killed off
Made fatally extinct
Killed off means eliminated completely or caused to die out.
Species get killed off through extinction, characters get killed off in stories, and competitors get killed off in business.
The "off" emphasizes totality—not just killing but finishing the job: The frost killed off the last of the tomatoes.
They killed off her character in season three.
- eliminatedRemoved from consideration
- rubbed outSlain, gangland style
- eradicatedTotally destroyed or removed
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- axedAbruptly dismissed
taken out · terminated · done away with · extinct · died out · annihilated · vanished · destroyed · decimated · overhunted · stamped out · gone · written out · crossed out · abolished · neutralized · sacrificed · deprecated
killed offrepopulated
Restored inhabitants to
restored · multiplied · revitalized · bred · proliferated
killed offintroduced
Made formally acquainted
brought back · resurrected · saved · brought in · spared
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