Kill (Verb)
Meaning 1
Deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 3
Tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Hyponyms
- Wipe Out
- Stake
- Polish Off
- Carry Off
- Knock Off
- Decollate
- Remove
- Quarter
- Mow Down
- Throttle
- Off
- Do In
- Neutralise
- Suffocate
- Put To Death
- Fry
- Slay
- Pip
- Waste
- Behead
- Extinguish
- Slaughter
- Asphyxiate
- Draw And Quarter
- Hit
- Dispatch
- Kill Off
- Liquidate
- Put Down
- Put To Sleep
- Annihilate
- Vaporize
- Sabre
- Overlay
- Eradicate
- Decimate
- Strangulate
- Lapidate
- Bump Off
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Meaning 5
Cause to cease operating; "kill the engine".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 6
End or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
Cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 8
Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 9
Overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 10
Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 11
Be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 12
Be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 13
Hit with great force; "He killed the ball".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Meaning 14
Hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.