v. 1 execute, slay, murder, assassinate, do away with, put to death, cause the death of, liquidate, dispatch or despatch, take (someone's) life, finish (off), put an end to, write 'finis' to, silence, kill off, administer the coup de grâce, eliminate, put (someone) out of (his or her) misery, exterminate, extinguish, obliterate, eradicate, destroy, annihilate, massacre, slaughter, decimate, butcher, (of animals) put down, put to sleep, Slang do in, bump or knock off, hit, polish off, snuff (out), take for a ride, US waste, rub out, ice, fit with concrete overshoes or a wooden kimono He was the third police officer to be killed this year 2 destroy, ruin, devastate, ravage, wreak or work havoc (up)on, kill off The entire orange crop was killed by the sudden frost 3 muffle, neutralize, deaden, damp, silence, nullify, dull, absorb, smother, stifle, suppress, still This padding should kill the noise of the motor 4 exhaust, tire (out), fatigue, weary, Colloq fag (out) Pushing that mower all day nearly killed me 5 hurt, pain, torment, torture These shoes are killing me 6 quash, suppress, defeat, veto, cancel The tobacco interests campaigned to kill the bill to ban smoking in public places 7 consume, use up, spend, while away, occupy, fill, pass, idle While waiting, I killed time doing a crossword puzzle
n. 8 game, prey; quarry The lioness allowed her cubs to eat part of the kill 9 death, killing, end, finish, deathblow, coup de grâce; termination, denouement or dénouement, conclusion She wants to be in at the kill