bumps off
Does away with
To bump off is slang for killing someone, typically suggesting murder rather than accident: The mob bumped him off before he could testify.
The phrase has a casual, almost euphemistic quality that makes violence sound routine or businesslike.
Bumps off is the third-person singular form.
- murdersIntentional unlawful killings
- killsCauses to die
- assassinatesMurders a prominent person
- executesCarries out fully
- slaysKills or impresses wildly
cold blooded murder · eliminates · does away with · dispatches · exterminates · stabs · suffocates · poisons · shoots · silences · drowns · bludgeons · whacks · cover-up · strangles · liquidates · offs · sleeps with the fishes