Meaning of kill | Babel Free

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1. A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
   New-York
2. The act of killing.
3. A surname.
4. Specifically, the death blow.
5. To destroy in large numbers, often to the point of extinction.
6. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
7. Present at the moment of triumph.
8. An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
   countable
9. See creek. See Note at run.
10. The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
11. a channel; creek; stream; river: used esp. in place names.
12. Chiefly Regional. A small stream:brook, creek.
13. 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...
14. 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...
15. 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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16. 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...
17. 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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Examples

“The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.”

“The blonde women were in a frenzy of excitement, their faces transformed from dull moronity to living evil; they shouted like wild animals at the kill.”

“The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.”

“The fox dragged its kill back to its den.”

“If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride.”

“confirmed kills”

“A flying ace is usually one with five or more confirmed kills.”

“As a senior in 1993, Turner had a kill percentage of 40.8, which was a school record at the time and the best in the SAC. Turner concluded her volleyball career with 1,349 kills, ranking fifth all-time at Catawba.”

“The channel beyond Staten Island, which connects Newark Bay with Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.”

“Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.”

“This very curious and valuable record is as follows, in the handwriting of Conyers and the accompanying engraving is carefully reduced (see Fig. 138 ) from Conyers' own drawing:—“This kill was full of the coarser sorts of potts or cullings, so that few were saved whole, viz., lamps, bottles, urnes, dishes.”

“The stack of one of the pottery kills is still a visible land mark of this once thriving industry.”

“A funerary ceremony comparable to that reported from Kolomoki site is indicated, though no "pottery kill” was located.”

“We may indeed assume that cracked and broken ware was discarded in the immediate vicinity of the pottery kills, that is, if it was not thrown in to the Krka.”

“Admonished that she should “keep the woman's virtue and be more silent,” she countered “that she was 'born in a mill, begot in a kill, she must have her will,' she could speak no softlier.””

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