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1 definition found 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.
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