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to kill
01
matar, assassinar
to end the life of someone or something
Transitive: to kill a living being
Exemplos
The assassin was hired to kill a political figure.
O assassino foi contratado para matar uma figura política.
1.1
matar, assassinar
to cause the death of a living organism
Intransitive
Exemplos
The escaped convict is considered dangerous and may kill again.
O condenado fugitivo é considerado perigoso e pode matar novamente.
02
acabar, destruir
to cause something to fail or come to an end
Transitive: to kill sth
Exemplos
Miscommunication can kill a relationship faster than anything.
A falha de comunicação pode matar um relacionamento mais rápido do que qualquer outra coisa.
2.1
eliminar, apagar
to remove or erase a line, paragraph, or file from a document or computer system
Transitive: to kill a passage of a text
Exemplos
She killed the unnecessary paragraph in her essay.
Ela removeu o parágrafo desnecessário em seu ensaio.
2.2
neutralizar, anular
to counteract the effect or quality of a particular thing
Transitive: to kill a quality
Exemplos
Excessive noise pollution can kill the tranquility of a peaceful neighborhood.
A poluição sonora excessiva pode matar a tranquilidade de um bairro pacífico.
2.3
desligar, desativar
to switch off or cause a light, engine, etc. to stop functioning
Transitive: to kill a mechanism
Exemplos
He killed the car's headlights to avoid disturbing the neighbors.
Ele desligou os faróis do carro para evitar perturbar os vizinhos.
2.4
acabar com, beber tudo
to completely consume the whole contents of something, particularly a bottle with alcoholic drink
Transitive: to kill a bottle or its content
Exemplos
After a long day, I decided to kill a cold beer.
Depois de um longo dia, decidi matar uma cerveja gelada.
2.5
parar, controlar
to cause the ball to stop, especially in soccer
Transitive: to kill a ball or its movement
Exemplos
The midfielder expertly killed the ball's spin with his control.
O meio-campista peritosamente matou a rotação da bola com seu controle.
2.6
terminar, parar
to forcefully stop a running program or process
Transitive: to kill a program or process
Exemplos
I had to kill the misbehaving application to free up system resources.
Tive que matar o aplicativo que estava se comportando mal para liberar recursos do sistema.
03
matar, esmagar
(particularly in tennis) to strike a ball with such force as to make it impossible to return
Transitive: to kill a ball
Exemplos
She aimed for the corner and killed the shot with accuracy.
Ela mirou o canto e kill o tiro com precisão.
04
matar, oprimir
to overwhelm a particular person with a certain feeling
Transitive: to kill sb
Exemplos
The thought of losing my job would kill me.
A ideia de perder meu emprego me mataria.
4.1
matar, destruir
to cause someone great deal of pain or suffering
Transitive: to kill a person or a body part
Exemplos
The stress from work is killing me.
O estresse do trabalho está me matando.
4.2
matar, enraivecer
to make someone extremely angry or upset
Transitive: to kill sb
Exemplos
My teacher will kill me if I do n't turn in my homework.
Meu professor vai me matar se eu não entregar meu dever de casa.
05
matar, arrancar gargalhadas
to greatly amuse, delight, or entertain to the point of causing laughter or enjoyment
Intransitive
Transitive: to kill sb
Exemplos
His impersonation of famous celebrities always kills at the talent show.
Sua imitação de celebridades famosas sempre mata no show de talentos.
06
matar, morrer de rir
to make someone laugh a lot to the point that they can no longer do so
Transitive: to kill oneself
Exemplos
I shared that hilarious video, and my friend killed himself laughing.
Eu compartilhei aquele vídeo hilário, e meu amigo se matou de rir.
07
morrer de vontade, matar por
to have an intense and strong desire or longing for something
Intransitive: to kill for sth
Exemplos
If I could, I 'd kill for a chance to travel the world.
Se eu pudesse, eu mataria por uma chance de viajar pelo mundo.
08
matar-se, esgotar-se
to put too much energy into doing something exhausting or carrying heavy things
Transitive: to kill sb | to kill oneself
Exemplos
Those stairs kill me every time!
Aqueles degraus me matam toda vez!
Kill
01
assassinato, homicídio
the act of terminating a life
02
destruição, eliminação
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
03
presa, carcaça
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
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