How to pronounce “kill”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• (transitive) To render inoperative.
• (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
• (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
• (transitive or intransitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
• (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
• (transitive) To use up or to waste.
• (transitive, figuratively, informal) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
• (transitive) To force a company out of business.
• (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
• (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
• (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
• To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
• (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
• (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
• (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
• (slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
• (reflexive, informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
• [Noun]
• The act of killing.
• Specifically, the death blow.
• The result of killing; that which has been killed.
• (military, gaming, countable) An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
• (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.

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