Cancel and Kill off

Cancel

Cancel verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order

Kill off and cancel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kill off" instead a verb "Cancel".

Kill off

Kill off verb - Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many.
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Synonyms for Kill off

Cancel and kill off are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cancel" instead a verb "Kill off".
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