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English noun: kill | |||
| 1. | kill (act) the act of terminating a life | ||
| Synonyms | killing, putting to death | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | asphyxiation, beheading, coup de grace, death, deathblow, decapitation, despatch, dispatch, electrocution, euthanasia, fell, genocide, homicide, mercy killing, poisoning, race murder, racial extermination, ritual killing, sacrifice, self-annihilation, self-destruction, slaughter, suffocation, suicide | ||
| 2. | kill (act) the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile | ||
| Samples | The pilot reported two kills during the mission. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destruction, devastation | ||
English verb: kill | |||
| 1. | kill (contact) cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly | ||
| Samples | This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank. The farmer killed a pig for the holidays. | ||
| Examples | They want to kill the prisoners | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, brain, bump off, butcher, carry off, commit suicide, decapitate, decimate, decimate, decollate, destroy, dismember, dispatch, dispatch, do in, draw, draw and quarter, drown, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, exterminate, extinguish, fry, hit, impale, kill off, knock off, lapidate, liquidate, lynch, martyr, massacre, mow down, murder, neutralise, neutralize, off, overlay, overlie, pip, poison, poison, polish off, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, quarter, remove, saber, sabre, sacrifice, shed blood, shoot, slaughter, slaughter, slay, smother, stake, stone, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, take off, throttle, tomahawk, vaporize, waste, wipe out, wipe out, zap | ||
| Cause | 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 | ||
| Verb group | kill | ||
| 2. | kill (social) thwart the passage of | ||
| Samples | Kill a motion. He shot down the student's proposal. | ||
| Synonyms | defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blackball, negative, veto | ||
| 3. | kill (change) end or extinguish by forceful means | ||
| Samples | Stamp out poverty!. | ||
| Synonyms | stamp out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, terminate | ||
| 4. | kill (stative) be fatal | ||
| Samples | Cigarettes kill. Drunken driving kills. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 5. | kill (perception) be the source of great pain for | ||
| Samples | These new shoes are killing me!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ache, hurt, suffer | ||
| 6. | kill (emotion) overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration | ||
| Samples | The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm | ||
| 7. | kill (contact) hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games | ||
| Samples | She killed the ball. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| Verb group | kill | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 8. | kill (contact) hit with great force | ||
| Samples | He killed the ball. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| Verb group | kill | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 9. | kill (contact) deprive of life | ||
| Samples | AIDS has killed thousands in Africa. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | strike down | ||
| Verb group | kill | ||
| 10. | kill (contact) cause the death of, without intention | ||
| Samples | She was killed in the collision of three cars. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | electrocute | ||
| Verb group | kill, kill | ||
| 11. | kill (consumption) drink down entirely | ||
| Samples | He downed three martinis before dinner. She killed a bottle of brandy that night. They popped a few beer after work. | ||
| Synonyms | belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drink, imbibe | ||
| 12. | kill (change) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | ||
| Samples | Kill these lines in the President's speech. | ||
| Synonyms | obliterate, wipe out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take away, take out | ||
| 13. | kill (change) tire out completely | ||
| Samples | The daily stress of her work is killing her. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up | ||
| Verb group | kill | ||
| 14. | kill (change) cause to cease operating | ||
| Samples | Kill the engine. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut, switch off, turn off, turn out | ||
| Verb group | kill, kill | ||
| 15. | kill (change) destroy a vitally essential quality of or in | ||
| Samples | Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
| Verb group | kill | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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