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Pronunciation
IPA|/kɪl/
audio|en-us-kill.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪl|-ɪl

Etymology 1
Origin uncertain: probably from a variant of Old English cwellan. (See quell)

Noun
en-noun

1. The act of killing.

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

1. Specifically, the death blow.

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

1. The result of killing; that which has been killed.

#:The fox dragged its kill back to its den.

Translations
trans-top|act of killing
Catalan: assassinat m
Dutch: t+|nl|moorden, t-|nl|vermoorden
Finnish: tappo, surma (poetic)
French: tuage m
German: Tötung f, Ermordung f, Mord m
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Icelandic: t-|is|dráp, t-|is|morð
Italian: t+|it|uccisione|f
Norwegian: t-|no|drap|m
Swedish: dödande n, dräpande n
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trans-top|death blow
German: Gnadenschuss m
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trans-top|result of killing
Catalan: assassinat, mort
Dutch: moord m, prooi (animal) m
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German: t+|de|Opfer|n, t+|de|Beute|f
Norwegian: t-|no|drap|m
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Verb
en-verb

1. To put to death; to extinguish life.

#:Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
#:There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.

1. transitive To render inoperative.

#:He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.

1. transitive To stop, cease, or render void.

#:The editor decided to kill the story.
#:''The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.

1. context|transitive|figurative To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.

#:That night, she was dressed to kill.
#:That joke always kills me.

1. transitive To tell off severely.

#:My boss will kill me if I'm late.
#:When she finally got home her dad just about killed her.

1. transitive To use up or to waste.

#:I'm just doing this to kill time.
#:Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.

1. context|transitive|figurative To overpower or overwhelm.

#:The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.

1. transitive To force a company out of business.

Synonyms
i-c|to put to deathassassinate, bump off, ice, knock off, liquidate, murder, rub out, slaughter, slay, top, whack
i-c|to use up or waste fritter away, while away
i-c|to render inoperative break, deactivate, disable, turn off

Translations
trans-top|put to death
Armenian: Õ½ÕºÕ¡Õ¶Õ¥Õ¬ (spanel)
Bosnian: t|bs|ubiti
Catalan: assassinar, matar
Croatian: t-|hr|ubiti
Czech: t-|cs|zabít
Danish: dræbe
Dutch: t+|nl|doden
Esperanto: t-|eo|mortigi|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: tapma
Faroese: t-|fo|drepa|xs=Faroese
Finnish: tappaa, surmata (poetic)
French: t+|fr|tuer
German: t+|de|töten, t+|de|umbringen, t+|de|ermorden
Greek, Ancient: ��οκ�είν� (apokteino)
Greek: t|el|�κο��ν�|sc=Grek (skotóno)
Hungarian: t+|hu|öl, t+|hu|megöl
Icelandic: t+|is|drepa, t+|is|deyða, t+|is|myrða, t+|is|lífláta
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Ido: mortigar
Italian: t+|it|uccidere, t+|it|ammazzare
Japanese: 殺� (���, korosu), 殺害�� (������, satsugai-suru)
Korean: 죽�� (juk-i-da)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک�شت�
Latin: t-|la|occidere
Norwegian: t-|no|drepe
Old English: t-|ang|cwellan|xs=Old English
Polish: t+|pl|zabija�, t+|pl|zabi�
Russian: �бива�� impf, �би�� pf
Serbian: t|sr|ubiti
Scottish Gaelic: marbh, cuir gu bàs
Slovak: zabiť
Slovene: t+|sl|ubiti
Spanish: t+|es|matar
Sumerian: t|sux|scXsux|�|trS�R
Swahili: t-|sw|kuua|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|döda, t-|sv|dräpa
Welsh lladd
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trans-top|render void
Finnish: raakata
German: zunichte machen (plans), streichen (newspaper article)
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Italian: t-|it|sopprimere
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trans-top|waste
Catalan: matar
Finnish: t+|fi|tappaa
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German: totschlagen (time), killen (informal: alcohol)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|CJKV Characters: �, �
ttbc|Chinese: � (sh�)
ttbc|Frisian: deadzje
ttbc|Hungarian: öl
ttbc|Indonesian: bunuh, bunuh|membunuh, habis|menghabisi
ttbc|Interlingua: occider
ttbc|Japanese: 殺� (���, korosu), 殺害�� (������, satsugai-suru)

Related terms
top2
instakill
killer
killing
mid2
killjoy
killfile

Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch kille via D. kil

Noun
en-noun

1. A creek; a body of water.

Translations
trans-top|body of water
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• 2007-12-28 22:47 - Ivan Å tambuk - /* Translations */

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