Akademik

kill

1. noun /kɪl/

a) The act of killing.

The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.

b) Specifically, the death blow.

The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.

2. verb /kɪl/

a) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.

b) To invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).

There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.

Syn: assassinate, bump off, ice, knock off, liquidate, murder, rub out, slaughter, slay, top, whack, fritter away, while away, break, deactivate, disable, turn off, annihilate

See Also: instakill, killer, killing, killjoy, kill off, kill-time

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