kill off

The phrase “kill off” has 2 syllables: kill off

It's pronounced as /kɪl ɔf/


What is synonym and antonym for kill off?

In the thesaurus, “kill off” has 47 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kill off along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kill off

  • annihilate
  • assassinate
  • blot out
  • bump off
  • butcher
  • carry off
  • claim
  • croak
  • cut down
  • decimate
  • destroy
  • dispatch
  • do in
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • execute
  • exterminate
  • fell
  • finish
  • get
  • ice
  • kill
  • knock off
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • mow
  • murder
  • neutralize
  • obliterate
  • off
  • put away
  • put down
  • rub out
  • scrag
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smash up
  • smite
  • snuff
  • stamp out
  • suicide
  • take
  • take out
  • terminate
  • waste
  • whack
  • wipe out

Antonyms for kill off

  • animate
  • build
  • create
  • nurture
  • raise
  • restore
  • resurrect
  • resuscitate
  • revive

Example Sentences

  • The new pesticide is designed to kill off harmful insects without harming beneficial ones.
  • The series finale was so controversial that many fans felt it would kill off the show's legacy.
  • The company decided to kill off the outdated product line in favor of newer innovations.
  • They had to kill off some of the characters to create more drama in the storyline.
  • If we don’t take action, climate change could kill off entire species.

On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kill off, such as: animate, annihilate, assassinate, blot out, build, bump off, butcher.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • banged
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  • beaned
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  • exterminate
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abolish

  • abate
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • atomize
  • avoid
  • ban
  • black out
  • blast
  • blot out
  • blow up
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
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  • dissolve
  • ditch
  • do away with
  • doom
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  • dynamite
  • efface
  • eject
  • eliminate
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  • enjoin
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  • erase
  • excise
  • expel
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • finish
  • flatten
  • forbid
  • fragment
  • inhibit
  • invalidate
  • jettison
  • kill
  • kill off
  • liquidate
  • negate
  • nix
  • null
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • oust
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • powder
  • prohibit
  • pulverize
  • put an end to
  • put kibosh on
  • put the kibosh on
  • quash
  • ravage
  • raze
  • recall
  • reject
  • remove
  • repeal
  • repudiate
  • rescind
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • scrub
  • set aside
  • shatter
  • smash
  • splinter
  • squelch
  • stamp out
  • strike down
  • subvert
  • supersede
  • suppress
  • suspend
  • tear down
  • terminate
  • throw out
  • total
  • undo
  • vacate
  • veto
  • vitiate
  • void
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • withdraw
  • wreck
  • write off
  • zap

obliterate

  • KO
  • X out
  • abolish
  • annihilate
  • atomize
  • ax
  • black out
  • blast
  • blot out
  • blow up
  • blue pencil
  • bog
  • cancel
  • consume
  • cover
  • cut
  • dash
  • decimate
  • defeat
  • delete
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • devour
  • discard
  • dismantle
  • dissolve
  • ditch
  • do in
  • doom
  • dynamite
  • efface
  • eject
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • excise
  • expel
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extirpate
  • finish
  • finish off
  • flatten
  • fragment
  • jettison
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • level
  • liquidate
  • mark out
  • nix
  • obscure
  • off
  • oust
  • powder
  • pulverize
  • ravage
  • raze
  • root out
  • rub off
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • scratch
  • scrub
  • shatter
  • shoot down
  • sink
  • smash
  • splinter
  • squash
  • take apart
  • take out
  • tear down
  • terminate
  • throw out
  • torpedo
  • total
  • trash
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe out
  • wreck
  • zap

take

  • OK
  • abduct
  • abide
  • absorb
  • abstract
  • accept
  • accommodate
  • account
  • accredit
  • accroach
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • act
  • adaptation
  • address
  • admit
  • adopt
  • affect
  • allotment
  • allow
  • allowance
  • allure
  • annex
  • annihilate
  • answer
  • appoint
  • apprehend
  • appropriate
  • appropriation
  • arrest
  • arrogate
  • ask
  • assassinate
  • assume
  • attain
  • attend
  • attract
  • back
  • backlash
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • be aware of
  • be efficacious
  • be seized
  • bear
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  • beat
  • become popular
  • beg
  • behave
  • believe
  • best
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  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bide
  • bilk
  • blot out
  • blow away
  • blow out
  • bomb
  • book
  • booty
  • borrow
  • bounty
  • brave
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  • bring
  • bring off
  • brook
  • buck
  • bump off
  • bury
  • butcher
  • buy
  • call for
  • cap
  • capitulate
  • capture
  • carry
  • carry off
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  • cart
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  • catch
  • catching
  • challenge
  • charm
  • charter
  • cherry-pick
  • choose
  • claim
  • clasp
  • clench
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  • come down with
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  • compass
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  • conclude
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  • counterreaction
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  • cozen
  • crave
  • cream
  • credit
  • croak
  • crush
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  • cut
  • cut down
  • deal with
  • decide on
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  • deduce
  • deduct
  • deem
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delight
  • delight in
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  • derive
  • designate
  • destroy
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  • direct
  • discount
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do away with
  • do down
  • do for
  • do in
  • do the trick
  • down
  • draw
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  • drink
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  • earn
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  • embrace
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  • euthanatize
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  • exact
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  • fail
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  • flourish
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  • gain
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  • get
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  • get hold of
  • get off
  • get the better of
  • give access
  • go
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  • go with
  • grab
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  • grin and bear it
  • grip
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  • gull
  • gun
  • hack
  • handle
  • handpick
  • hang in
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  • have
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  • heel
  • hire
  • hold
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  • hoodwink
  • house
  • ice
  • imagine
  • imbibe
  • inclose
  • include
  • income
  • infer
  • influence
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insist
  • interpret as
  • interpretation
  • involve
  • jag
  • jockey
  • journey
  • kickback
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock for a loop
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • know
  • lack
  • languish
  • lay hold of
  • lead
  • lease
  • let in
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • like
  • live with
  • look upon
  • loot
  • lot
  • lug
  • luxuriate in
  • magnetize
  • make
  • make away with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mark
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • master
  • meal
  • meet
  • member
  • micromanage
  • misappropriate
  • move
  • mow
  • murder
  • nab
  • nail
  • name
  • necessitate
  • need
  • negotiate
  • net
  • neutralize
  • nip
  • nominate
  • nose out
  • observe
  • obtain
  • off
  • offer
  • okay
  • operate
  • opt for
  • optate
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pan out
  • part
  • partake of
  • partition
  • pay for
  • payoff
  • perceive
  • percentage
  • perform
  • permit
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • piece of the action
  • piggyback
  • pilot
  • pinch
  • pip
  • play
  • please
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • portion
  • practice
  • preempt
  • prefer
  • prehend
  • preselect
  • press
  • presume
  • prevail
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • profit
  • proportion
  • pull
  • pull a fast one
  • pull in
  • purchase
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • put in practice
  • put up with
  • quest
  • quota
  • ratify
  • ration
  • reach
  • react
  • reaction
  • reap
  • rebound
  • rebuy
  • receipts
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recoil
  • redound
  • reflex
  • regard
  • regulate
  • relish
  • remove
  • rent
  • reply
  • repurchase
  • require
  • respect
  • respond
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  • result
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • revulsion
  • ride
  • ride out
  • riff
  • rip off
  • rise
  • rout
  • rub out
  • run
  • run off with
  • salvage
  • sanction
  • schlepp
  • score
  • scrag
  • seat
  • section
  • secure
  • see
  • see as
  • segment
  • seize
  • select
  • sense
  • sequester
  • serve
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • share
  • shellac
  • shoulder
  • sicken with
  • single out
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slice
  • smite
  • smoke
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snow under
  • snuff
  • spoils
  • stand
  • stand for
  • steer
  • stick it out
  • stick out
  • stipulate
  • stomach
  • stop
  • strike
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • submit to
  • succeed
  • suffer
  • suicide
  • support
  • suppose
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • suspect
  • sustain
  • swag
  • swallow
  • sway
  • sweat out
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tab
  • tag
  • take away
  • take effect
  • take for a ride
  • take hold
  • take hold of
  • take in
  • take it
  • take it lying down
  • take it on the chin
  • take off
  • take out
  • take sick with
  • takings
  • tap
  • terminate
  • think
  • think of as
  • thrash
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tote
  • tough it out
  • tour
  • transcend
  • translation
  • treat
  • trek
  • trick
  • trim
  • triumph
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trust
  • undergo
  • understand
  • undertake
  • unseat
  • upend
  • upset
  • usher
  • utilize
  • vanquish
  • variation
  • version
  • wallop
  • want
  • warrant
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weather
  • welcome
  • whack
  • whip
  • wile
  • wilt
  • win
  • win favor
  • winnings
  • wither
  • withstand
  • work
  • worsen
  • worst
  • yield

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