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kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe
How To Use kill off In A Sentence
- Using the manual option allows you to attempt to disable the enemy boat's sails with chain shot, destroy the boat's hull with cannonballs, or kill off the crew with grapeshot.
- These figures kill off any lingering hopes of an early economic recovery.
- So while a good frost will kill off countless millions of strongyle eggs in a pasture, it is providing the infective third-stage larvae with that most valuable of commodities - time Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
- So the theories are that perhaps somebody intentionally detonated this weapon in what's sometimes called fragging, an intentional effort to kill officers, and in this case, two officers. CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005
- But when toxicity reaches the cell, autophagia may go crazy and kill off the whole cell as well as perfectly healthy cells necessary for the health of the lungs, and even other organs. How Nanotechnology May Be Damaging Our Lungs | Impact Lab
- In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
- Liverpool chairman Tom Werner says Everton groundshare idea is 'dead' Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has moved to kill off any prospect of a future groundshare with Everton, declaring the issue "dead". Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial insects as well as harmful ones.
- In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
- The old media giants are working together to kill off innovative online competitors and carve up the market for themselves.