kill
kill
kÉĒl
kil
/kÉĒl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "kill"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to end the life of someone or something
Transitive: to kill a living being
to kill definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Pesticides are used in agriculture to kill harmful insects.
āϕ⧀āϟāύāĻžāĻļāĻ• āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ• āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.1

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to cause the death of a living organism
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In harsh winter conditions, exposure can easily kill.
āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to fail or come to an end
Transitive: to kill sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The economic downturn could kill small businesses.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ

to remove or erase a line, paragraph, or file from a document or computer system
Transitive: to kill a passage of a text
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I accidentally killed my whole draft when I pressed the wrong keys.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻ–āϏāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āϕ⧀ āϟāĻŋāĻĒ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
2.2

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻšā§€āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to counteract the effect or quality of a particular thing
Transitive: to kill a quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Overcooking the vegetables will kill their natural crunchiness.
āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
2.3

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to switch off or cause a light, engine, etc. to stop functioning
Transitive: to kill a mechanism
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He killed the engine to save fuel while waiting.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāϤ⧇ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.4

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to completely consume the whole contents of something, particularly a bottle with alcoholic drink
Transitive: to kill a bottle or its content
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He could n't believe they killed the entire bottle of tequila.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
2.5

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause the ball to stop, especially in soccer
Transitive: to kill a ball or its movement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The goalkeeper had to kill the ball's momentum to make the save.
āĻ—ā§‹āϞāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.6

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to forcefully stop a running program or process
Transitive: to kill a program or process
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The system administrator can kill processes that are causing issues on the server.
āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϟāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(particularly in tennis) to strike a ball with such force as to make it impossible to return
Transitive: to kill a ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His opponent could n't return the ball after he killed it with a strong shot.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻļāϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
04

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to overwhelm a particular person with a certain feeling
Transitive: to kill sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Knowing I disappointed her really kills me.
āĻœā§‡āύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤
4.1

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone great deal of pain or suffering
Transitive: to kill a person or a body part
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
These high heels are killing my feet!
āĻāχ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻšāĻŋāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϛ⧇!
4.2

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone extremely angry or upset
Transitive: to kill sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My boss will kill me if I miss another deadline.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§‡āĻĄāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
05

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŸā§āϟāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to greatly amuse, delight, or entertain to the point of causing laughter or enjoyment
Intransitive
Transitive: to kill sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His stand-up comedy routine always kills the audience with laughter.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ-āφāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make someone laugh a lot to the point that they can no longer do so
Transitive: to kill oneself
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When he shared that embarrassing story, we were all killing ourselves laughing.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤāĻ•āϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
07

āĻŽāϰāϤ⧇ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have an intense and strong desire or longing for something
Intransitive: to kill for sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I would kill for a slice of that delicious chocolate cake.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āϚāϕ⧋āϞ⧇āϟ āϕ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻŦāĨ¤
08

āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to put too much energy into doing something exhausting or carrying heavy things
Transitive: to kill sb | to kill oneself
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He did n't exactly kill himself trying to get the work finished.
āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
01

āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž, āϖ⧁āύ

the act of terminating a life
02

āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻļ

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
03

āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻĻ⧇āĻš

the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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