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kill

English

  1. 🔊 the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
    “the pilot reported two kills during the mission”
  2. 🔊 the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
  3. 🔊 the act of terminating a life
  4. 🔊 destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
    “Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods”
  5. 🔊 cause to cease operating
    “kill the engine”
  6. 🔊 tire out completely
    “The daily stress of her work is killing her”
  7. 🔊 mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
    “kill these lines in the President's speech”
  8. 🔊 cause to die
    “This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank”
  9. 🔊 cause the death of, without intention
    “She was killed in the collision of three cars”
  10. 🔊 deprive of life
    “AIDS has killed thousands in Africa”
  11. 🔊 hit with great force
    “He killed the ball”
  12. 🔊 hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
    “She killed the ball”
  13. 🔊 overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
    “The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!”
  14. 🔊 be the source of great pain for
    “These new shoes are killing me!”
  15. 🔊 thwart the passage of
    “kill a motion”
  16. 🔊 be fatal
    “cigarettes kill”
  17. 🔊 end or extinguish by forceful means
    “Stamp out poverty!”
  18. 🔊 drink down entirely
    “He downed three martinis before dinner”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 chinchar to kill
  2. 🔊 dar muerte to kill
  3. 🔊 enfriar to kill
  4. 🔊 escabechar to kill
  5. 🔊 quebrar to kill
  6. 🔊 ultimar to kill
  7. 🔊 matar to kill, slay
  8. 🔊 crujir to kill, to beat
  9. 🔊 matanza kill, killing (the act of killing)
  10. 🔊 acogotar to kill, injure, or knock down with a blow to the back of the neck

Similar words

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