kill

Plural: kills

Noun

• the act of terminating a life
• the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
  • "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
• The act of killing.
• Specifically, the death blow.
• The result of killing; that which has been killed.
• The result of killing; that which has been killed.
• An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
• The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
• A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
• Alternative form of kiln.

Verb

Verb Forms: killed, killing, kills

• To cause the death of; to end the life of.
• 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"
• thwart the passage of
  • "kill a motion"
• end or extinguish by forceful means
• be fatal
  • "cigarettes kill"
  • "drunken driving kills"
• be the source of great pain for
  • "These new shoes are killing me!"
• overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
  • "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
• hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
  • "She killed the ball"
• hit with great force
  • "He killed the ball"
• deprive of life
  • "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
• cause the death of, without intention
  • "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
• drink down entirely
  • "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
  • "kill these lines in the President's speech"
• tire out completely
  • "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
• cause to cease operating
  • "kill the engine"
• destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
  • "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
• To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• To render inoperative.
• To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
• To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
• To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
• To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
• To use up or to waste.
• To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
• To force a company out of business.
• To punish severely.
• To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
• To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
• To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
• To cause to assume the value zero.
• To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
• To deadmelt.
• To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
• To exert oneself to an excessive degree.

Examples

• A flying ace is usually one with five or more confirmed kills.
• confirmed kills
• Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.
• He aimed to KILL his opponent’s chances of winning with a strategically placed Scrabble word.
• He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
• I'm just doing this to kill time.
• 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.
• 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.
• Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate.
• My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.
• My parents are going to kill me!
• Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
• Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and hard drugs combined.
• That joke always kills me.
• That night, she was dressed to kill.
• The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.
• The channel beyond Staten Island, which connects Newark Bay with Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.
• The editor decided to kill the story.
• The fox dragged its kill back to its den.
• The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.
• The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
• The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
• These tight shoes are killing my feet.
• You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.

Synonyms

belt down, bolt down, defeat, down, drink down, killing, obliterate, pop, pour down, putting to death, shoot down, stamp out, toss off, vote down, vote out, wipe out, annihilate, assassinate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, break, bring down, bump off, bury, bust one's ass, cack, claim, compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, disable, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, drill, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, ex, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, fritter away, grease, ice, knock off, lay waste to, liquidate, make away with, mortify, murder, murk, neutralize, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, pop off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put six feet under, put someone out of their misery, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, slaughter, slay, smash, smite, smoke, snuff, squash, stiff, stop someone's clock, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, top, top off, torpedo, turn off, waste, wax, wet, whack, while away, wreck

Antonyms

birth, germinate, give birth, raise, raise from the dead, reanimate, reawaken, requicken, rescue, resurrect, revive, revivify, save, spawn, vitalise, vivificate, vivify, whelp

Related Words

die, killer, killing