- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
"the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

- the act of terminating a life

- end or extinguish by forceful means
"Stamp out poverty!"

- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
"Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

- cause to cease operating
"kill the engine"

- tire out completely
"The daily stress of her work is killing her"

- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
"kill these lines in the President''s speech"

- drink down entirely
"He downed three martinis before dinner"
"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
"They popped a few beer after work"

- cause to die

- put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
"This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"
"The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

- cause the death of, without intention
"She was killed in the collision of three cars"

- deprive of life
"AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"

- hit with great force
"He killed the ball"

- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
"She killed the ball"

- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
"The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"

- be the source of great pain for
"These new shoes are killing me!"

- thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"
"he shot down the student''s proposal"

- be fatal
"cigarettes kill"
"drunken driving kills"

1. A kiln. [Obs.] Fuller.

1. A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

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 to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders.

1. The act of killing.

""There is none like to me!" says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill." -- Kipling.

2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

"If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride." -- Kipling.