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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
kill
    n 1: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill,
         putting to death]
    2: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile;
       "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
    v 1: 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"
    2: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the
       student's proposal" [syn: kill, shoot down, defeat,
       vote down, vote out]
    3: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
       [syn: stamp out, kill]
    4: be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
    5: be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing
       me!"
    6: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The
       comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
    7: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in
       racket games; "She killed the ball"
    8: hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
    9: deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
    10: cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in
        the collision of three cars"
    11: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before
        dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They
        popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, pop, bolt
        down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down,
        kill]
    12: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in
        the President's speech" [syn: kill, obliterate, wipe
        out]
    13: tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is
        killing her"
    14: cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
    15: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating
        artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kill \Kill\ (k[i^]l), n.
   A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed (k[i^]ld); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Killing.] [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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
      the sale of a book. "To kill thine honor." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
      seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new
      sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

            Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
            You see, is killed in him.            --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
      as, alkali kills acid.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time;
      as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.
      [PJC]

   6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article,
      etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the
      article after getting threats of a lawsuit.
      [PJC]

   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
        to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
        without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
        assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
        murders.

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kill \Kill\, n.
   1. The act of killing.

            "There is none like to me!" says the cub in the
            pride of his earliest kill.           --Kipling.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

            If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all
            in thy pride.                         --Kipling.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
KILL, v.t.  To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.


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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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