"kill" | Definition and Related Words

kill

Noun

The act of terminating a life (synset 100219879)
is a type of: conclusion, ending, termination - the act of ending something
subtypes:
- coup de grace, deathblow - the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
- death - the act of killing
- euthanasia, mercy killing - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
- homicide - the killing of a human being by another human being
- despatch, dispatch - killing a person or animal
- fell - the act of felling something (as a tree)
- self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself
- slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food)
- poisoning - the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
- asphyxiation, suffocation - killing by depriving of oxygen
- ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- electrocution - killing by electric shock
- beheading, decapitation - killing by cutting off the head
- genocide, race murder, racial extermination - systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
same as: killing, putting to death
The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (synset 100218460)
"the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

is a type of: destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
The body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal (synset 101325752)
is a type of: body, dead body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person

Verb

Cause to die;
Put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (synset 201326622)
"This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

causes: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
subtypes:
- annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out - kill in large numbers
- decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- drown - kill by submerging in water
- massacre, mow down, slaughter - kill a large number of people indiscriminately
- erase, wipe out - remove from memory or existence
- butcher, slaughter - kill (animals) usually for food consumption
- poison - kill with poison
- lapidate, stone - kill by throwing stones at
- poison - kill by its poison
- commit suicide - kill oneself
- dispatch - kill without delay
- vaporize, zap - kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
- sacrifice - kill or destroy
- take off - prove fatal
- tomahawk - kill with a tomahawk
- destroy, put down - put (an animal) to death
- saber, sabre - kill with a saber
- overlay, overlie - kill by lying on
- brain - kill by smashing someone's skull
- put away, put to sleep - kill gently, as with an injection
- do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- exterminate, kill off - kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
- asphyxiate, smother, suffocate - deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- strangle, strangulate, throttle - kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- behead, decapitate, decollate - cut the head of
- impale, stake - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- dismember - separate the limbs from the body
- martyr - kill as a martyr
- shed blood - kill violently
- bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay - kill intentionally and with premeditation
- assassinate - murder; especially of socially prominent persons
- execute, put to death - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- draw, draw and quarter, quarter - pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- lynch - kill without legal sanction
- pip, shoot - kill by firing a missile
- electrocute, fry - kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
verb group: kill - cause the death of, without intention
Thwart the passage of (synset 202479111)
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"

is a type of: blackball, negative, veto - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

same as: defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out
End or extinguish by forceful means (synset 200355692)
"Stamp out poverty!"

is a type of: end, terminate - bring to an end or halt

same as: stamp out
Be fatal (synset 202754370)
"cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"

is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Be the source of great pain for (synset 202203333)
"These new shoes are killing me!"

is a type of: ache, hurt, suffer - feel physical pain
Overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration (synset 201813584)
"The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"

is a type of: overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games (synset 201410030)
"She killed the ball"

referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

is a type of: hit - cause to move by striking

verb group: kill - hit with great force
Hit with great force (synset 201409889)
"He killed the ball"

referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

is a type of: hit - cause to move by striking

verb group: kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
Deprive of life (synset 201328456)
"AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"

subtypes: strike down - cause to die, especially suddenly

verb group: kill - cause the death of, without intention
Cause the death of, without intention (synset 201328218)
"She was killed in the collision of three cars"

subtypes: electrocute - kill by electric shock
verb group:
- kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- kill - deprive of life
Drink down entirely (synset 201204994)
"He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

is a type of: drink, imbibe - take in liquids

same as: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off
Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (synset 200479761)
"kill these lines in the President's speech"

is a type of: take away, take out - take out or remove

same as: obliterate, wipe out
Tire out completely (synset 200356178)
"The daily stress of her work is killing her"

is a type of: beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up - wear out completely

verb group: kill - cause to cease operating
Cause to cease operating (synset 200356019)
"kill the engine"

is a type of: cut, switch off, turn off, turn out - cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
verb group:
- kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- kill - tire out completely
Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (synset 200355831)
"Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

verb group: kill - cause to cease operating

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