kill, v.
(killed, killing, kills)
freq. cnt. 105
(killed, killing, kills)
freq. cnt. 105
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 103 freq. cnt.: 103
kill
sample sentences
"This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank""The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
also see
semantic pointers
hyponym
eliminate, eradicate, annihilate, wipe out, extinguish, decimate, carry off
decimate
drown
slaughter, massacre, mow down
erase, wipe out
slaughter, butcher
poison
stone, lapidate
poison
commit suicide
dispatch
zap, vaporize
sacrifice
take off
tomahawk
destroy, put down
saber, sabre
overlie, overlay
brain
put away, put to sleep
knock off, liquidate, do in, neutralize, neutralise, waste
exterminate, kill off
suffocate, smother, asphyxiate
strangle, throttle, strangulate
behead, decapitate, decollate
impale, stake
dismember
martyr
shed blood
murder, bump off, slay, hit, dispatch, off, polish off, remove
assassinate
execute, put to death
draw, quarter, draw and quarter
lynch
shoot, pip
electrocute, fry
cause
verb group
end or extinguish by forceful means
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
kill stamp out
sample sentences
"Stamp out poverty!"verb frames
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semantic pointers
hypernym
thwart the passage of
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
defeat kill shoot down vote down vote out
sample sentences
"kill a motion""he shot down the student's proposal"
verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
<verb.change>
kill
sample sentences
"Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
cause to cease operating
<verb.change>
kill
sample sentences
"kill the engine"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
tire out completely
<verb.change>
kill
sample sentences
"The daily stress of her work is killing her"verb frames
Something ----s somebody
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
kill obliterate wipe out
sample sentences
"kill these lines in the President's speech"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
drink down entirely
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
belt down bolt down down drink down kill pop pour down toss off
sample sentences
"He downed three martinis before dinner""She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
"They popped a few beer after work"
verb frames
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semantic pointers
hypernym
cause the death of, without intention
<verb.contact>
kill
sample sentences
"She was killed in the collision of three cars"verb frames
Something ----s somebody
deprive of life
<verb.contact>
kill
sample sentences
"AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
hit with great force
<verb.contact>
kill
sample sentences
"He killed the ball"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
<verb.contact>
kill
sample sentences
"She killed the ball"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
<verb.emotion>
kill
sample sentences
"The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
be the source of great pain for
<verb.perception>
kill
sample sentences
"These new shoes are killing me!"verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
be fatal
<verb.stative>
kill