Definition of kill

noun (n)

• the act of terminating a life (noun.act)

  Synonym: killing, putting to death
  

  source: wordnet30
• the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act)

  Example:
  The pilot reported two kills during the mission.
  

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• A kiln. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The act of killing. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)

  Example:
  This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank.
  The farmer killed a pig for the holidays.
  

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• thwart the passage of (verb.social)

  Synonym: defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out
  

  Example:
  Kill a motion.
  

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• end or extinguish by forceful means (verb.change)

  Synonym: stamp out
  

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• be fatal (verb.stative)

  Example:
  Cigarettes kill.
  Drunken driving kills.
  

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• be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)

  Example:
  These new shoes are killing me!.
  

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• overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration (verb.emotion)

  Example:
  The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!.
  

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• hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games (verb.contact)

  Example:
  She killed the ball.
  

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• hit with great force (verb.contact)

  Example:
  He killed the ball.
  

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• deprive of life (verb.contact)

  Example:
  AIDS has killed thousands in Africa.
  

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• cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact)

  Example:
  She was killed in the collision of three cars.
  

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• drink down entirely (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off
  

  Example:
  She killed a bottle of brandy that night.
  

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• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb.change)

  Synonym: obliterate, wipe out
  

  Example:
  Kill these lines in the President's speech.
  

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• tire out completely (verb.change)

  Example:
  The daily stress of her work is killing her.
  

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• cause to cease operating (verb.change)

  Example:
  Kill the engine.
  

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• destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb.change)

  Example:
  Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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