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Meaning Of Kill

  1. n.
    A kiln.
  2. n.
    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.
  3. v. t.
    To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
  4. v. t.
    To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
  5. v. t.
    To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
  6. v. t.
    To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.



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