[kil] 
| 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. |
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kill with kindness
Overwhelm or harm someone with mistaken or excessive benevolence. For example, Aunt Mary constantly sends Jane chocolates and cake and other goodies, even though she's been told Jane's on a diet
nothing like killing with kindness. This expression originated as kill with kindness as fond apes do their young (presumably crushing them to death in a hug) and was a proverb by the mid-1500s.