bumped off
Killed, slang style
Bumped off is slang for killed or murdered, typically with premeditation: The mobster had his rival bumped off.
The phrase suggests a casual, almost businesslike dispatch—crime fiction territory rather than news reports.
Someone can bump off a target or have someone bumped off by hiring it done.
Killed with intent
- assassinatedMurdered for political reasons
- eliminatedRemoved from consideration
- whackedStruck forcefully
- rubbed outSlain, gangland style
hit · slain · executed · dispatched · offed · taken out · silenced · liquidated
murdered
Killed with intent
- assassinatedMurdered for political reasons
- eliminatedRemoved from consideration
- whackedStruck forcefully
rubbed out · hit · slain · executed · dispatched · offed · taken out · silenced · liquidated · done in
removed
Taken from position
unseated · pushed out · edged out · demoted · supplanted · dethroned · cut · dropped · axed · sidelined
- killedkilled, murdered, slain, assassinated, executed
bumped offresurrected
Restored to life
revived · born · reanimated · brought to life · saved
bumped offsaved
Kept from loss
rescued · spared · protected · safeguarded · preserved
bumped offbrought on
Caused to occur
added · included · recruited · brought in · hired