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- pronunciation:
- kIl
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
kills, killing, killed |
| definition 1: |
to cause to die.
The lion killed a zebra.
- synonyms:
- wipe out
- similar words:
- assassinate, butcher, dispatch, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, massacre, murder, remove, slaughter, slay, waste
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| definition 2: |
to put an end to; destroy.
The boring teacher killed the girl's interest in history.- synonyms:
- eliminate, end, extinguish, terminate
- similar words:
- abolish, break, check, demolish, finish, ruin, stop
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| definition 3: |
to make pass; use up.
She killed time in school playing with her pencil.- synonyms:
- spend, while away
- similar words:
- pass, use up, waste
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| definition 4: |
to cause great pain to.
My tooth was killing me so I went to the dentist.- synonyms:
- hurt, pain
- similar words:
- harm, impair, wound
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| related words: |
annihilate, behead, blight, poison, shut off, stall, stamp |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of killing.
The tiger closed in for the kill.- synonyms:
- destruction
- similar words:
- execution, murder, slaughter
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| definition 2: |
animals that have been killed in a hunt.
The hunters hauled the kill back to camp.- synonyms:
- game
- similar words:
- carcass, prey, take
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| derivation: |
killer (n.) |
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