offed

Rubbed out, slangily

Offed is the past tense of off used as a verb meaning to kill.

The usage is informal and often appears in crime fiction or casual speech about violence: The mob offed him before he could testify.

It treats "off" as shorthand for removing someone permanently—switching them off, as it were.

killing

murdered

Killed with intent

rubbed out · slain · executed · hit · dispatched · taken out · snuffed · wasted · iced · terminated

switching

powered down

Turned off electronically

unplugged · killed · cut · silenced · muted · extinguished · darkened · stopped

Categories
Opposites
life/death outcome

offedspared

Refrained from harming

saved · rescued · survived · revived · resuscitated

harm versus protection

offedspared

Refrained from harming

saved · protected · preserved · rescued · safeguarded

Phrases
Family

off, offer, offering, offered, offers, offs, offing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13