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Kill

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Kill - The act of killing.

Kill - An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

Kill - To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.

Kill - To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

Kill - A kiln.

Kill - To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.

Kill - To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.

Kill - 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.


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