to kill

kill

kɪl

kil

krill

Définition et signification de « kill » en anglais

to kill

VERBE

tuer

to end the life of someone or something

bump off

dispatch

eliminate

execute

murder

Transitive: to kill a living being

informations grammaticales

composition morphologique

simple

verbe d’action

régulier

présent

kill

3e personne du singulier

kills

participe présent

killing

passé simple

killed

participe passé

killed

Exemples

The hunter aimed carefully to kill the deer for food.

Le chasseur visa soigneusement pour tuer le cerf pour se nourrir.

1.1

tuer

to cause the death of a living organism

Intransitive

Exemples

The disease can spread rapidly and kill.

La maladie peut se propager rapidement et tuer.

mettre fin à

to cause something to fail or come to an end

Transitive: to kill sth

Exemples

His careless mistake killed our chances of winning the game.

Son erreur négligente a tué nos chances de gagner le jeu.

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

The editor killed the offensive sentence.

L'éditeur a supprimé la phrase offensante.

2.2

neutraliser

to counteract the effect or quality of a particular thing

Transitive: to kill a quality

Exemples

Adding too much salt can kill the flavor of the soup.

Ajouter trop de sel peut tuer la saveur de la soupe.

2.3

éteindre, arrêter, couper

to switch off or cause a light, engine, etc. to stop functioning

Transitive: to kill a mechanism

Exemples

He killed the engine to save fuel while waiting.

Il a tué le moteur pour économiser du carburant en attendant.

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

She killed a whole case of soda at the party.

Elle a tué toute une caisse de soda à la fête.

2.5

amortir

to cause the ball to stop, especially in soccer

Transitive: to kill a ball or its movement

Exemples

The defender skillfully killed the incoming pass with his foot.

Le défenseur a habilement tué la passe entrante avec son pied.

2.6

terminer, arrêter

to forcefully stop a running program or process

Transitive: to kill a program or process

Exemples

Use the task manager to kill the unresponsive program.

Utilisez le gestionnaire de tâches pour tuer le programme qui ne répond pas.

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

She killed the serve with a powerful forehand.

Elle a tué le service avec un coup droit puissant.

submerger, envahir

to overwhelm a particular person with a certain feeling

Transitive: to kill sb

Exemples

The suspense in this book is killing me with anticipation.

Le suspense dans ce livre me tue d'anticipation.

4.1

tuer

to cause someone great deal of pain or suffering

Transitive: to kill a person or a body part

Exemples

This headache is killing me.

Ce mal de tête me tue.

4.2

tuer, exaspérer

to make someone extremely angry or upset

Transitive: to kill sb

Exemples

Dad will kill me if I lose his car keys.

Papa va tuer moi si je perds les clés de sa voiture.

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

The funny puppet show was a hit with the kids and killed at the school event.

Le spectacle de marionnettes drôle a été un succès auprès des enfants et a tué à l'événement scolaire.

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

Despite the tension in the room, his witty remark had everyone killing themselves with laughter.

Malgré la tension dans la pièce, sa remarque spirituelle a fait mourir de rire tout le monde.

mourir d'envie, se damner

to have an intense and strong desire or longing for something

Intransitive: to kill for sth

Exemples

I'd kill for a taste of my grandma's homemade lasagna.

Je tuerais pour goûter aux lasagnes maison de ma grand-mère.

tuer

to put too much energy into doing something exhausting or carrying heavy things

Transitive: to kill sb | to kill oneself

Exemples

Don't kill yourself.

Ne te tue pas.

Kill

NOM

meurtre, homicide

the act of terminating a life

informations grammaticales

statut d’animéité

abstrait

composition morphologique

composé

dénombrable

forme plurielle

kills

destruction, élimination

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

proie, carcasse

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

Arbre Lexical

killer

killing

kill

Mots Proches

kill the chicken to scare the monkey

Définition et signification de « kill » en anglais

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