Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb kill
2 of 15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out decimate, carry off
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> zap
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away put to sleep
=> liquidate, waste, knock off do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> decapitate, behead
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off polish off remove
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
Sense 10
kill
=> strike down
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb kill
2 of 15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out decimate, carry off
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> chine
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> zap
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away put to sleep
=> liquidate, waste, knock off do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> garrotte, garotte, scrag
=> decapitate, behead
=> guillotine
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off polish off remove
=> burke
=> execute
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> crucify
=> electrocute, fry
=> burn
=> hang, string up
=> halter
=> gibbet
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
=> flight
=> pick off
Sense 10
kill
=> strike down
Entailment of verb kill
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb kill
15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
Also See-> kill off#1
Sense 2
kill, defeat, vote down vote out
=> veto, blackball, negative
Sense 3
kill
Sense 4
stamp out kill
=> end terminate
Sense 5
kill
=> be
Sense 6
kill
=> hurt, ache, suffer
Sense 7
kill
=> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over whelm, overcome, overtake
Sense 8
kill
=> hit
Sense 9
kill
=> hit
Sense 10
kill
Sense 11
toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill
=> drink, imbibe
Sense 12
kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> take away take out
Sense 13
kill
Sense 14
kill
=> switch off cut, turn off turn out
Sense 15
kill
=> destroy, destruct
Familiarity of verb kill
kill used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 15)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb kill
Sense 1
kill
Sense 3
kill
Sense 10
kill
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Sense 8
kill
=> hit
Sense 9
kill
=> hit
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Sense 13
kill
Sense 14
kill
=> switch off cut, turn off turn out
Sense 15
kill
=> destroy, destruct
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Sense 2
kill, defeat, vote down vote out
=> veto, blackball, negative
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Sense 4
stamp out kill
=> end terminate
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Sense 5
kill
=> be
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Sense 6
kill
=> hurt, ache, suffer
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Sense 7
kill
=> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over whelm, overcome, overtake
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Sense 11
toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill
=> drink, imbibe
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Sense 12
kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> take away take out
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Overview of verb kill
The verb kill has 15 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (103) kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")
2. (1) kill, defeat, vote down vote out -- (thwart the passage of "kill a motion")
3. (1) kill -- (cause the death of without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars")
4. (1) stamp out kill -- (end or extinguish by forceful means "Stamp out poverty!")
5. kill -- (be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills")
6. kill -- (be the source of great pain for "These new shoes are killing me!")
7. kill -- (overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!")
8. kill -- (hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball")
9. kill -- (hit with great force, in sports; "He killed the ball")
10. kill -- (deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa")
11. toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill -- (drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night")
12. kill, obliterate, wipe out -- (mark for deletion, rub off or erase, as of writings; "kill these lines in the President's speech")
13. kill -- (tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her")
14. kill -- (cause to cease operating; "kill the engine")
15. kill -- (destroy a vitally essential quality of or in "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods")
Grep of adj killed
semiskilled
skilled
unskilled
Overview of verb kill
The verb kill has 15 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (103) kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")
2. (1) kill, defeat, vote down vote out -- (thwart the passage of "kill a motion")
3. (1) kill -- (cause the death of without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars")
4. (1) stamp out kill -- (end or extinguish by forceful means "Stamp out poverty!")
5. kill -- (be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills")
6. kill -- (be the source of great pain for "These new shoes are killing me!")
7. kill -- (overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!")
8. kill -- (hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball")
9. kill -- (hit with great force, in sports; "He killed the ball")
10. kill -- (deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa")
11. toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill -- (drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night")
12. kill, obliterate, wipe out -- (mark for deletion, rub off or erase, as of writings; "kill these lines in the President's speech")
13. kill -- (tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her")
14. kill -- (cause to cease operating; "kill the engine")
15. kill -- (destroy a vitally essential quality of or in "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods")
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