From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Killed} (k[i^]ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Killing}.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill,
strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf.
{Quell}), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the
head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to
kill with the ax.]
1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
slay.
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Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
--Shak.
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2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book. "To kill thine honor." --Shak.
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Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
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3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new
sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.
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Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
You see, is killed in him. --Shak.
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4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid.
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5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time;
as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.
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6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article,
etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the
article after getting threats of a lawsuit.
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{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Killing \Kill"ing\, a.
Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a
colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. --
{Kill"ing*ly}, adv.
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Those eyes are made so killing. --Pope.
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Nothing could be more killingly spoken. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
killing \kill"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of causing a living organism to die.
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2. An unusually large gain in a financial or business
transaction or enterprise; as, she made a killing trading
cattle futures.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
killing
adj 1: very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
[syn: {killing}, {sidesplitting}]
n 1: an event that causes someone to die [syn: {killing},
{violent death}]
2: the act of terminating a life [syn: {killing}, {kill},
{putting to death}]
3: a very large profit [syn: {killing}, {cleanup}]
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