kill
Cause to perish
The verb kill is usually transitive and requires an agent, the killer, and a victim, who ends up dead.
A kill is an instance of killing: I shot the buck in a clean kill.
Figurative use extends to the sudden or definitive end of other things.
When legislators kill a bill, it does not progress towards passage.
If you kill the lights, you turn them off.
If something really kills you, you were highly entertained.
Someone who kills it does something extremely effectively: The singer aimed for the high note and killed it.
State of eventual death
- fatalityDeath from accident
- demiseCessation of existence
- slayDestroy or impress greatly
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
homicide · manslaughter · assassinate · execute · lethal · deadly · fatal · perish
Animal being hunted
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- gameOrganized play or sport
- trophyAward for winning
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
quarry · poach · harvest · butcher · snare · trap · stalk · shoot
Destroy or impress greatly
- crushCompress with force
- destroyCause complete ruin
- nailMetal fastener or keratin plate
- aceSingle-pip card
dominate · smash · wow · stun · floor · amaze · impress · captivate
End before completion
Without voice or sound
- hushAbsence of sound
- squelchForcibly silence or suppress
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- stifleSuppress or restrain
cut · muffle · dampen · deaden · quiet · switch off · shut down · turn off
Enclosed compartment or delay
- stopCease all motion
- cut outRemoved or suddenly stopped
- shut offDiscontinue flow or power
- switch offCease device operation
power down · sputter · die · misfire · conk out · flood · choke
Persistent dull discomfort
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- throbBeat with intensity
- stingSharp wound from insect
- burnDamage by heat
torment · suffer · excruciating · shooting · cramping · stabbing · sore · tender
Without activity or purpose
- waitDelay until later
- loiterRemain idly in place
- dawdleLinger without purpose
- while awayPass time idly
pass · waste · lounge · linger · bide · hang around · twiddle thumbs · occupy
mortality
State of eventual death
murder · homicide · manslaughter · assassinate · execute · lethal · deadly · fatal · perish · slaughter
prey
Animal being hunted
carcass · quarry · poach · harvest · butcher · snare · trap · stalk · shoot · hunt
slay
Destroy or impress greatly
ace · dominate · smash · wow · stun · floor · amaze · impress · captivate · dazzle
abort
End before completion
quash · scrap · scrub · axe · nix · veto · shelve · halt · stop · discontinue
mute
Without voice or sound
stifle · cut · muffle · dampen · deaden · quiet · switch off · shut down · turn off · power down
stall
Enclosed compartment or delay
switch off · power down · sputter · die · misfire · conk out · flood · choke
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
burn · torment · suffer · excruciating · shooting · cramping · stabbing · sore · tender · throbbing
idle
Without activity or purpose
while away · pass · waste · lounge · linger · bide · hang around · twiddle thumbs · occupy · fill
- short I wordsbit, sit, hit, fit, pit
- carnivoresmeat-eating, apex predator, wolf, tiger, hypercarnivore
- shutdownshut down, power down, power off, turn off, switch off
- predationstalking, pursuit, pouncing, attack, bite
- Unixbash, cat, cd, grep, chmod
- Among Usimpostor, crewmate, sus, vent, emergency meeting
killrevive
Restore consciousness or vigor
resurrect · resuscitate · bring back to life · raise from the dead · reanimate
- kill timePass hours aimlessly
- killing timePassing moments idly
- to killCause death deliberately
- killing meCausing uncontrollable laughter
- killer whaleApex ocean predator
- time to killUnoccupied interval awaiting something
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