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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as Schuylkill Catskill, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kill \Kill\, n. A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Killed}; p. pr & vb n. {Killing}.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen quellen, to kill (cf. {Quell}), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top summit, head, Sw kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.] 1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. Ah kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! --Shak. 2. To destroy; to ruin; as to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak. Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares --Shak. 3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still as in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind. Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see is killed in him --Shak. 4. To destroy the effect of to counteract; to neutralize; as alkali kills acid. {To kill time}, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness. Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To {Kill}, {Murder}, {Assassinate}. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kill \Kill\, n. 1. The act of killing. ``There is none like to me!'' says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. --Kipling. 2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey. If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride. --Kipling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kill n 1: the act of terminating a life [syn: {killing}, {putting to death}] 2: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" v 1: cause to die; put to death; "This man has killed several people when he tried to rob a bank" 2: thwart the passage of "kill a motion" [syn: {defeat}, {vote down}, {vote out}] 3: end or extinguish by forceful means "Stamp out poverty!" [syn: {stamp out}] 4: be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" 5: be the source of great pain for "These new shoes are killing me!" 6: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" 7: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" 8: hit with great force, in sports; "He killed the ball" 9: deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" 10: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" [syn: {toss off}, {bolt down}, {belt down}, {pour down}, {down}, {drink down}] 11: mark for deletion or rule out "kill these lines in the President's speech" [syn: {obliterate}, {wipe out}] 12: tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" 13: cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" 14: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: KILL, v.t. To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.
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