Synonyms for kill off


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kil
Phonetic Transcription : kɪl

Top 10 synonyms for kill off Other synonyms for the word kill off

Définition of kill off

Origin :
  • c.1200, "to strike, hit, beat, knock;" c.1300, "to deprive of life," perhaps from an unrecorded variant of Old English cwellan "to kill" (see quell), but the earliest sense suggests otherwise. Sense in to kill time is from 1728. Related: Killed; killing. Kill-devil, colloquial for "rum," especially if new or of bad quality, is from 1630s.
  • As in zap : verb destroy
  • As in decimate : verb destroy

Antonyms for kill off

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019