kill off

Example Sentences

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Just look at how long it took to finally kill off the penny.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Filmmakers and critics fretted, reasonably, that a Netflix acquisition would kill off the moviegoing experience for good, in light of Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’ professed antipathy toward theater-exclusive releases.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Tesla last month announced that it would kill off the Model S and Model X luxury vehicles as it doubles down on autonomous vehicles and robotics.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

The majority of milk drunk in the UK is heat-treated - or pasteurised - to kill off harmful bacteria.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

There’s a special book that tells what happened when an evil man named Haman tried to kill off all the Jews in Persia—even the Persian queen, a young Jewish woman named Esther.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan