.
- (figurative) To put an end to.
Etymology
Compound from English kill + English off (first element of noun).
Origin
English
off
Gloss
first element of noun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auto-off English
- autokill English
- backoff English
- blastoff English
- boiloff English
- break off English
- breakoff English
- bumpoff English
- burnoff English
- buzzkill English
- castoff English
- cutoff English
- face-off English
- faceoff English
- fishkill English
- holdoff English
- homekill English
- instakill English
- jumpoff English
- kill English
- kill stealer English
- kill-courtesy English
- kill-devil English
- kill-priest English
- kill-the-beggar English
- kill-time English
- killability English
- killable English
- killbit English
- killboard English
- killbot English
- killbuck English
- killcalf English
- killcow English
- killcrop English
- killer English
- killest English
- killeth English
- killfilter English
- killing English
- killjoy English
- killographic English
- killology English
- killshot English
- killstreak English
- killworthy English
- knockoff English
- lambkill English
- liftoff English
- lookoff English
- off English
- offboard English
- offglide English
- offing English
- offish English
- offlist English
- offprint English
- offput English
- offramp English
- offscreen English
- offski English
- offspringing English
- offstage English
- offsuit English
- offy English
- one-off English
- outkill English
- overkill English
- pay-off English
- permakill English
- pickoff English
- print-off English
- printoff English
- rekill English
- roadkill English
- runoff English
- seckill English
- self-kill English
- sendoff English
- shove off English
- showoff English
- signoff English
- spawnkill English
- teamkill English
- turnoff English
- underkill English
- unkill English
- waveoff English
- winterkill English
- off Spanish, Castilian
- キル Japanese
- killen Middle English
- of Middle English
- kilim Tok Pisin
- kilman Tok Pisin
- kiri Sranan Tongo
- kilim Pijin
- kilim Kriol
- off
- kill
- offy
- killer
- offput
- offski
- offing
- rekill
- offish
- runoff
- cutoff
- unkill
- seckill
- liftoff
- backoff
- burnoff
- killcow
- showoff
- killeth
- castoff
- sendoff
- offsuit
- killbot
- bumpoff
- waveoff
- signoff
- killbit
- killjoy
- faceoff
- one-off
- boiloff
- outkill
- offlist
- killing
- pay-off
- turnoff
- lookoff
- offramp
- jumpoff
- killest
- holdoff
- pickoff
- blastoff
- homekill
- teamkill
- buzzkill
- autokill
- breakoff
- killcalf
- killbuck
- fishkill
- overkill
- offboard
- roadkill
- offprint
- killshot
- lambkill
- killcrop
- offstage
- offglide
- killable
- knockoff
- auto-off
- face-off
- printoff
- killology
- shove off
- self-kill
- print-off
- permakill
- killboard
- instakill
- offscreen
- break off
- spawnkill
- underkill
- kill-time
- winterkill
- killworthy
- killfilter
- killstreak
- kill-devil
- killability
- kill-priest
- offspringing
- kill stealer
- killographic
- kill-courtesy
- kill-the-beggar