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Noun kill has 2 senses
- killing, kill, putting to death - the act of terminating a life
--1 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
--1 has particulars: | | deathblow, coup de grace; death; euthanasia, mercy killing; homicide; dispatch, despatch; fell; suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation; slaughter; poisoning; suffocation, asphyxiation; sacrifice, ritual killing; electrocution; decapitation, beheading; genocide, race murder, racial extermination |
- kill - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
--2 is a kind of destruction, devastation
Verb kill has 15 senses
- 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"
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They want to kill the prisoners
- kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
--2 is one way to veto, blackball, negative
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Somebody ----s something
- kill - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
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Something ----s somebody
- stamp out, kill - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
--4 is one way to end, terminate
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- kill - be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
--5 is one way to be
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- kill - be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"
--6 is one way to hurt, ache, suffer
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- kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
--7 is one way to overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
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- kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"
--8 is one way to hit
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- kill - hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
--9 is one way to hit
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- kill - deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
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- toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, 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"
--11 is one way to drink, imbibe
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- kill, obliterate, wipe out - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
--12 is one way to take away, take out
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- kill - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
--13 is one way to exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
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- kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
--14 is one way to switch off, cut, turn off, turn out
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- kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
--15 is one way to destroy, destruct
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