English Dictionary

kill off

/kɪl ɒf/

verb

To eliminate, or make extinct. / (of writers or producers) To take a character out of a television series or other work by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot.

The detective managed to kill off all the suspects and solve the case.

意味（1）

To eliminate, or make extinct.

We killed off the Dodo by over-hunting.

意味（2）

(of writers or producers) To take a character out of a television series or other work by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot.

The writers are killing off lots of people in the soap opera.

意味（3）

(figuratively) To put an end to.

Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.