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Defenition of the word kill

    • Defenition of the word kill

      • To purposely end the life of another human being.
      • To deliberately and purposely end the life of a political, public or other significant figure, usually publically.
      • To be in the process of putting to death/ending a life.
      • To begin, to be in the process of and then to finish putting to death/ending a life.
      • To put to death; to end a life.
      • An animal or person that another animal or person has put to death, often for the purposes of eating it.
      • the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
      • destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
      • cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
      • tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
      • cause to die; put to death; "This man has killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"
      • deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
      • hit with great force, in sports; "He killed the ball"
      • hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"
      • overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
      • be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"
      • be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
      • thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"
      • mark for deletion or rule out; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
      • the act of terminating a life
      • end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
      • drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
      • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President''s speech"
      • drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
      • 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"
      • cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
      • hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
      • thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student''s proposal"
      • the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
      • end or extinguish by forceful means
      • destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
      • cause to cease operating
      • tire out completely
      • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
      • drink down entirely
      • cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
      • cause the death of, without intention
      • deprive of life
      • hit with great force
      • hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
      • overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
      • be the source of great pain for
      • thwart the passage of
      • be fatal

    Synonyms for the word kill

      • assassinate
      • belt down
      • bolt down
      • deactivate
      • defeat
      • destroy
      • disable
      • down
      • drink down
      • eradicate
      • execute
      • exterminate
      • killing
      • liquidate
      • murder
      • obliterate
      • pour down
      • putting to death
      • slaughter
      • slay
      • stamp out
      • take life
      • toss off
      • turn off
      • vote down
      • vote out
      • wipe out

    Similar words in the kill

      • exterminate
      • kill
      • kill off
      • killdeer
      • killdeer's
      • killdeers
      • killed
      • killers
      • killing
      • killings
      • killjoy
      • killjoys
      • kills

    Hyponyms for the word kill

      • annihilate
      • asphyxiate
      • asphyxiation
      • assassinate
      • behead
      • beheading
      • brain
      • bump off
      • butcher
      • carry off
      • commit suicide
      • coup de grace
      • death
      • deathblow
      • decapitate
      • decapitation
      • decimate
      • decollate
      • despatch
      • destroy
      • dismember
      • dispatch
      • do in
      • draw
      • draw and quarter
      • drown
      • electrocute
      • electrocution
      • eliminate
      • eradicate
      • erase
      • euthanasia
      • execute
      • exterminate
      • extinguish
      • fell
      • fry
      • genocide
      • hit
      • homicide
      • impale
      • kill off
      • knock off
      • lapidate
      • liquidate
      • lynch
      • martyr
      • massacre
      • mercy killing
      • mow down
      • murder
      • neutralise
      • neutralize
      • off
      • overlay
      • overlie
      • pip
      • poison
      • poisoning
      • polish off
      • put away
      • put down
      • put to death
      • put to sleep
      • quarter
      • race murder
      • racial extermination
      • remove
      • ritual killing
      • saber
      • sabre
      • sacrifice
      • self-annihilation
      • self-destruction
      • shed blood
      • shoot
      • slaughter
      • slay
      • smother
      • stake
      • stone
      • strangle
      • strangulate
      • strike down
      • suffocate
      • suffocation
      • suicide
      • take off
      • throttle
      • tomahawk
      • vaporize
      • waste
      • wipe out
      • zap

    Hypernyms for the word kill

      • ache
      • be
      • beat
      • blackball
      • conclusion
      • cut
      • destroy
      • destruct
      • destruction
      • devastation
      • drink
      • end
      • ending
      • exhaust
      • hit
      • hurt
      • imbibe
      • negative
      • overcome
      • overpower
      • overtake
      • overwhelm
      • suffer
      • sweep over
      • switch off
      • take away
      • take out
      • terminate
      • termination
      • tucker
      • tucker out
      • turn off
      • turn out
      • veto
      • wash up
      • whelm

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