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1. 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"
    
2. Thwart the passage of
   "kill a motion"
   - shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
    
3. End or extinguish by forceful means
   - stamp out
    
4. Be fatal
   "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
    
5. Be the source of great pain for
   "These new shoes are killing me!"
    
6. Overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
   "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
    
7. Hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
   "She killed the ball"
    
8. Hit with great force
   "He killed the ball"
    
9. Deprive of life
   "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
    
10. Cause the death of, without intention
    "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
     
11. Drink down entirely
    "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
    - toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down
     
12. Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
    "kill these lines in the President's speech"
    - obliterate, wipe out
     
13. Tire out completely
    "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
     
14. Cause to cease operating
    "kill the engine"
     
15. Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
    "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

1. The act of terminating a life
   - killing, putting to death
    
2. The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
   "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

Derived forms: killed, kills, killing

See also: kill off, killable, killer, killing

Type of: ache, be, beat, blackball, conclusion, cut, destroy, destruct, destruction, devastation, drink, end, ending, exhaust, hit, hurt, imbibe, negative, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, spifflicate, spiflicate, suffer, sweep over, switch off, take away, take out, terminate, termination, tucker [N. Amer], tucker out [N. Amer], turn off, turn out, veto, wash up, whelm [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Kill Kill, I Oughta Kill, County Kildare