KILL

kill

(noun) the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; “the pilot reported two kills during the mission”

killing, kill, putting to death

(noun) the act of terminating a life

kill

(noun) the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal

kill

(verb) destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; “Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods”

kill

(verb) cause to cease operating; “kill the engine”

kill

(verb) tire out completely; “The daily stress of her work is killing her”

kill, obliterate, wipe out

(verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; “kill these lines in the President’s speech”

kill

(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”

kill

(verb) cause the death of, without intention; “She was killed in the collision of three cars”

kill

(verb) deprive of life; “AIDS has killed thousands in Africa”

kill

(verb) hit with great force; “He killed the ball”

kill

(verb) hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; “She killed the ball”

kill

(verb) overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; “The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!”

kill

(verb) be the source of great pain for; “These new shoes are killing me!”

kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out

(verb) thwart the passage of; “kill a motion”; “he shot down the student’s proposal”

kill

(verb) be fatal; “cigarettes kill”; “drunken driving kills”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Kill (plural Kills)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kill is the 21413^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1221 individuals. Kill is most common among White (90.75%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Verb

kill (third-person singular simple present kills, present participle killing, simple past and past participle killed)

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

(transitive) To render inoperative.

(transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.

(transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.

(transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to.

(transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

(transitive) To use up or to waste.

(transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.

(transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.

(transitive) To force a company out of business.

(intransitive, informal, hyperbolic) To produce intense pain.

(figuratively, informal, hyperbole, transitive) To punish severely.

(transitive, sports) 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.

(transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.

To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.

(mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.

(computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.

(metallurgy) To deadmelt.

Synonyms

• (to put to death): assassinate, bump off, dispatch, ice, knock off, liquidate, murder, rub out, slaughter, slay, top, whack

• (to use up or waste): fritter away, while away

• (to render inoperative): break, deactivate, disable, turn off

• (to exert an overwhelming effect on): annihilate (informal)

• See also kill

Hyponyms

• instakill

• instant kill

Noun

kill (plural kills)

The act of killing.

Specifically, the death blow.

The result of killing; that which has been killed.

(volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.

Etymology 2

Noun

kill (plural kills)

(north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.

Etymology 3

Noun

kill (plural kills)

A kiln.

Source: Wiktionary

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Kill, n.

Definition: A kiln. [Obs.] Fuller.

Kill, n. Etym: [D. kil.]

Definition: 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.

Kill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed; p. pr. & vb. n. Killing.] Etym: [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.]

1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! Shak.

2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. "To kill thine honor." Shak. Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. Shak.

3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind. Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see, is killed in him. Shak.

4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid. To kill time, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.

Syn.

– To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy.

– To Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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