āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
kill off
/kËÉĒl ËÉf/
to kill off
01
āĻŽā§āϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause the death of a character in a work of fiction, typically for dramatic effects or to advance the plot
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The screenwriter is currently debating whether or not to kill off the protagonist in the upcoming movie.
āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāύāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāϏāύā§āύ āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰ⧠āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤
02
āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻž
to cause the death of a significant number of individuals or organisms
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wildfire is killing off trees and other vegetation in its path.
āĻāĻā§āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to effectively put an end to something or make it ineffective
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company is trying to kill off the competition by offering lower prices.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤



























