Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kill_off
1 sense of kill off
Sense 1
exterminate, kill off -- (kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe")
=> kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")