English verb: kill off | |||
1. | kill off (contact) kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many | ||
Samples | Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe. | ||
Examples | They want to kill off the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | exterminate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||