Bump off (4)

I think it could be either:

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slay

'bump off' is the definition.
(I know that bump off can be written as slay)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for slay that I've seen before include "Destroy" , "Kill (literary)" , "Kill, murder" , "Fatally hit" , "Butcher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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