Kill
[kɪl]
Definition
(noun.) the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; 'the pilot reported two kills during the mission'.
(verb.) destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; 'Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods'.
(verb.) cause to cease operating; 'kill the engine'.
(verb.) tire out completely; 'The daily stress of her work is killing her'.
(verb.) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; 'kill these lines in the President's speech'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) cause the death of, without intention; 'She was killed in the collision of three cars'.
(verb.) deprive of life; 'AIDS has killed thousands in Africa'.
(verb.) hit with great force; 'He killed the ball'.
(verb.) hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; 'She killed the ball'.
(verb.) overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; 'The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!'.
(verb.) be the source of great pain for; 'These new shoes are killing me!'.
(verb.) thwart the passage of; 'kill a motion'; 'he shot down the student's proposal'.
(verb.) be fatal; 'cigarettes kill'; 'drunken driving kills'.
Edited by Kathleen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kiln.
(n.) A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
(v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
(v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
(v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
(v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
Checker: Stella
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Slay, slaughter, murder, despatch, ASSASSINATE, carry off, put to death, deprive of life, make away with, give one one's quietus, give a death-blow to.
Edited by Cecilia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slay, murder, assassinate, destroy, slaughter, butcher, immolate, massacre,deaden, put_to_death, despatch
ANT:Resuscitate, revivify, vivify, reanimate
Checked by Abram
Definition
v.t. to put to death to slay: to nullify or neutralise to weaken or dilute to render inactive: to reject discard: to fascinate overcome.—n. the act of killing as game.—ns. Kill′-court′esy (Shak.) a discourteous boorish person; Kill′-crop a changeling; Kill′er one who kills a slaughterer or butcher: a club for killing fish: a ferocious delphinid which sometimes attacks the whale.—p.adj. Kill′ing depriving of life: destructive: deadly irresistible: completely fascinating.—n. and adj. Kill′joy a mar-sport austere.—Kill by inches by gradual means as by torture; Kill off to exterminate; Kill time to consume spare time as with amusements &c.; Kill two birds with one stone to effect one thing by the way or by the same means with which another thing is done; Kill up (Shak.) to exterminate.—Killing times the days of the persecution of the Covenanters.—Do a thing to kill in an irresistible manner.
Typed by Brian
Unserious Contents or Definition
v.t. To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.
Checked by Darren
Examples
- Trolley circuits are usually 500 volts, and will kill an animal, but are not necessarily fatal to man. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Would he kill himself? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But he just kept shaking his hands and arms against the bars and shouting, 'Kill them! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I would like to kill some very much. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He could kill him at his leisure later, when the bow and deadly arrows were laid aside. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was the cry of the kill from the throat of the man who has just saved your life, Miss Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He will kill me, of course, said I to myself, as he entered the room. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was no Adrian to superintend and direct, while whole flocks of the poor were struck and killed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Fifty thousand men are said to have been killed and ten thousand prisoners taken. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had never before beheld one killed by pestilence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And the rigid examination system that killed all intellectual initiatives has been destroyed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And she could have killed them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These were not enemies; they were born among us, and yet we have killed them all. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I hope I am not for the killing, Anselmo was thinking. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Sir Leicester pauses, stares, repeats in a killing voice, The young man of the name of Guppy? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I think that after the war there will have to be some great penance done for the killing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I am against all killing of men. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I think that killing a man with an automatic weapon makes it easier. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At last, oh killing news! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It's the lie that kills. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It's the breath of my life, Godfrey, and it's the poison that kills me--both in one! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was not worth while to tell them the letter kills. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Kills himself, in fact,' said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In a sick room sunlight is especially valuable, because it not only kills bacteria, but keeps the air dry, and new bacteria cannot get a start in a dry atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But when one man kills, wounds, beats, or defames another, though he to whom the injury is done suffers, he who does it receives no benefit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Natalie