bump off

Questions about bump off

What does bump off mean?

bump off means "kill intentionally and with premeditation".

What is another word for bump off?

Close synonyms include murder, slay, hit, dispatch, off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bump off a common word?

bump off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.