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Meaning of kill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To destroy in large numbers, often to the point of extinction.
  2. Present at the moment of triumph.
  3. See creek. See Note at run.
  4. a channel; creek; stream; river: used esp. in place names.
  5. Chiefly Regional. A small stream:brook, creek.
  6. to cause the death of. He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight. moord, moor يَقْتُل убивам matar zabít töten slå ihjel; dræbe; ødelægge σκοτώνωmatar, asesinar tapma کشتن؛ نابود کردن tappaa tuer לַהֲרוֹג मारना ubiti (meg)öl membunuh drepa, gera að engu uccidere 殺す 죽이다 užmušti, nužudyti nogalināt; nonāvēt; iznīcināt membunuh dodendrepe, slå i hjel, slaktezabijać وژل،مړكول،له منڅه وړل matar a ucide...
  7. an act of killing. The hunter was determined to make a kill before returning to the camp. vermoor قَتْل убийство matança zabití Wild erlegen drab θανάτωση, φονικό matanza tapmine قتل؛ کشتار tappaminen mise à mortהריגה हत्या ubijanje elejtés (vadé) pembunuhan dráp uccisione, omicidio 殺害 죽이기 užmušimas, nužudymas medīšana; medījums membunuh het doden drap, dreping ubicie (zwierzyny) وژل،مړكول،له منڅه وړل matança ucidere отстрел zabitie uboj ubistvo dödande, jaktbyte การฆ่า öldürme, avlama 殺 убив...
  8. a person, animal etc that kills. There is a killer somewhere in the village; (also adjective) a killer disease. moordenaar قاتِل убиец, убийствен assassino zabiják; smrtící der Mörder; Mörder- morder; dræber- δολοφόνοςasesino tapja کشنده؛ قاتل tappaja tueur/-euse רוצח हत्यारा ubojica gyilkos pembunuh morðingi killer, assassino, uccisore 殺人者 죽이는 사람 žudikas; mirtinas slepkava pembunuh moordenaar; dodelijkdrapsmann, morder, drepermorderca, morderczy قتل كونكې،وژونكې assassino ucigaş убийца zabij...
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  9. to destroy completely. So many deer have been shot that the species has almost been killed off. afmaak, uitroei يُفْني، يَقْضي على изтребвам destruir vyhubit, vyvraždit ausrotten udrydde εξολοθρεύωexterminar, rematar hävitama ریشه کن کردن؛ کاملاً نابود کردن hävittää exterminer לְחָסֵל नष्ट करना istrijebiti kiirt membinasakan gera út af við sterminare 絶滅させる 멸종시키다 išžudyti iznīcināt; izpostīt mematikan uitroeienutrydde, kverke, gjøre det av med wybić do nogi له منڅه وړل،نابودول destruir a exter...
  10. to find something to do to use up spare time. I'm just killing time until I hear whether I've got a job or not. tydverdryf يَقْتُل الوَقْت убивам (време) matar o tempo zabít čas die Zeit totschlagen slå tiden ihjel σκοτώνω την ώρα μου pasar el rato, matar el tiempo aega surnuks lööma وقت گذراندن tappaa aikaa tuer le temps “לַהֲרוֹג אֶת הַזמָן” समय काटना ubijati vrijeme agyonüti az időt merintang waktu drepa tímann ammazzare il tempo 時間をつぶす 심심풀이 stumti laiką notriekt laiku mengisi waktu de tij...

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B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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