kill

  1. Noun.  The act of killing.
  2. Noun.  Specifically, the death blow.
  3. Noun.  The result of killing; that which has been killed.
  4. Noun.  (volleyball) (rfdef, lang en) .
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, fiction) To invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To render inoperative.
  8. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease(,) or render void.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To amaze, exceed, stun(,) or otherwise incapacitate.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion.
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To use up or to waste.
  12. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  13. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To overpower, overwhelm(,) or defeat.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) To force a company out of business.
  15. Verb.  (transitive, informal) To produce intense pain.
  16. Verb.  (figuratively, informal) To punish severely.
  17. Verb.  (sports) (rfdef, lang en) .
  18. Noun.  A creek; a body of water.

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