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  • 11Kill — Kill, n. [D. kil.] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12kill — I (defeat) verb abolish, abrogate, annul, arrest, beat, block, cancel, check, conficere, counteract, crush, destroy, devitalize, dispatch, extinguish, interficere, invalidate, nullify, overthrow, overturn, prevail over, put down, quash, quell,… …

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  • 13Kill — (k[i^]l), n. A kiln. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14kill — [v1] deprive of existence; destroy annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with*, do in*, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase*, execute, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, get*, guillotine, hang, hit*,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 15kill up — (Shakespeare) To exterminate • • • Main Entry: ↑kill …

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  • 16Kill — (Kille), 1) in Holland so v.w. Fluß od. Strombett; 2) Durchfahrt zwischen Sandbänken u. Untiefen …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 17Kill — Kill, holl., das Flußbett, Fahrwasser …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 18kill — Signal (Prozesstermination) unter UNIX, vergl. SIGKILL …

    Acronyms

  • 19kill — Signal (Prozesstermination) unter UNIX, vergl. SIGKILL …

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  • 20kill|er — «KIHL uhr», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person, animal, or thing that kills. 2. a criminal who recklessly or wantonly kills. SYNONYM(S): butcher. 3. = killer whale. (Cf. ↑killer whale) –adj. 1. having no equal; unrivaled; …

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