kill

  • (noun): The act of killing.
  • (noun): Specifically, the death blow.
  • (noun): The result of killing; that which has been killed.
  • (noun): The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
  • (verb): To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  • (verb): To render inoperative.
  • (verb): To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
  • (verb): To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
  • (verb): To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
  • (verb): To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
  • (verb): To use up or to waste.
  • (verb): To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  • (verb): To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
  • (verb): To force a company out of business.
  • (verb): To produce intense pain.
  • (verb): To punish severely.
  • (verb): To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
  • (verb): To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
  • (verb): To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
  • (verb): To cause to assume the value zero.
  • (verb): (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
  • (verb): To deadmelt.
  • The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.
  • The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.
  • The fox dragged its kill back to its den.
  • Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
  • He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.