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to kill
01
tuer
to end the life of someone or something
Transitive: to kill a living being
Exemples
Pesticides are used in agriculture to kill harmful insects.
Les pesticides sont utilisés en agriculture pour tuer les insectes nuisibles.
1.1
tuer
to cause the death of a living organism
Intransitive
Exemples
In harsh winter conditions, exposure can easily kill.
Dans des conditions hivernales rigoureuses, l'exposition peut facilement tuer.
02
mettre fin à
to cause something to fail or come to an end
Transitive: to kill sth
Exemples
The economic downturn could kill small businesses.
La récession économique pourrait tuer les petites entreprises.
2.1
supprimer, effacer
to remove or erase a line, paragraph, or file from a document or computer system
Transitive: to kill a passage of a text
Exemples
I accidentally killed my whole draft when I pressed the wrong keys.
J'ai accidentellement supprimé tout mon brouillon lorsque j'ai appuyé sur les mauvaises touches.
2.2
neutraliser
to counteract the effect or quality of a particular thing
Transitive: to kill a quality
Exemples
Overcooking the vegetables will kill their natural crunchiness.
Trop cuire les légumes va tuer leur croquant naturel.
2.3
éteindre, arrêter, couper
to switch off or cause a light, engine, etc. to stop functioning
Transitive: to kill a mechanism
Exemples
Please kill the lights before leaving the room.
Veuillez éteindre les lumières avant de quitter la pièce.
2.4
siffler
to completely consume the whole contents of something, particularly a bottle with alcoholic drink
Transitive: to kill a bottle or its content
Exemples
He could n't believe they killed the entire bottle of tequila.
Il ne pouvait pas croire qu'ils avaient tué toute la bouteille de tequila.
2.5
amortir
to cause the ball to stop, especially in soccer
Transitive: to kill a ball or its movement
Exemples
The goalkeeper had to kill the ball's momentum to make the save.
Le gardien de but a dû tuer l'élan du ballon pour faire l'arrêt.
2.6
terminer, arrêter
to forcefully stop a running program or process
Transitive: to kill a program or process
Exemples
The system administrator can kill processes that are causing issues on the server.
L'administrateur système peut arrêter les processus qui causent des problèmes sur le serveur.
03
frapper une balle très fortement
(particularly in tennis) to strike a ball with such force as to make it impossible to return
Transitive: to kill a ball
Exemples
His opponent could n't return the ball after he killed it with a strong shot.
Son adversaire n'a pas pu renvoyer la balle après qu'il l'a tuée d'un coup puissant.
04
submerger, envahir
to overwhelm a particular person with a certain feeling
Transitive: to kill sb
Exemples
Knowing I disappointed her really kills me.
Savoir que je l'ai déçue me tue vraiment.
4.1
tuer
to cause someone great deal of pain or suffering
Transitive: to kill a person or a body part
Exemples
These high heels are killing my feet!
Ces talons hauts tuent mes pieds !
4.2
tuer, exaspérer
to make someone extremely angry or upset
Transitive: to kill sb
Exemples
My boss will kill me if I miss another deadline.
Mon patron va me tuer si je rate encore une échéance.
05
tuer, déclencher des fous rires
to greatly amuse, delight, or entertain to the point of causing laughter or enjoyment
Intransitive
Transitive: to kill sb
Exemples
His stand-up comedy routine always kills the audience with laughter.
Son numéro de stand-up tue toujours le public de rire.
06
être mort de rire
to make someone laugh a lot to the point that they can no longer do so
Transitive: to kill oneself
Exemples
When he shared that embarrassing story, we were all killing ourselves laughing.
Quand il a partagé cette histoire embarrassante, nous nous tuions tous de rire.
07
mourir d'envie, se damner
to have an intense and strong desire or longing for something
Intransitive: to kill for sth
Exemples
I would kill for a slice of that delicious chocolate cake.
Je tuerais pour une part de ce délicieux gâteau au chocolat.
08
tuer
to put too much energy into doing something exhausting or carrying heavy things
Transitive: to kill sb | to kill oneself
Exemples
He did n't exactly kill himself trying to get the work finished.
Il ne s'est pas exactement tué à essayer de finir le travail.
Kill
01
meurtre, homicide
the act of terminating a life
02
destruction, élimination
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
03
proie, carcasse
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
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