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[kɪl] verb I

1) [I/T] to make a person or other living thing die

Each year thousands of people are killed and injured on the roads.[/ex]

Many people believe that killing animals for sport is morally wrong.[/ex]

Speed kills.[/ex]

2) [T] informal

if part of your body is killing you, it is causing you a lot of pain

My back's killing me.[/ex]

3) [T] to spend time doing a particular activity while you are waiting for something

We killed a few hours watching videos.[/ex]

Shopping can be a good way to kill time at the airport.[/ex]

4) [T] to stop something from continuing

The nurse will give you something to kill the pain.[/ex]

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sb will kill sb — spoken used for saying that someone will be very angry with another person[/ex]

- kill sb/sth off

Other ways of saying kill ■ assassinate to kill an important or famous person for political reasons or for money ■ commit suicide to deliberately kill yourself ■ execute to kill someone legally as a punishment for a serious crime ■ massacre to kill a very large number of people in a violent or cruel way ■ murder to deliberately kill someone ■ put sth down or put sth to sleep to kill an animal because it is ill or in pain II

noun [singular]

kill [kɪl]

an act in which a hunted animal is killed