as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way
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Recent Examples of bump off
The camera follows the dog into a retro tiled bathroom, where Elizabeth Berkley is sitting in a shell-pink bathtub wearing a matching silk robe cutting grotesque black bumps off of her leg.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
So, when people describe the Fed as driving a car through a tunnel with a windshield painted black, guiding itself with the rearview mirrors, oil demand forecasting is more like feeling your way bumping off the walls.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
In serendipitous fashion, my husband and I met at JFK Airport as students when we were both bumped off a flight bound for Los Angeles.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Airlines are booked, busy, and bruised Getting bumped off a flight wasn’t always considered an airline perk.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 July 2024
The film was originally billed as a Netflix Original before it got bumped off the streamer’s annual release calendar — twice.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Her Avianca flight to El Salvador left that day, but she was bumped off.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
But that means bumping off Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, which debuted to a rousing $73.8 million last weekend and could earn $30 million or more in its sophomore outing.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
So, when people describe the Fed as driving a car through a tunnel with a windshield painted black, guiding itself with the rearview mirrors, oil demand forecasting is more like feeling your way bumping off the walls.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
In serendipitous fashion, my husband and I met at JFK Airport as students when we were both bumped off a flight bound for Los Angeles.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Airlines are booked, busy, and bruised Getting bumped off a flight wasn’t always considered an airline perk.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 July 2024
The film was originally billed as a Netflix Original before it got bumped off the streamer’s annual release calendar — twice.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Her Avianca flight to El Salvador left that day, but she was bumped off.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
But that means bumping off Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, which debuted to a rousing $73.8 million last weekend and could earn $30 million or more in its sophomore outing.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bump off
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In Munich, demobilized soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries, and Communist militants fought in the streets, while leaders of the new Weimar Republic were routinely assassinated.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The year after Lincoln was assassinated by slavery supporter John Wilkes Booth, strip-mining of coal got started in Lincoln’s home state of Illinois.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Steven Lawson, charged with tampering with physical evidence and conspiracy to murder, will be tried separately from his son, Joseph Lawson, and Brooks Houck, who are also charged with tampering with physical evidence and conspiracy to murder, according to court records.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lambesis infamously spent nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting an undercover cop to murder his then-wife and relaunched the band in 2018 after his release from prison.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Listen to this article Merrillville man acquitted in Gary drug deal slaying Michael Baker was acquitted Friday in the Jan. 21, 2023 murder of Demetri Russell, 29.Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024
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The sleepy spot actually holds a chilling history dating back to 1912, when two adults, Josiah and Sarah Moore, and six children were brutally slain in what is now known as the Villisca Ax Murder House.Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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NuScale executed a revenue generating agreement with Fluor (FLR) for engineering and design services for a nuclear power project.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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China practiced blockading Taiwan just last month by surrounding the island, which could, if executed in earnest, stop imports or exports from the country.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Year-end is when most of them make like an autumn squirrel and choose how much of next year’s pay to put away for the future.Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Popular on Variety All that’s left is to put away the phone and enjoy the experience.Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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To win such a war, Israel would have had to focus on taking out Hamas’s military and governing capabilities.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Gunmen from the Manfredi and Bevilaqua outfits, led by weed store employee and unlikely sharpshooter Grace, take out the rest of the Triads.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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