kill outright
Frequency: 6.07.0 per million words
To kill someone or something completely and immediately, not just injure them.
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- He has fought more than fifty bulls, killing three outright.
- The impact was so severe it killed him outright.
- The powerful blow killed him outright, leaving no chance for survival.
- Many animals were killed outright by the forest fire.
- The new pesticide is designed to kill insects outright upon contact.
- The venom is potent enough to kill a human outright.
- The council decided to kill the controversial proposal outright without further debate.
- She was determined to kill the idea outright before it gained traction.
- The fall from the cliff could have killed him outright.
- The disease can kill young plants outright if not treated.
- The sniper's precision shot killed the target outright.
- The sniper's bullet killed the target outright.
- In many cases, the highly virulent virus can kill patients outright.
- He hoped the fall wouldn't kill him outright, but he was badly injured.
- Their aggressive marketing strategy aims to kill the competitor's market share outright.
- The powerful explosion killed several people outright at the scene.
- The medieval knight was trained to kill his opponent outright with a single, decisive strike.
- Such cold temperatures would kill unprotected crops outright.
- The head-on collision killed both drivers outright.
- The doctor confirmed the patient had been killed outright by the massive heart attack.