kill
noun
1. the act of terminating a life
Similar word(s): killing
Definition categories: act, conclusion, ending, termination
2. the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the pilot reported two kills during the mission
Definition categories: act, destruction, devastation
3. the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
Definition categories: animal, body
Sentences with kill as a noun:
- The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.
- The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.
- The fox dragged its kill back to its den.
- The channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.
- Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
verb
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
Definition categories: contact
2. thwart the passage of
- kill a motion
Similar word(s): defeat
Definition categories: social, blackball, negative, veto
3. end or extinguish by forceful means
Definition categories: change, end, terminate
4. be fatal
- cigarettes kill
- drunken driving kills
Definition categories: stative, be
5. be the source of great pain for
- These new shoes are killing me!
Definition categories: perception, ache, hurt, suffer
6. overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!
Definition categories: emotion, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, whelm
7. hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- She killed the ball
Definition categories: contact, hit
8. hit with great force
- He killed the ball
Definition categories: contact, hit
9. deprive of life
- AIDS has killed thousands in Africa
Definition categories: contact
10. cause the death of, without intention
- She was killed in the collision of three cars
Definition categories: contact
11. drink down entirely
- She killed a bottle of brandy that night
Definition categories: consumption, drink, imbibe
12. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- kill these lines in the President's speech
Similar word(s): obliterate
Definition categories: change
13. tire out completely
- The daily stress of her work is killing her
Definition categories: change, beat, exhaust, tucker
14. cause to cease operating
- kill the engine
Definition categories: change, cut
15. destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods
Definition categories: change, destroy, destruct
Sentences with kill as a verb:
- Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
- There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.
- Shakespeare killed Romeo and Juliet for drama.
- He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
- Peter: I killed it, with a machine gun.
- The editor decided to kill the story.
- The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
- My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.
- That night, she was dressed to kill.
- That joke always kills me.
- It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad.
- It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.
- I'm just doing this to kill time.
- He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle."
- Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.
- Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore.
- The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
- You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.
- My parents are going to kill me!