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Kill

verb

(past & past part. killed; pres. part. killing)

1.

Cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly. "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

2.

Thwart the passage of. Synonyms: defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out. "He shot down the student's proposal"

3.

End or extinguish by forceful means. Synonym: stamp out.

4.

Be fatal. "Drunken driving kills"

5.

Be the source of great pain for.

6.

Overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration.

7.

Hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games.

8.

Hit with great force.

9.

Deprive of life.

10.

Cause the death of, without intention.

11.

Drink down entirely. Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off. "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" , "They popped a few beer after work"

12.

Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase. Synonyms: obliterate, wipe out.

13.

Tire out completely.

14.

Cause to cease operating.

15.

Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in.

noun

1.

The act of terminating a life. Synonyms: killing, putting to death.

2.

The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile.

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"Kill" Quotes from Famous Books

... desired from the public stores; proceeded to the inclosure where the cattle and other European animals were kept to breed, took such as he thought necessary for his intended establishment, and permitted his followers to kill such of the remainder as they might want for present supply. Having committed this wasteful ravage, he marched in triumph out of Isabella. [24] Reflecting, however, on the prompt and vigorous character of the Adelantado, ...

— The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II) • Washington Irving

... occasionally took bribes to "put things" into his paper; he studied Dolly and Muriel Chetwynd Lyle, and knew that they would never succeed in getting husbands; he studied Lady Fulkeward, and thought her very well got up for sixty; he studied Ross Courtney, and knew he would never do anything but kill animals all his life; and he studied the working of the Gezireh Palace Hotel, and saw a fortune rising out of it for the proprietors. But apart from these ordinary surface things, he studied other matters—"occult" ...

— Ziska - The Problem of a Wicked Soul • Marie Corelli

... your mercy! You have your guards—I am in a trap! And you mean force... I have felt it in all your actions... behind all your words. Very well! There is a way of escape, even from that; and I will take it! You can compel me to kill myself; but you can never compel me to marry you! Not with all the power you can summon... not with all the wealth of the world! Do you understand me? [They stare at each other.] I have heard you talk with my brother, and I know ...

— Prince Hagen • Upton Sinclair

... my good Agostino," continued Chiquita, in her most coaxing tones, and without paying any attention to his mutterings, "will you give me the beautiful, shining things if you kill that lady?" ...

— Captain Fracasse • Theophile Gautier

... finished under the control of the salesman. If the favorable conclusion as to the respective weights of negative and affirmative is not first worked out before the mind's eye of the prospect, anything done to commit him to a decision will likely kill the salesman's chances for success. The prospect whose mind is not yet made up favorably, who does not clearly perceive that the preponderance is on the "Yes" side of the scale, will almost surely say "No" if his ...

— Certain Success • Norval A. Hawkins

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