bumping off

Example Sentences

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Carr clearly got a taste for murder as the show progressed, bumping off Paloma Faith in plain sight and handing Lucy Beaumont her death warrant.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

So he has switched his party affiliation to independent and is now making a bid to stay on the council, even if it means bumping off a colleague.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

The Dada imp’s word games and visual pranks were busily bumping off Picasso as the primary influence on the ’60s American avant-garde.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2018

Two new names made the girls’ top 10 list this past year with Harper and Ella bumping off Emily and Addison.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2015

They do what is called glancing, which is the same word for bumping off something and carrying on in almost the same direction, e.g., when a snooker ball glances off another snooker ball.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon