kill1

verb

• 1cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):her father was killed in a car crash [no object]:a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood
• (kill someone/something off) get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers:there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations
• (kill someone off) (of a writer) bring about the “death” of a fictional character.

• 2put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something):the committee voted to kill the project
• stop (a computer program or process).
• informal switch off (a light or engine).
• informal delete (a line, paragraph, or file) from a document or computer.
• informal consume the entire contents of (a bottle containing an alcoholic drink).
• (in tennis and similar games) hit (the ball) so forcefully that it cannot be returned.
• (in soccer or other ball games) make (the ball) stop.
• neutralize or subdue (an effect or quality):the sauce would kill the taste of the herbs

• 3 informal overwhelm (someone) with an emotion:the suspense is killing me
• (kill oneself) overexert oneself:I killed myself carrying those things home
• used hyperbolically to indicate that someone will be extremely angry with (another person):my parents will kill me if they catch me out here
• cause pain or anguish to:my feet are killing me

• 4pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event:when he reached the station, he found he actually had an hour to kill

noun

• an act of killing, especially of one animal by another:a lion has made a kill
• an animal or animals killed, either by a hunter or by another animal:the vulture is able to survey the land and locate a fresh kill
• informal an act of destroying or disabling an enemy aircraft, submarine, tank, etc..
• (in tennis and similar games) a very forceful shot that cannot be returned.