kill
1. kill \'kil\ vb [ME killen] 1a: to deprive of life 1b1: to slaughter (as
a hog) for food 1b2: to convert a food animal into (as pork) by
slaughtering 2a: to put an end to {~ competition} 2b: DEFEAT, VETO 2c:
to mark for omission 3a: to destroy the vital or essential quality of 3b:
to cause to stop {~ the motor} 3c: to check the flow of current through
4: to cause to elapse {~ time} 5a: to cause extreme pain to 5b: to tire
almost to the point of collapse 6: to hit (a ball) so hard in a racket
game that a return is impossible 7: to consume (as a drink) totally : to
deprive one of life , EXECUTE mean to deprive of life. KILL merely states
the fact of death caused by an agency in any manner; SLAY is a chiefly
literary term implying deliberateness and violence but not necessarily
motive; MURDER specifically implies stealth and motive and premeditation
and therefore full moral responsibility; ASSASSINATE applies to deliberate
killing openly or secretly but for impersonal motives; DISPATCH implies
nothing deside speed and directness in putting to death; EXECUTE applies to
the carrying out of a sentence to death SYN syn KILL, SLAY, MURDER,
ASSASSINATE, DISPATCH
2. kill n 1: an act or instance of killing 2: something killed : as 2a1:
an animal shot in a hunt 2a2: animals killed in a hunt, season, or
particular period of time 2b: an enemy airplane, submarine, or ship
destroyed by military action 2c: a return shot in a racket game that is
too hard for an opponent to hand le
3. kill n [D kil] often cap : CHANNEL, CREEK - used chiefly in place names
in Delaware a nd New York