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kill·file

(kĭl′fīl′)

A file of character strings that are matched against incoming email or posts on electronic forums to eliminate items that one does not want to receive.

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Groups maintain group kill files. There's even one guy who maintains a Web page "dungeon" listing all the people in his kill file, their crimes and their sentences.

Couch potato decision-making

KILL FILE...President Clinton received another threat via email, according to the U.S.

Newstrack

Three things kill files: contact with things as hard or harder than themselves, rust and using a file for the wrong material or application.

Files, files everywhere

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