The outcome essentially killed the bill's chance of passage this year.

They essentially killed the race in the city we threw at the planet shaper.

In the back and forth on this unusually open process, the Legislature even improved the bill when some interest groups tried to essentially kill it.

The bill failed to pass a cloture vote, essentially killing it.

And, if so, are doctors who use them essentially killing patients to get their organs?

When Sinifer tried to stop them, they transmuted him from energy into matter, essentially killing him.

Democrats essentially killed five of the motions, saying the committees had already acted on the bills.

Yugoslavia had a much better chance of being democratic than Iraq; the bombing essentially killed the seeds of democracy.

A popular online urban legend is that many player characters were teleported into space, essentially killing them.

The Japanese had closed all but one film studio, essentially killing the industry.