kill off

1. 1.

   kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

   “Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe”

   Synonymsexterminate

   Broaderkill

Questions about kill off

What does kill off mean?

kill off means "kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many".

What is another word for kill off?

Close synonyms include exterminate. 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 kill off a common word?

kill 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.