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CARRY OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kill in large numbers
Example:
the plague wiped out an entire population
Synonyms:
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; eradicate; extinguish; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "carry off" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Verb group:
decimate (kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
Example:
I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry
Synonyms:
bear away; bear off; carry away; carry off; take away
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "carry off" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
"Carry off" entails doing...:
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry off"):
spirit away (carry away rapidly and secretly, as if mysteriously)
spirit away; spirit off (carry off mysteriously; as if by magic)
whisk away; whisk off (take away quickly and suddenly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be successful; achieve a goal
Example:
The pianist negociated the difficult runs
Synonyms:
bring off; carry off; manage; negociate; pull off
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "carry off" is one way to...):
bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
