Definition of kills Kills
/kɪˈlz/ - [kilz] -
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Wiktionary 
- kills (Noun)
Plural of kill.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| kill - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" | ||
| destruction, devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | ||
| kill - the act of terminating a life | ||
| killing, putting to death | ||
| ending, termination, conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| coup de grace, deathblow the blow that kills (usually mercifully) | ||
| death the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience" | ||
| euthanasia, mercy killing the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) | ||
| homicide the killing of a human being by another human being | ||
| despatch, dispatch the act of sending off something | ||
| fell the act of felling something (as a tree) | ||
| self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction" | ||
| slaughter the killing of animals (as for food) | ||
| poisoning the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill | ||
| asphyxiation, suffocation killing by depriving of oxygen | ||
| ritual killing, sacrifice (baseball) an out that advances the base runners | ||
| electrocution killing by electric shock | ||
| beheading, decapitation killing by cutting off the head | ||
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| kill - 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 off, exterminate kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" | ||
| annihilate, decimate, eradicate, carry off, extinguish, wipe out, eliminate kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies | ||
| decimate kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies | ||
| drown die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" | ||
| massacre, mow down, slaughter kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" | ||
| erase, wipe out remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" | ||
| butcher, slaughter kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" | ||
| poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" | ||
| lapidate, stone throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation" | ||
| poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" | ||
| commit suicide kill oneself; "the terminally ill patient committed suicide" | ||
| dispatch kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators" | ||
| vaporize, zap kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| sacrifice kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment" | ||
| take off remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" | ||
| tomahawk kill with a tomahawk | ||
| destroy, put down put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" | ||
| saber, sabre kill with a saber | ||
| overlay, overlie put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy" | ||
| brain kill by smashing someone's skull | ||
| put to sleep, put away help someone go to bed; "Mother put the baby to sleep" | ||
| do in, liquidate, neutralise, knock off, neutralize, waste settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company" | ||
| kill off, exterminate kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" | ||
| asphyxiate, smother, suffocate conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" | ||
| strangulate, throttle, strangle become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate" | ||
| behead, decapitate, decollate cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" | ||
| impale, stake kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" | ||
| dismember separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist" | ||
| martyr torture and torment like a martyr | ||
| shed blood lose blood from one's body | ||
| bump off, off, slay, murder, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" | ||
| assassinate destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character" | ||
| put to death, execute sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty" | ||
| draw and quarter, quarter, draw divide by four; divide into quarters | ||
| lynch kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child" | ||
| pip, shoot produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" | ||
| electrocute, fry kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" | ||
| kill - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| electrocute kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" | ||
| kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| switch off, turn off, turn out, cut cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" | ||
| kill - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" | ||
| obliterate, wipe out | ||
| take away, take out take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| kill - deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" | ||
| strike down cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village" | ||
| kill - hit with great force; "He killed the ball" | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| destruct, destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| kill - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| tucker, tucker out, exhaust, wash up, beat wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" | ||
| kill - be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" | ||
| ache, hurt, suffer have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" | ||
| kill - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" | ||
| shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out | ||
| negative, blackball, veto vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" | ||
| kill - be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" | ||
| sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome, overwhelm overcome by superior force | ||
| kill - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" | ||
| stamp out | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| kill - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" | ||
| toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down | ||
| imbibe, drink receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles" | ||
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Wiktionary
- kill (Noun)
The act of killing. - kill (Noun)
Specifically, the death blow. - kill (Noun)
The result of killing; that which has been killed. - kill (Noun)
The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally. - kill (Noun)
A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea. - kill (Verb)
To put to death; to extinguish the life of. - kill (Verb)
To invent a story that conveys the death of a character. - kill (Verb)
To render inoperative. - kill (Verb)
To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion. - kill (Verb)
To use up or to waste. - kill (Verb)
To exert an overwhelming effect on. - kill (Verb)
To force a company out of business. - kill (Verb)
To produce intense pain. - kill (Verb)
To punish severely. - kill (Verb)
To cause to assume the value zero.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- kill (n.)
A kiln. - kill (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. - kill (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. - kill (v. t.)
To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. - kill (v. t.)
To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind. - kill (v. t.)
To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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kill
To purposely end the life of another human being. -
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To deliberately and purposely end the life of a political, public or other significant figure, usually publically. -
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To be in the process of putting to death/ending a life. -
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To begin, to be in the process of and then to finish putting to death/ending a life. -
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To put to death; to end a life. -
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An animal or person that another animal or person has put to death, often for the purposes of eating it.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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kil, 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. [M. E. killen or cullen—Ice. kolla, to hit on the head—kollr, the head; not a doublet of quell.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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kill
A channel or stream, as Cats-kill, Schuylkill, &c.
Wikipedia 
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The act of killing a living thing can be said to have happened when an outside force, usually another life form, has done something to cause it to die.
When a human being is killed by the action or fault of another human being, this event is called a homicide. When a human being is killed by the action of himself (or herself), it is called a suicide.
A kill is also the act of shooting down a fighter aircraft. There are laws against this.
