Kill

verb

kɪl

Noun

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
“the pilot reported two kills during the mission”
Type of:DestructionDevastation
the act of terminating a life
Similar:Killing
Type of:EndingTerminationConclusion
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
Type of:Body

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
“kill these lines in the President's speech”
Similar:Obliterate
thwart the passage of
“kill a motion”
Similar:Defeat
Type of:NegativeVetoBlackball
drink down entirely
“She killed a bottle of brandy that night”
Similar:Down Pop
Type of:ImbibeDrink
be fatal
“cigarettes kill”
“drunken driving kills”
Type of:Be
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”
be the source of great pain for
“These new shoes are killing me!”
Type of:HurtSufferAche
cause to cease operating
“kill the engine”
Type of:Cut
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
“Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods”
Type of:DestructDestroy
hit with great force
“He killed the ball”
Type of:Hit
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
“She killed the ball”
Type of:Hit
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
“The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!”
Type of:OverwhelmOvercomeOverpower
tire out completely
“The daily stress of her work is killing her”
Type of:ExhaustBeatTucker
end or extinguish by forceful means
Type of:EndTerminate
cause the death of, without intention
“She was killed in the collision of three cars”
deprive of life
“AIDS has killed thousands in Africa”