One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Synonyms of bump someone off in English:
bump someone off
See definition of bump someone off
phrase
1‘he would try and bump the blackmailer off’
SYNONYMS
kill, murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute
slaughter, butcher, massacre, wipe out, destroy, annihilate, erase, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, decimate, mow down, shoot down, cut down, cut to pieces
put down, put to sleep
polish off, do in, do for, knock off, top, take out, croak, stiff, blow away, liquidate, dispose of
North American ice, off, rub out, waste, whack, scrag, smoke
literary slay