Microwaving is sometimes used in such cases to kill off the bugs with heat.

But the show killed Billy off with a brain tumor in the third season, and that was that.

We cannot kill off large segments of our population with poison - and we cannot be attacked this way, either.

I couldn't kill that off with a wave of my hand.

Could he kill Ned off with some awful disease, or a car crash - tragic, tragic, life goes on?

Some researchers think that killing them off with antibiotics may be contributing to rises in chronic health conditions such as obesity, asthma, and cancer.

That's why the government tried to kill you off with cancer.

Daryl immediately goes to their rescue, killing off walkers with his crossbow.

This is due to lower predation pressures that would otherwise kill off many of the individuals with significant parasite loads.

They just want to keep us confined to the inner city, killing each other off with drugs and violence.