<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay.</li><li>To destroy; extinguish; do away with: His response killed our hopes.</li><li>To destroy or neutralize the active qualities of: To kill an odor.</li><li>To spoil the effect of: His extra brushwork killed the painting.</li><li>To cause (time) to be consumed with seeming rapidity or with a minimum of boredom, especially by engaging in some easy activity or amusement of passing interest: I had to kill three hours before plane time.</li><li>To spend (time) unprofitably: He killed ten good years on that job.</li><li>To overcome completely or with irresistible effect: That comedian kills me.</li><li>To muffle or deaden: This carpet kills the sound of footsteps.</li><li>To cause distress or discomfort to: These new shoes are killing me.</li><li>To tire completely; exhaust: The long hike killed us.</li><li>To consume completely: They killed a bottle of bourbon between them.</li><li>To cancel publication of (a word, paragraph, item, etc.), especially after it has been set in type.</li><li>To defeat or veto (a legislative bill, etc.).</li><li>To render (a circuit) dead.</li><li>To stop the operation of (machinery, engines, etc.): He killed the motor and the car stopped.</li><li>To hit (a ball) with such force that its return is impossible.</li><li>To deoxidize (steel) before teeming into an ingot mold.</li><li>To eliminate springiness from (wire or the like).</li><li>To cold-roll (sheet metal) after final heat treatment in order to eliminate distortion.</li><li>To prevent the opposing team from scoring in the course of (a penalty being served by a teammate or teammates).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To inflict or cause death.</li><li>To commit murder.</li><li>To be killed.</li><li>To overcome completely; produce an irresistible effect: dressed to kill.</li><li>To feel a smarting pain, as from a minor accident; sting: I stubbed my little toe and that really kills.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.</li><li>An animal or animals killed.</li><li>A number or quantity killed.</li><li>An act or instance of hitting or destroying a target, especially an enemy aircraft.</li><li>The target so hit or, especially, destroyed.</li><li>Kill shot.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase:</strong></p><ul><li>To destroy completely; kill, especially successively or indiscriminately: The invaders killed off all the inhabitants of the town.</li><li>To extinguish; eliminate: The bus ride every day kills off all of my energy.</li></ul>