kill

Definition for kill

verb as in deprive of existence; destroy

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assassinate, drown, execute, get, hit, massacre, murder, poison, slaughter, slay, wipe out

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annihilate, asphyxiate, crucify, dispatch, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, guillotine, hang, immolate, liquidate, lynch, neutralize, obliterate, off, sacrifice, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste, zap

Weak matches

do away with, do in, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out

verb as in turn off; cancel

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stop

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annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, smother, stifle, still, suppress, veto

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shut off, turn out, X out

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Lutnick's public profile rose after the September 11 attacks, which killed more than 600 people working in the company’s offices that morning, including his brother.

From BBC

More than 500 people were reportedly killed during months of nationwide protests that erupted in the aftermath of her death.

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Dr Morris also highlighted that Bacillus cereus is resistant to some cleaning methods and that sporicides - disinfectants that kill microbial spores - can be required to achieve decontamination.

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According to the UK chief of defence staff Sir Tony Radakin, more than 1,500 Russian soldiers were being killed or wounded every day in October.

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Israel’s brutal war of retaliation has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians, injured many more and destroyed most of the coastal enclave’s infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times

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