kill
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of terminating a life
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
- deathblow hyponym
- death hyponym
- euthanasia hyponym
- homicide hyponym
- despatch hyponym
- fell hyponym
- suicide hyponym
- slaughter hyponym
- poisoning hyponym
- suffocation hyponym
- ritual killing hyponym
- electrocution hyponym
- decapitation hyponym
- genocide hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank
Types & categories
- annihilate hyponym
- decimate hyponym
- drown hyponym
- massacre hyponym
- erase hyponym
- slaughter hyponym
- poison hyponym
- stone hyponym
- poison hyponym
- commit suicide hyponym
- dispatch hyponym
- vaporize hyponym
- sacrifice hyponym
- take off hyponym
- tomahawk hyponym
- destroy hyponym
- saber hyponym
- overlay hyponym
- brain hyponym
- put to sleep hyponym
- knock off hyponym
- exterminate hyponym
- suffocate hyponym
- strangle hyponym
- decapitate hyponym
- impale hyponym
- dismember hyponym
- martyr hyponym
- shed blood hyponym
- murder hyponym
- assassinate hyponym
- execute hyponym
- draw and quarter hyponym
- lynch hyponym
- pip hyponym
- electrocute hyponym
Related & opposite
- exterminate also see
- die causes
- kill derivation
- killing derivation
- killer derivation
- cause of death derivation
- killable derivation
- kill verb group
Sense 3 noun
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
the pilot reported two kills during the mission
Types & categories
- destruction hypernym
Related & opposite
- kill derivation
Sense 4 verb
thwart the passage of
kill a motion
Types & categories
- veto hypernym
Related & opposite
- licking derivation
Sense 5 verb
end or extinguish by forceful means
Stamp out poverty!
Types & categories
- terminate hypernym
Sense 6 verb
be fatal
cigarettes kill
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
- kill derivation
Sense 7 verb
be the source of great pain for
These new shoes are killing me!
Types & categories
- ache hypernym
Related & opposite
- killer derivation
Sense 8 verb
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!
Types & categories
- overwhelm hypernym
Sense 9 verb
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
She killed the ball
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
hit with great force
He killed the ball
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 verb
deprive of life
AIDS has killed thousands in Africa
Types & categories
- strike down hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
cause the death of, without intention
She was killed in the collision of three cars
Types & categories
- electrocute hyponym
Related & opposite
- kill derivation
- killing derivation
- cause of death derivation
- kill verb group
- kill verb group
Sense 13 verb
drink down entirely
He downed three martinis before dinner
Types & categories
- drink hypernym
Sense 14 verb
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
kill these lines in the President's speech
Types & categories
- take away hypernym
Related & opposite
- eradication derivation
- wipeout derivation
- obliterable derivation
Sense 15 verb
tire out completely
The daily stress of her work is killing her
Types & categories
- exhaust hypernym
Related & opposite
- kill verb group
Sense 16 verb
cause to cease operating
kill the engine
Types & categories
- switch off hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 17 verb
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods
Types & categories
- destroy hypernym
Related & opposite
- kill verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deathblow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | death |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | euthanasia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | homicide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | despatch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suicide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slaughter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poisoning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffocation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ritual killing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrocution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decapitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genocide |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | exterminate |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | die |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | killing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | killer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause of death |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | killable |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | annihilate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decimate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drown |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | massacre |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | erase |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slaughter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | poison |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | poison |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | commit suicide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispatch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vaporize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sacrifice |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tomahawk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | destroy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | saber |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overlay |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | put to sleep |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exterminate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffocate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strangle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decapitate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | impale |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dismember |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | martyr |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shed blood |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | murder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | assassinate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | execute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw and quarter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lynch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrocute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | destruction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | licking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | veto |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | killer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | ache |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | overwhelm |
| 9 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 10 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike down |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | killing |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause of death |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrocute |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | drink |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | eradication |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | obliterable |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | take away |
| 15 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | exhaust |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | kill |
| 16 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 16 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | switch off |
| 17 | verb group | Related & opposite | kill |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | destroy |