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kill ¹  (kl)

v. killed, kill·ing, kills

v.tr.

1.

a. To put to death.

b. To deprive of life: The Black Death was a disease that killed millions.

2. To put an end to; extinguish: The rain killed our plans for a picnic.

3.

a. To destroy a vitally essential quality in: Too much garlic killed the taste of the meat.

b. To cause to cease operating; turn off: killed the motor.

c. To tire out completely; exhaust: "The trip to work, and the boredom and nervousness of jobs, kills men" Jimmy Breslin.

4. To pass (time) in aimless activity: killed a few hours before the flight by sightseeing.

5. To consume entirely; finish off: kill a bottle of brandy.

6. Sports To prevent a hockey team on a power play from scoring during (a penalty).

7. To cause extreme pain or discomfort to: My shoes are killing me.

8. To mark for deletion; rule out: killed the story.

9. To thwart passage of; veto: kill a congressional bill.

10. Informal To overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration: The outstanding finale killed the audience.

11. Sports

a. To hit (a ball) with great force.

b. To hit (a ball) with such force as to make a return impossible, especially in a racquet game.

v.intr.

1. To cause death or extinction; be fatal.

2. To commit murder.

3. Informal To make such a strong impression as to overcome: dress to kill.

n.

1. The act of killing.

2.

a. An animal killed, especially in hunting.

b. A person killed or to be killed: "Infantrymen . . . had seen too many kills suddenly get up and run away or shoot at them as they approached" Nelson DeMille.

c. An enemy aircraft, vessel, or missile that has been attacked and destroyed.

3. Sports A kill shot.

Phrasal Verb:

kill off

To destroy in such large numbers as to render extinct.

Idiom:

in at/on the kill

Present at the moment of triumph.

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[Middle English killen, perhaps from Old English *cyllan; see g^wel- in Indo-European roots.]

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kill

Verb

1. to cause the death of (a person or animal)

2. Informal to cause (someone) pain or discomfort: my feet are killing me

3. to put an end to: his infidelity had killed his marriage

4. Informal to quash or veto: the main opposition party tried to kill the bill

5. Informal to overwhelm (someone) completely with laughter, attraction, or surprise: her jokes really kill me

6. kill oneself Informal to overexert oneself

7. kill time to spend time on something unimportant or trivial while waiting for something: I'm just killing time until I can talk to the other witnesses

8. kill two birds with one stone to achieve two results with one action

Noun

1. the act of causing death at the end of a hunt or bullfight

2. the animal or animals killed during a hunt

3. in at the kill present when something comes to a dramatic end with unpleasant results for someone else [Middle English cullen]

killer n

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Kill the carcasses of birds or animals killed by a sportsman. See also bag.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kill - the act of terminating a life         putting to death, killing ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" coup de grace, deathblow - the blow that kills (usually mercifully) death - the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience" euthanasia, mercy killing - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) homicide - the killing of a human being by another human being despatch, dispatch - killing a person or animal fell - the act of felling something (as a tree) self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide" slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food) poisoning - the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill suffocation, asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygen ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity electrocution - killing by electric shock beheading, decapitation - killing by cutting off the head genocide, race murder, racial extermination - systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
	2.	kill - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Verb	1.	kill - 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" annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, eliminate, carry off, extinguish - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies drown - kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens" massacre, mow down, slaughter - kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" erase, wipe out - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" butcher, slaughter - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" poison - kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband" lapidate, stone - kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock" poison - kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison" commit suicide - kill oneself; "the terminally ill patient committed suicide" dispatch - kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators" vaporize, zap - kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" kill - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" sacrifice - kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment" take off - prove fatal; "The disease took off" tomahawk - kill with a tomahawk destroy, put down - put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" saber, sabre - kill with a saber overlay, overlie - kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" brain - kill by smashing someone's skull put to sleep, put away - kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" exterminate, kill off - kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" asphyxiate, suffocate, smother - deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" strangle, strangulate, throttle - kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" behead, decapitate, decollate - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" impale, stake - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" dismember - separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist" martyr - kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred" shed blood - kill violently; "They will never stop shedding the blood of their enemies" murder, off, bump off, slay, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" assassinate - murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel" execute, put to death - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed" draw and quarter, quarter, draw - pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" lynch - kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child" pip, shoot - kill by firing a missile
	2.	kill - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" vote down, vote out, defeat, shoot down negative, veto, blackball - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
	3.	kill - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" stamp out terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
	4.	kill - be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	5.	kill - be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" ache, hurt, suffer - feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
	6.	kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
	7.	kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" kill - hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
	8.	kill - hit with great force; "He killed the ball" athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"
	9.	kill - deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" kill - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" strike down - cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village"
	10.	kill - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" kill - 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" kill - deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" electrocute - kill by electric shock; "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted"
	11.	kill - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pour down, toss off, pop drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
	12.	kill - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" obliterate, wipe out take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
	13.	kill - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
	14.	kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" kill - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" switch off, turn off, turn out, cut - cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
	15.	kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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kill

verb 1. slay, murder, execute, slaughter, destroy, waste (informal) do in (slang) take out (slang) massacre, butcher, wipe out (informal) dispatch, cut down, erase, assassinate, eradicate, whack (informal) do away with, blow away (slang), chiefly U.S. obliterate, knock off (slang) liquidate, decimate, annihilate, neutralize, exterminate, croak, mow down, take (someone's) life, bump off (slang) extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth (informal)

verb 2. (Informal) destroy, defeat, crush, scotch, still, stop, total (slang) ruin, halt, cancel, wreck, shatter, veto, suppress, dismantle, stifle, trash (slang) ravage, eradicate, smother, quash, quell, extinguish, annihilate, put paid to

Translations

kill [kɪl] vt → matar (= murder); asesinar;

(fig) [+ rumour, conversation]; acabar con

n → matanza;

to kill time → matar el tiempo

kill off vt → exterminar, terminar con;

(fig) → echar por tierra

kill [kɪl] vt → tuer (fig); faire échouer; détruire; supprimer

n → mise f à mort;

to kill time → tuer le temps

kill off vt → exterminer (fig); éliminer

kill [kɪl] vt → töten;

(murder) → ermorden, umbringen;

(plant) → eingehen lassen;

(proposal) → zu Fall bringen;

(rumour) → ein Ende machen +dat

n → Abschuss m;

to kill time → die Zeit totschlagen;

to kill o.s. to do sth (fig) → sich fast umbringen, um etw zu tun;

to kill o.s. (laughing) (fig) → sich totlachen

kill off kill vt → abtöten (fig) (romance) → beenden

kill [kɪl] vt → uccidere, ammazzare;

(fig) → sopprimere; sopraffare; ammazzare

n → uccisione f;

to kill time → ammazzare il tempo

kill off vt → sterminare;

(fig) → eliminare, soffocare

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kill

v kill [kil]

to cause the death of He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight. moord, moor يَقْتُل убивам zabít slå ihjel; dræbe; ødelægge töten σκοτώνω matar, asesinar tapma کشتن؛ نابود کردن tappaa tuer לַהֲרוֹג मारना ubiti (meg)öl membunuh drepa, gera að engu uccidere 殺す 죽이다 užmušti, nužudyti nogalināt; nonāvēt; iznīcināt membunuh doden drepe, i hjel slå, slakte zabijać matar a ucide морить; убивать zabiť ubiti ubiti döda, göra slut på, omintetgöra ฆ่า öldürmek; avlamak 殺死 убивати; знищувати کسی کو ہلاک کرنا giết 杀死

n

an act of killing The hunter was determined to make a kill before returning to the camp. vermoor قَتْل убийство zabití drab Wild erlegen θανάτωση, φονικό matanza tapmine قتل؛ کشتار tappo mise à mort הֲרִיגָה हत्या ubijanje elejtés (vadé) pembunuhan dráp uccisione, omicidio 殺害 사냥감, 죽이기 užmušimas, nužudymas medīšana; medījums membunuh het doden drap, dreping ubicie (zwierzyny) matança ucidere отстрел zabitie uboj ubistvo dödande, jaktbyte การฆ่า öldürme, avlama 殺 убивство; забій مارنے کا عمل sự giết 杀

n ˈkiller

a person, animal etc that kills There is a killer somewhere in the village; (also adjective ) a killer disease. moordenaar قاتِل убиец, убийствен zabiják; smrtící morder; dræber- der Mörder; Mörder- δολοφόνος asesino tapja کشنده؛ قاتل tappaja tueur/-euse רוֹצֵחַ हत्यारा ubojica gyilkos pembunuh morðingi killer, assassino, uccisore 殺人者 말裏括? 대단한 위력을 가진 것 žudikas; mirtinas slepkava pembunuh moordenaar; dodelijk drapsmann, morder, dreper morderca, morderczy assassino ucigaş убийца zabijak; kto zabíja dobytok; smrteľný ubijalec ubica dödare, mördare, dråpare ฆาตกร katil 殺人者 убивця, кілер قاتل ، خونی kẻ giết người 杀人者

kill off

to destroy completely So many deer have been shot that the species has almost been killed off. afmaak, uitroei يُفْني، يَقْضي على изтребвам vyhubit, vyvraždit udrydde ausrotten εξολοθρεύω exterminar, rematar hävitama ریشه کن کردن؛ کاملاً نابود کردن hävittää exterminer לְחָסֵל नष्ट करना istrijebiti kiirt membinasakan gera út af við sterminare 絶滅させる 멸종시키다 išžudyti iznīcināt; izpostīt mematikan uitroeien utrydde, kverke, gjøre det av med wybić do nogi destruir a extermina истреблять vyhubiť iztrebiti ubiti utrota ฆ่า; ทำให้ตาย neslini kurutmak, hepsini öldürmek 消滅 знищувати تباہ کر دینا hủy diệt hoàn toàn 消灭

kill time

to find something to do to use up spare time I'm just killing time until I hear whether I've got a job or not. tydverdryf يَقْتُل الوَقْت убивам (време) zabít čas slå tiden ihjel die Zeit totschlagen σκοτώνω την ώρα μου pasar el rato, matar el tiempo aega surnuks lööma وقت گذراندن tappaa aikaa tuer le temps “לַהֲרוֹג אֶת הַזמָן” समय काटना ubijati vrijeme agyonüti az időt merintang waktu drepa tímann ammazzare il tempo 時間をつぶす 시간을 보내다[] stumti laiką notriekt laiku mengisi waktu de tijd doden i hjel slå tid zabijać czas matar o tempo a-şi omorî tim­pul убивать время zabiť čas zabijati čas ubiti vreme fördriva tiden ฆ่าเวลา zaman öldürmek, vakit geçirmek 消磨時間 марнувати час وقت گزارنا giết thời gian 消磨时间