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• pick something off — pick (someone/something) off 1. to kill or shoot one person or animal at a time. Snipers picked the soldiers off one by one. The birds in the nest were picked off by hawks. 2. to select and attack or defeat a particular person or group. During… …   New idioms dictionary

• kill someone/something off — get rid of or destroy completely, esp. in large numbers there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations ■ (of a writer) bring about the death of a fictional character …   Useful english dictionary

• wipe something off the map — wipe something off/from/the map wipe something off the face of the earth phrase to destroy something, or to make it disappear completely Some villages had been wiped from the map. Thesaurus: to make something disappear or stop existing …   Useful english dictionary

• polish something off — (informal) 1 he polished off an apple pie: EAT, finish, consume, devour, guzzle, wolf down, down, bolt; drink up, drain …   Useful english dictionary

• turn something off — SWITCH OFF, shut off, put off, extinguish, deactivate; informal kill, cut. → turn * * * stop the operation or flow of something by means of a valve, switch, or button remember to turn off the gas ■ operate a valve or switch in order to do this *… …   Useful english dictionary

• kill off — verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (Freq. 1) Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe • Syn: ↑exterminate • Derivationally related forms: ↑exterminator (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• carry someone/something off — take someone or something away by force bandits carried off his mule ■ (of a disease) kill someone Parkinson s disease carried him off in September …   Useful english dictionary

• finish someone/something off — 1) the hunters finished them off Syn: kill, execute, terminate, exterminate, liquidate, get rid of; informal wipe out, bump off, dispose of; N.Amer.; informal waste 2) financial difficulties finished us off Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• turn something off/out — Syn: switch off, shut off, put off, extinguish, deactivate; informal kill, cut …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• finish someone/something off — 1 the executioners finished them off: KILL, take/end the life of, execute, terminate, exterminate, liquidate, get rid of; informal wipe out, do in, bump off, take out, dispose of, do away with; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, waste. 2 financial… …   Useful english dictionary