kill off

exterminar, aniquilar

Causar la muerte de todos o de la mayoría de los seres vivos de un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: To cause all or most members of a group of living things to die.

• The spray killed off the insects.
• Hunting killed off the island’s largest birds.
• Will this treatment kill off all the bacteria?

Cómo se usa: kill something off (The disease killed most of the fish off.)

Sinónimos: wipe out, exterminate

Expresiones frecuentes: kill off insects, kill off a species

matar a un personaje

Para un escritor, hacer que un personaje muera para que deje de aparecer en la historia.

En inglés sencillo: For a writer, to make a character die so they no longer appear in the story.

• They killed off my favourite character.
• The author killed her hero off halfway through the book.
• Will the producers kill off another character this season?

Cómo se usa: kill someone off (The writers killed the detective off in the finale.)

Expresiones frecuentes: kill off a character, kill off someone

acabar con, eliminar

Hacer que algo termine o impedir que continúe.

En inglés sencillo: To make something stop happening or prevent it from continuing.

• The delay killed off our plans.
• Higher prices have killed off demand for these products.
• Will the new rules kill off small businesses?

Cómo se usa: kill something off (The cuts killed the project off before it started.)

Sinónimos: end, destroy, put an end to

Expresiones frecuentes: kill off competition, kill off a project