Sekirov Dictionary

kill

/ˈkɪl/

verb 18
noun 7
forms 7
phrases 9

verb18

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to end the life of a person, an animal or a plant
- Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and hard drugs combined.
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To render inoperative.
- He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
To force a company out of business.
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(figurative) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- The editor decided to kill the story.
- The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
(informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
(Internet) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
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To use up or to waste.
- I'm just doing this to kill time.
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(figurative) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- 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.
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(figurative) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- 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.
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(informal, figurative) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate.
- The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
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(informal, figurative) To punish severely.
- My parents are going to kill me!
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[with oneself] (informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.
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(figurative) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- That night, she was dressed to kill.
- That joke always kills me.
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To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- When comics fail, they "die"; when they succeed, they "kill." — 2012
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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.
- That close call encouraged Wales to launch another series of attacks that ended when lock Louis Deacon killed the ball illegally in the shadow of England's posts. — 2011
To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
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(slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- I felt on her big fat fanny Pulled out the jammy and killed the punanni — 1992
To deadmelt.

noun7

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The act of killing.
- The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.
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Specifically, the death blow.
- The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.
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An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
- confirmed kills
- A flying ace is usually one with five or more confirmed kills.
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The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- The fox dragged its kill back to its den.
The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
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(dialect, no longer used) A creek or stream; (more loosely) any watercourse, such as a channel or arm of the sea.
- The channel beyond Staten Island, which connects Newark Bay with Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.
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(dialect, no longer used) In particular, a waterway with a name ending in kill, such as the Beaverkill or the East Kill.
- We're gonna go flyfishing over in the kill.

forms

kill'd · killed · killedst · killing · killeth · kills · killest

Phrases with kill

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