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kill::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | obliterate, wipe out |
| Type of | take out, take away |
kill these lines in the President's speech.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | killing, putting to death |
| Type of | ending, termination, conclusion |
| Has types | suffocation, suicide, despatch, decapitation, slaughter, coup de grace, self-destruction, self-annihilation, sacrifice, ritual killing, racial extermination, race murder, poisoning, beheading, mercy killing, homicide, deathblow, genocide, fell, death, euthanasia, electrocution, asphyxiation, dispatch |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | electrocute |
| Derivation | killing, killer |
She was killed in the collision of three cars.
kill::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | zap, decimate, decollate, destroy, dismember, dispatch, do in, draw, draw and quarter, drown, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, exterminate, extinguish, fry, hit, impale, kill off, knock off, lapidate, liquidate, lynch, martyr, massacre, mow down, murder, neutralise, neutralize, off, overlay, overlie, pip, poison, polish off, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, quarter, remove, saber, sabre, sacrifice, shed blood, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, stake, stone, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, take off, throttle, tomahawk, vaporize, waste, wipe out, annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, brain, bump off, butcher, carry off, commit suicide, decapitate |
| Derivation | killing, killable, killer |
This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank.
The farmer killed a pig for the holidays.
kill::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | destruction, devastation |
the pilot reported two kills during the mission.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | exhaust, tucker out, beat, wash up, tucker |
The daily stress of her work is killing her.
Examples of kill
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These cats kill around 500,000 native animals in the Kimberley region every day.
From the sacbee.com
Doctors told her the time on a heart-lung bypass machine would kill her kidneys.
From the thenewstribune.com
The pond was treated about a year ago to kill the fish, the federal agency said.
From the bloomberg.com
The order for the rescue came after the pirates threatened to kill the hostages.
From the washingtontimes.com
We also must pass laws that stop weapons whose only use is to kill other people.
From the democratandchronicle.com
By the book of Revelation, he's leading armies through heaven to kill evildoers.
From the cnn.com
The group said excess salt is estimated to kill thousands of Britons every year.
From the upi.com
Every time GM starts to look good, something comes along to kill the enthusiasm.
From the forbes.com
If I remember correctly, I think I scored on my first shift on the penalty kill.
From the suntimes.com
- Killing: the act of terminating a life
- 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"
- The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
- Thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
- Stamp out: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
- Be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
- KILL is the sixth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six.
- Kill is the tenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on March 21, 2006. This release marks the return of guitarist Rob Barrett, who had previously played on the The Bleeding and Vile albums. ...
- As a body of water, a kill is a creek. The word comes from the Middle Dutch kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel." The modern Dutch term is kil.
