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Quick definitions from WordNet (kill)
▸ noun: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile ("The pilot reported two kills during the mission")
▸ noun: the act of terminating a life
▸ verb: be the source of great pain for ("These new shoes are killing me!")
▸ verb: thwart the passage of ("Kill a motion")
▸ verb: be fatal ("Cigarettes kill")
▸ verb: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in ("Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods")
▸ verb: cause to cease operating ("Kill the engine")
▸ verb: tire out completely ("The daily stress of her work is killing her")
▸ verb: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase ("Kill these lines in the President's speech")
▸ verb: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly ("This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank")
▸ verb: cause the death of, without intention ("She was killed in the collision of three cars")
▸ verb: deprive of life ("AIDS has killed thousands in Africa")
▸ verb: hit with great force ("He killed the ball")
▸ verb: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games ("She killed the ball")
▸ verb: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration ("The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!")
▸ verb: end or extinguish by forceful means
▸ verb: drink down entirely ("She killed a bottle of brandy that night")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #30172)
▸ Also see kills
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to kill
▸ Usage examples for kill
▸ Idioms related to kill (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing kill
▸ Words that often appear near kill
▸ Rhymes of kill
▸ Invented words related to kill
▸ noun: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile ("The pilot reported two kills during the mission")
▸ noun: the act of terminating a life
▸ verb: be the source of great pain for ("These new shoes are killing me!")
▸ verb: thwart the passage of ("Kill a motion")
▸ verb: be fatal ("Cigarettes kill")
▸ verb: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in ("Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods")
▸ verb: cause to cease operating ("Kill the engine")
▸ verb: tire out completely ("The daily stress of her work is killing her")
▸ verb: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase ("Kill these lines in the President's speech")
▸ verb: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly ("This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank")
▸ verb: cause the death of, without intention ("She was killed in the collision of three cars")
▸ verb: deprive of life ("AIDS has killed thousands in Africa")
▸ verb: hit with great force ("He killed the ball")
▸ verb: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games ("She killed the ball")
▸ verb: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration ("The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!")
▸ verb: end or extinguish by forceful means
▸ verb: drink down entirely ("She killed a bottle of brandy that night")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #30172)
▸ Also see kills
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to kill
▸ Usage examples for kill
▸ Idioms related to kill (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing kill
▸ Words that often appear near kill
▸ Rhymes of kill
▸ Invented words related to kill