| 1. | to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. |
| 2. | to destroy; do away with; extinguish: His response killed our hopes. |
| 3. | to destroy or neutralize the active qualities of: to kill an odor. |
| 4. | to spoil the effect of: His extra brushwork killed the painting. |
| 5. | to cause (time) to be consumed with seeming rapidity or with a minimum of boredom, esp. by engaging in some easy activity or amusement of passing interest: I had to kill three hours before plane time. |
| 6. | to spend (time) unprofitably: He killed ten good years on that job. |
| 7. | Informal. to overcome completely or with irresistible effect: That comedian kills me. |
| 8. | to muffle or deaden: This carpet kills the sound of footsteps. |
| 9. | Informal. to cause distress or discomfort to: These new shoes are killing me. |
| 10. | Informal. to tire completely; exhaust: The long hike killed us. |
| 11. | Informal. to consume completely: They killed a bottle of bourbon between them. |
| 12. | to cancel publication of (a word, paragraph, item, etc.), esp. after it has been set in type. |
| 13. | to defeat or veto (a legislative bill, etc.). |
| 14. | Electricity. to render (a circuit) dead. |
| 15. | to stop the operation of (machinery, engines, etc.): He killed the motor and the car stopped. |
| 16. | Tennis. to hit (a ball) with such force that its return is impossible. |
| 17. | Metallurgy.
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| 18. | Ice Hockey. to prevent the opposing team from scoring in the course of (a penalty being served by a teammate or teammates). |
| 19. | to inflict or cause death. |
| 20. | to commit murder. |
| 21. | to be killed. |
| 22. | to overcome completely; produce an irresistible effect: dressed to kill. |
| 23. | Slang. to feel a smarting pain, as from a minor accident; sting: I stubbed my little toe and that really kills. |
| 24. | the act of killing, esp. game: The hounds moved in for the kill. |
| 25. | an animal or animals killed. |
| 26. | a number or quantity killed. |
| 27. | an act or instance of hitting or destroying a target, esp. an enemy aircraft. |
| 28. | the target so hit or, esp., destroyed. |
| 29. | Sports. kill shot. |
| 30. | kill off,
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| 31. | kill with kindness, to overdo in one's efforts to be kind: The aunts would kill their nephews and nieces with kindness. |

| a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton. |
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To cancel a trade or order that has been placed, but not filled.
Investopedia Commentary
Why Wall Street can't use simple terms like "cancel" is beyond us.
See also: Fill or Kill Order, Order
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In addition to the idioms beginning with kill, also see curiosity killed the cat; dressed to kill; fit to kill; in at the death (kill); make a killing.