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Kill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Kill has 2 senses
- kill(n = noun.act) killing, putting to death - the act of terminating a life; Array is a kind of conclusion, ending, termination
- kill(n = noun.act) Array - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" is a kind of destruction, devastation
has particulars: coup de grace, deathblow, death, euthanasia, mercy killing, homicide, despatch, dispatch, fell, self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide, slaughter, poisoning, asphyxiation, suffocation, ritual killing, sacrifice, electrocution, beheading, decapitation, genocide, race murder, racial extermination
Derived forms verb kill1, verb kill10, verb kill9, verb kill4
Derived form verb kill14
Verb Kill has 15 senses
- kill(v = verb.contact) Array - 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" Derived forms noun kill1, adjective killable1, noun killer1, noun killer2, noun killing2, noun killing1
- kill(v = verb.social) defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" is one way to blackball, negative, veto
- kill(v = verb.change) stamp out - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" is one way to end, terminate
- kill(v = verb.stative) Array - be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" is one way to be
- kill(v = verb.perception) Array - be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" is one way to ache, hurt, suffer
- kill(v = verb.emotion) Array - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" is one way to overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm
- kill(v = verb.contact) Array - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" is one way to hit
- kill(v = verb.contact) Array - hit with great force; "He killed the ball" is one way to hit
- kill(v = verb.contact) Array - deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" Derived form noun kill1
- kill(v = verb.contact) Array - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" Derived forms noun kill1, noun killer2, noun killing1
- kill(v = verb.consumption) belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" is one way to drink, imbibe
- kill(v = verb.change) obliterate, wipe out - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" is one way to take away, take out
- kill(v = verb.change) Array - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" is one way to beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up
- kill(v = verb.change) Array - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" is one way to cut, switch off, turn off, turn out
- kill(v = verb.change) Array - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" is one way to destroy, destruct
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Kill, n.
A kiln. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Kill, v. t. [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.].
- To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. [1913 Webster]"Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !" [1913 Webster]
- To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. Shak. [1913 Webster]"Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares." [1913 Webster]
- To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside. [1913 Webster]"Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
You see, is killed in him." [1913 Webster] - To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid. [1913 Webster]
- To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time; as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him. [PJC]
- To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article, etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the article after getting threats of a lawsuit. [PJC]
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 s
Kill, n.
- The act of killing."“There is none like to me!” says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Kill, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 a deprive of life or vitality; put to death; cause the death of. b (absol.) cause or bring about death (must kill to survive).
2 destroy; put an end to (feelings etc.) (overwork killed my enthusiasm).
3 refl. (often foll. by pres. part.) colloq. a overexert oneself (don't kill yourself lifting them all at once). b laugh heartily.
4 colloq. overwhelm (a person) with amusement, delight, etc. (the things he says really kill me).
5 switch off (a spotlight, engine, etc.).
6 colloq. delete (a line, paragraph, etc.) from a computer file.
7 colloq. cause pain or discomfort to (my feet are killing me).
8 pass (time, or a specified amount of it) usu. while waiting for a specific event (had an hour to kill before the interview).
9 defeat (a bill in Parliament).
10 colloq. consume the entire contents of (a bottle of wine etc.).
11 a Tennis etc. hit (the ball) so skilfully that it cannot be returned. b stop (the ball) dead.
12 neutralize or render ineffective (taste, sound, colour, etc.) (thick carpet killed the sound of footsteps).
--n.
1 an act of killing (esp. an animal).
2 an animal or animals killed, esp. by a sportsman.
3 colloq. the destruction or disablement of an enemy aircraft, submarine, etc.
--v.tr.
1 a deprive of life or vitality; put to death; cause the death of. b (absol.) cause or bring about death (must kill to survive).
2 destroy; put an end to (feelings etc.) (overwork killed my enthusiasm).
3 refl. (often foll. by pres. part.) colloq. a overexert oneself (don't kill yourself lifting them all at once). b laugh heartily.
4 colloq. overwhelm (a person) with amusement, delight, etc. (the things he says really kill me).
5 switch off (a spotlight, engine, etc.).
6 colloq. delete (a line, paragraph, etc.) from a computer file.
7 colloq. cause pain or discomfort to (my feet are killing me).
8 pass (time, or a specified amount of it) usu. while waiting for a specific event (had an hour to kill before the interview).
9 defeat (a bill in Parliament).
10 colloq. consume the entire contents of (a bottle of wine etc.).
11 a Tennis etc. hit (the ball) so skilfully that it cannot be returned. b stop (the ball) dead.
12 neutralize or render ineffective (taste, sound, colour, etc.) (thick carpet killed the sound of footsteps).
--n.
1 an act of killing (esp. an animal).
2 an animal or animals killed, esp. by a sportsman.
3 colloq. the destruction or disablement of an enemy aircraft, submarine, etc.
Idiom
dressed to kill dressed showily, alluringly, or impressively. in at the kill present at or benefiting from the successful conclusion of an enterprise. kill off
1 get rid of or destroy completely (esp. a number of persons or things).
2 (of an author) bring about the death of (a fictional character). kill or cure (usu. attrib.) (of a remedy etc.) drastic, extreme. kill two birds with one stone achieve two aims at once. kill with kindness spoil (a person) with overindulgence.
1 get rid of or destroy completely (esp. a number of persons or things).
2 (of an author) bring about the death of (a fictional character). kill or cure (usu. attrib.) (of a remedy etc.) drastic, extreme. kill two birds with one stone achieve two aims at once. kill with kindness spoil (a person) with overindulgence.
Etymology
ME c{uuml}lle, kille, perh. ult. rel. to QUELL
THESAURUS
Kill
KO, 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, 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, zapROGET THESAURUS
Kill
Killing
VB kill, put to death, slay, shed blood, murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate, massacre, take away life, deprive of life, make away with, put an end to, despatch, dispatch, burke, settle, do for, strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown, saber, cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat, jugulate, stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate, put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword, shoot dead, blow one's brains out, brain, knock on the head, stone, lapidate, give a deathblow, deal a deathblow, give a quietus, give a coupe de grace, behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas, hunt, shoot, cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of, give no quarter, pour out blood like water, decimate, run amuck, wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood, die a violent death, welter in one's blood, dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains, commit suicide, kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all.
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