as in to blot out
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With more moisture in the air, strands can puff up like cotton candy while sweat kills off any volume at the roots.
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Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 30 July 2024
He’s argued that Alex Jones is more trustworthy than Rachel Maddow and that Joe Biden may be intentionally flooding the country with fentanyl to kill off MAGA voters.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
Even the fact of Hollywood exploitation becomes a joke in the way Deadpool & Wolverine reunites Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) with his superhero antagonist Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), even though the latter was killed off in 2017’s Logan.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
In a conversation with THR, Reese and Wernick talk about their long relationship with Deadpool, the challenges of trying to write a G.I. Joe movie when star Channing Tatum insisted on getting killed off, and what happened with a few moves that didn’t happen (Clue, Pirates of the Caribbean).
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
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Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 30 July 2024
He’s argued that Alex Jones is more trustworthy than Rachel Maddow and that Joe Biden may be intentionally flooding the country with fentanyl to kill off MAGA voters.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
Even the fact of Hollywood exploitation becomes a joke in the way Deadpool & Wolverine reunites Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) with his superhero antagonist Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), even though the latter was killed off in 2017’s Logan.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
In a conversation with THR, Reese and Wernick talk about their long relationship with Deadpool, the challenges of trying to write a G.I. Joe movie when star Channing Tatum insisted on getting killed off, and what happened with a few moves that didn’t happen (Clue, Pirates of the Caribbean).
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill%20off. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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