ALL meanings of kill off
kill off
K k - verb with object kill off to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate. 1
- verb with object kill off to destroy; do away with; extinguish: His response killed our hopes. 1
- verb with object kill off to destroy or neutralize the active qualities of: to kill an odor. 1
- verb with object kill off to spoil the effect of: His extra brushwork killed the painting. 1
- verb with object kill off to cause (time) to be consumed with seeming rapidity or with a minimum of boredom, especially by engaging in some easy activity or amusement of passing interest: I had to kill three hours before plane time. 1
- verb with object kill off to spend (time) unprofitably: He killed ten good years on that job. 1
- verb with object kill off Informal. to overcome completely or with irresistible effect: That comedian kills me. 1
- verb with object kill off to muffle or deaden: This carpet kills the sound of footsteps. 1
- verb with object kill off Informal. to cause distress or discomfort to: These new shoes are killing me. 1
- verb with object kill off Informal. to tire completely; exhaust: The long hike killed us. 1
- verb with object kill off Informal. to consume completely: They killed a bottle of bourbon between them. 1
- verb with object kill off to cancel publication of (a word, paragraph, item, etc.), especially after it has been set in type. 1
- verb with object kill off to defeat or veto (a legislative bill, etc.). 1
- verb with object kill off Electricity. to render (a circuit) dead. 1
- verb with object kill off to stop the operation of (machinery, engines, etc.): He killed the motor and the car stopped. 1
- verb with object kill off Tennis. to hit (a ball) with such force that its return is impossible. 1
- verb with object kill off Metallurgy. to deoxidize (steel) before teeming into an ingot mold. to eliminate springiness from (wire or the like). to cold-roll (sheet metal) after final heat treatment in order to eliminate distortion. 1
- verb with object kill off Ice Hockey. to prevent the opposing team from scoring in the course of (a penalty being served by a teammate or teammates). 1
- verb without object kill off to inflict or cause death. 1
- verb without object kill off to commit murder. 1
- verb without object kill off to be killed. 1
- verb without object kill off to overcome completely; produce an irresistible effect: dressed to kill. 1
- verb without object kill off Slang. to feel a smarting pain, as from a minor accident; sting: I stubbed my little toe and that really kills. 1
- noun kill off the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill. 1
- noun kill off an animal or animals killed. 1
- noun kill off a number or quantity killed. 1
- noun kill off an act or instance of hitting or destroying a target, especially an enemy aircraft. 1
- noun kill off the target so hit or, especially, destroyed. 1
- noun kill off Sports. kill shot. 1
- idioms kill off kill with kindness, to overdo in one's efforts to be kind: The aunts would kill their nephews and nieces with kindness. 1
- transitivephrasal verb kill off exterminate 1
- verb kill off To eliminate, or make extinct. 0
- verb kill off To put an end to. 0
- phrasal verb kill off If you say that a group or an amount of something has been killed off, you mean that all of them or all of it have been killed or destroyed. 0