To kill is to end the life of some living being or something else. So, you could kill a deer by shooting it with a hunting rifle or kill a bill by voting against it.
A kiln.
Noun
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
Noun
the act of terminating a life
Verb
end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
Verb
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
Verb
cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
Verb
tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
Verb
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President''s speech"
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drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
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"
Verb
cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
Verb
deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
Verb
hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
Verb
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"
Verb
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
Verb
be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"
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thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student''s proposal"
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be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
n.
A kiln.
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.
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.
v. t.
To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book.
v. t.
To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
v. t.
To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid.
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Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !2.
Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares.3.
Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see, is killed in him.4.
A kiln.
A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream;
To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
Usage Examples
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win.
As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.
A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.
All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.
As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
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Other Usage ExamplesBy the way, movies are like sporting events in that you're as good as the movie you're in. You can sit in a room for 20 years and go do a movie and you can just kill in it and you move to the head of the line again. By the same token, you can do five movies a year and if they're dreck, it's nothing.
Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
Because we believe that our ethnic group, our society, our political party, our God, is better than your God, we kill each other.
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.
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