Talk:Trial of the Murders/@comment-5932670-20180309152513/@comment-28943839-20180807220516

Definition of kill
killed; killing; kills

transitive verb

1a : to deprive of life : cause the death of
 * a disease that has killed thousands

b (1) : to slaughter (an animal) for food
 * He threatened to kill them.

(2) : to convert a food animal into (a kind of meat) by slaughtering

2a : to put an end to
 * kill competition

b : defeat, veto c : to mark for omission; also : delete d : annihilate, destroy 3a : to destroy the vital or essential quality of b : to cause to stop c : to check the flow of current through 4: to make a markedly favorable impression on 5: to get through uneventfully 6a : to cause extreme pain to b : to tire almost to the point of collapse 7: to hit (a shot) so hard in various games that a return is impossible 8: to consume (something, such as a drink) totally intransitive verb
 * a change that could kill our chances for success
 * killed the amendment
 * kill a quote
 * kill an enemy
 * killed the pain with drugs
 * kill the motor
 * kill the lights
 * she killed the audience
 * kill time
 * also : to get through (the time of a penalty) without being scored on
 * kill a penalty
 * My back is killing me.
 * has been killing herself to get the project done on time
 * killed a backhand down the line
 * … killed his drink and held out the glass.
 * —W. L. Gresham
 * killed two bottles of wine over dinner

1: to cause the death of a person, animal, or plant
 * a murderer who may kill again


 * an herbicide that kills on contact

2: to make a markedly favorable impression
 * if looks could kill
 * was dressed to kill