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noun
1.(in place names, especially in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.
‘Kill Van Kull’
‘As the ridges began to recede from the river, kills flowed down to expend themselves in the Hudson.’
2.An act of destroying or disabling an enemy aircraft, submarine, etc.
‘the engagement resulted in fifty-one tank kills’
‘Pilots are given credit for kills for knocking aircraft out of the skies, not necessarily killing the opposing pilot.’
3.An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.
‘a lion has made a kill’
‘An elephant kill is an act of courage, and they know the meat and ivory will trade well.’
4.An animal or animals killed.
‘the vulture is able to survey the land and locate a fresh kill’
‘Then the kill is cut up and divided among members of the boat clan, as well as the sail-makers and boatbuilders.’
verb
1.(in soccer or other ball games) make (the ball) stop.
‘after killing the ball with his chest, he brushed past Reeves’
‘When the ball came off my foot on the 50-yard try, I knew I had enough distance because I killed the ball.’
2.(of a writer) bring about the ’death’ of a fictional character.
‘Or maybe it didn’t give you enough time to care about the characters before it started killing them off.’
‘The sympathetic characters are quickly killed off, leaving two.’
3.(of an animal) yield (a specified amount of meat) when slaughtered.
‘the lambs kill out at 20 kg deadweight’
‘Now that the weight limit has been lifted, there is an interesting technical advantage to be gained for those big continental cows that may kill out at over 50 pc.’
4.Cause pain or anguish to.
‘my feet are killing me’
‘But at least the new scenarios don’t kill you trying to keep guests happy.’
5.Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing)
‘her father was killed in a car crash’
‘a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood’
6.Consume the entire contents of (a bottle containing an alcoholic drink)
‘I killed a rather good bottle of Fleurie’
‘They killed the bottle in half an hour.’
7.Delete (a line, paragraph, or file) from a document or computer.
‘That makes it difficult for such users to commit themselves to deleting files and decisions have to be made about what files to kill and what files to keep.’
‘If activated it will kill DLL files related to the updating components of various anti-virus programs.’
8.Get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers.
‘there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations’
‘The brave little boy went through six weeks of radiotherapy then another six months of chemotherapy before the cancer was finally killed off.’
9.Hit (the ball) so that it cannot be returned.
10.Neutralize or subdue (an effect or quality)
‘the sauce would kill the taste of the herbs’
‘The incessant spread of globalization is killing the very qualities of distinctiveness and diversity of our differing cultures that make this world such a special place to live in.’
11.Overexert oneself.
‘I killed myself carrying those things home’
‘Sir Walter Scott nearly killed himself writing enough to pay for his home.’
12.Overwhelm (someone) with an emotion.
‘the suspense is killing me’
‘I think the suspense is going to kill me before Saturday!’
13.Pass (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’
‘There was a McDonalds in our campground, and I decided to kill another half an hour and get myself a hamburger.’
14.Put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something)
‘two fast goals from Dublin killed any hopes of a famous Sligo victory’
‘Benn’s proposals for democratising industry were killed off by the civil service and the Labour leadership.’
15.Stop (a computer program or process).
‘It also defeats all known firewalls, killing the running process, replacing the firewall icon, and allowing a stealth FTP connection.’
‘Users have to first kill the Msblast.exe process in Windows Task Manager before they can get anywhere.’
16.Switch off (a light or engine).
‘I ticked halfway down this service road and stopped the van and killed the lights.’
‘She killed the engine and climbed out.’
17.Used hyperbolically to indicate that someone will be extremely angry with (another person)
‘my boss will kill me for saying this’
‘Bob will kill us if we don’t do what we’re supposed to do.’
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noun
‘Kill Van Kull’
