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What's The Definition Of Kill?
[n] the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
[n] the act of terminating a life [v] end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" [v] destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" [v] cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" [v] tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" [v] mark for deletion, rub off, or erase, as of writings; "kill these lines in the President's speech" [v] drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" [v] cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" [v] cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" [v] deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" [v] hit with great force, in sports; "He killed the ball" [v] hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" [v] overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" [v] be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" [v] thwart the passage of; "kill a motion" [v] be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" Synonyms | Synonyms for Kill: belt down | bolt down | defeat | down | drink down | killing | obliterate | pour down | putting to death | stamp out | toss off | vote down | vote out | wipe out Related Terms | Find terms related to Kill: abbreviate | abridge | absorb | adolescent stream | amuse | annihilate | arroyo | asphyxiate | assassinate | bane | beasts of venery | beck | beguile | bereave of life | big game | black out | blood | bloodletting | bloodshed | blot out | blue-pencil | bottle up | bourn | bowdlerize | braided stream | braining | branch | brook | brooklet | bump off | burn | butcher | call off | cancel | carry away | carry off | censor | channel | chloroform | choke | choke off | clamp down on | close | complete | conclusion | constitute | consume | convulse | cork | cork up | coup de grace | crack down on | creek | crick | cross out | crush | cut | cut down | cut off | cut 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rundle | runlet | runnel | sacrifice | scrag | shoot | shoot down | shooting | shush | shut | shut down | shut down on | shut off | sike | silence | sit down on | sit on | slaughter | slay | slaying | smash | smother | snuff out | solace | spend | spill stream | squash | squelch | stanch | starve | stifle | still | stoning | strangle | stream | stream action | streamlet | strike | strike off | strike out | stultify | subdue | subterranean river | suffocate | suppress | switch off | table | take life | take off | take the floor | taking of life | termination | the hunted | throttle | tickle | tire out | titillate | to | torment | torture | turn off | use up | venery | veto | victim | void | wadi | waste | watercourse | waterway | weary | while away | wipe out | wow | yield the floor | zap See Also | ache | annihilate | asphyxiate | asphyxiation | assassinate | be | behead | beheading | blackball | brain | bump off | butcher | carry off | conclusion | coup de grace | cut | death | deathblow | decapitate | decapitation | decease | decimate | despatch | destroy | destroy | destruct | destruction | devastation | die | dismember | dispatch | dispatch | do in | draw | draw and quarter | drink | drown | electrocute | electrocution | eliminate | end | ending | eradicate | erase | euthanasia | execute | execution | exit | expire | exterminate | extinguish | fell | fry | genocide | go | hit | homicide | hurt | imbibe | impale | kill off | knock off | lapidate | liquidate | lynch | lynching | manslaughter | martyr | massacre | mercy killing | mow down | murder | murder | negative | overcome | overlay | overlie | overpower | overtake | overwhelm | pass | pass away | perish | pip | poison | poisoning | polish off | put away | put to death | put to sleep | quarter | race murder | racial extermination | regicide | remove | ritual killing | saber | sabre | sacrifice | sacrifice | self-annihilation | self-destruction | shoot | shooting | slaughter | slaughter | slay | slaying | smother | stake | stone | strangle | strangulate | strike down | suffer | suffocate | suffocation | suicide | sweep over | switch off | take away | take off | take out | terminate | termination | throttle | tomahawk | turn off | turn out | veto | waste | whelm | wipe out | zap Kill In Webster's Dictionary \Kill\, n.
A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.
\Kill\, n. [D. kil.] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc. \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Killed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Killing}.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. {Quell}), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.] 1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! --Shak. 2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak. Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak. 3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind. Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see, is killed in him. --Shak. 4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid. {To kill time}, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness. Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To {Kill}, {Murder}, {Assassinate}. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders. \Kill\, n. 1. The act of killing. ``There is none like to me!'' says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. --Kipling. 2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey. If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride. --Kipling. |
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