n. 25B6; verb
gangs killed twenty-seven people : MURDER, take/end the life of, make away with, assassinate, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute; slaughter, butcher, massacre, wipe out, annihilate, exterminate, liquidate, mow down, shoot down, cut down, cut to pieces; informal bump off, polish off, do away with, do in, knock off, top, take out, croak, stiff, blow away, dispose of; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, waste, whack, scrag, smoke; poetic/literary slay.
this would kill all hopes of progress : DESTROY, put an end to, end, extinguish, dash, quash, ruin, wreck, shatter, smash, crush, scotch, thwart; informal put paid to, put the kibosh on, stymie; Brit. informal scupper.
we had to kill several hours at the airport : WHILE AWAY, fill (up), occupy, beguile, pass, spend, waste.
(informal) you must rest or you'll kill yourself : EXHAUST, wear out, tire out, overtax, overtire, fatigue, weary, sap, drain, enervate, prostrate; informal knock out, shatter; Brit. informal knacker.
(informal) my feet were killing me : HURT, cause pain to, torture, torment, cause discomfort to; be painful, be sore, be uncomfortable.
(informal) the music kills me every time I hear it : OVERWHELM, take someone's breath away, move, stir, stun, amaze, stagger; informal bowl over, blow away, knock sideways, blow someone's mind.
the engines were at a low rev to kill the noise : MUFFLE, deaden, stifle, dampen, damp down, smother, reduce, diminish, decrease, suppress, tone down, moderate.
a shot to kill the pain : ALLEVIATE, assuage, soothe, allay, dull, blunt, deaden, stifle, suppress, subdue.
(informal) the message has been killed : DELETE, wipe out, erase, remove, destroy, cut (out), cancel; informal zap.
(informal) Congress killed the bill : VETO, defeat, vote down, rule against, reject, throw out, overrule, overturn, put a stop to, quash, squash.
(informal) Noel killed the engine : TURN OFF, switch off, stop, shut off/down, cut (out).
-cide.
25B6; noun
the hunter's kill : PREY, quarry, victim, bag.
the wolf was moving in for the kill : DEATH BLOW, killing, dispatch, finish, end, coup de grâce.