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Kill Definition And Meaning
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 short \| damp \| damp down \| deaden \| dealing death \| death \| deathblow \| decimate \| decree \| defeat \| delete \| delight \| denouement \| deprive of life \| destroy \| destruction \| destruction of life \| devastate \| dispatch \| dispose of \| divert \| do away with \| do for \| do in \| do to death \| down \| drop the curtain \| drown \| dull \| edit \| edit out \| eliminate \| enact \| enact laws \| end \| end off \| enliven \| entertain \| eradicate \| erase \| euthanasia \| execute \| execution \| exhaust \| exhilarate \| expunge \| expurgate \| exterminate \| extermination \| extinguish \| fag out \| fatigue \| filibuster \| fill \| finalize \| finish \| finish off \| flow of blood \| flowing stream \| fluviation \| fold up \| fracture one \| fresh \| freshet \| gag \| game \| get it over \| get over with \| get rid of \| get the floor \| get through with \| gill \| give the quietus \| gore \| have the floor \| hit \| hold down \| hugger-mugger \| hurt \| hush \| hush up \| hush-hush \| ice \| idle \| immolate \| immolation \| jump on \| kayo \| keep down \| keep under \| kibosh \| killing \| knife \| knock dead \| knock off \| knock out \| KO \| lapidation \| launch into eternity \| lay low \| lazy stream \| legislate \| liquidate \| lobby through \| logroll \| loosen up \| lynch \| make away with \| martyr \| martyrdom \| martyrization \| martyrize \| massacre \| meandering stream \| mercy killing \| midchannel \| midstream \| millstream \| moving road \| muffle \| murder \| muzzle \| navigable river \| negative \| neutralize \| nip \| nullify \| obliterate \| occupy \| omit \| ordain \| pain \| pass \| perfect \| pigeonhole \| pocket \| poison \| poisoning \| polish off \| pour water on \| prey \| purge \| put away \| put down \| put in force \| put paid to \| put through \| put to death \| put to sleep \| quarry \| quash \| quell \| quench \| race \| racing stream \| railroad through \| raise a laugh \| raise a smile \| ravage \| recreate \| refresh \| regale \| relax \| remove from life \| repress \| rescind \| ritual killing \| ritual murder \| river \| rivulet \| roll logs \| rub out \| ruin \| rule against \| run \| 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.

Kill Definition And Meaning

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"

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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