killsomethingoff
phrasal verbwithkillverbuk/kɪl/us/kɪl/
todestroysomethingcompletely, usually over aperiodoftime:
The use ofpesticidesiskillingoffbirdsandfish.
figurativeLack offundingiskillingoffsmalltheatres.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- fall in
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- knock
- sacrifice
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- takesomethingout
- tear