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单词 pick something or someone off
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to aim at and shoot (people or things) one by one
Snipers picked the soldiers off.
Synonyms
shoot
The police had orders to shoot anyone who attacked them.
hit
kill
More than 200 people were killed in the disaster.
wound
The driver of the bus was wounded by shrapnel.
take out
fire at
gun down
put a bullet in
See pick

Additional synonyms

in the sense of kill
Definition
to cause the death of (a person or animal)
More than 200 people were killed in the disaster.
Synonyms
slay,
murder,
execute,
slaughter,
destroy,
waste (informal),
do in (slang),
take out (slang),
massacre,
butcher,
wipe out (informal),
dispatch,
cut down,
erase,
assassinate,
eradicate,
whack (informal),
do away with,
blow away (slang, US),
obliterate,
knock off (slang),
liquidate,
decimate,
annihilate,
neutralize,
exterminate,
terminate (slang),
croak,
mow down,
take (someone's) life,
bump off (slang),
extirpate (archaic),
wipe from the face of the earth (informal)
in the sense of wound
Definition
to cause an injury to the body or feelings of
The driver of the bus was wounded by shrapnel.
Synonyms
injure,
cut,
hit,
damage,
wing,
hurt,
harm,
slash,
pierce,
irritate,
gash,
lacerate

Nearby words of
pick something or someone off

  • pick holes in something or someone
  • pick on someone
  • pick someone up
  • pick something or someone off
  • pick something or someone out
  • pick something or someone up
  • pick something over or pick over something

Synonyms of 'pick something or someone off'

pick something or someone off

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