Antonyms for kill
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1. kill

   To kill is simply to deprive of life, human, animal, or vegetable, with no suggestion of how or why. Assassinate, execute, murder, apply only to the taking of human life; to murder is to kill with premeditation and malicious intent; to execute is to kill in fulfilment of a legal sentence; to assassinate is to kill by assault; this word is chiefly applied to the killing of public or eminent persons through alleged political motives, whether secretly or openly. To slay is to kill by a blow, or by a weapon. Butcher and slaughter apply primarily to the killing of cattle; massacre is applied primarily and almost exclusively to human beings, signifying to kill them indiscriminately in large numbers; to massacre is said when there is no chance of successful resistance; to butcher when the killing is especially brutal; soldiers mown down in a hopeless charge are said to be slaughtered when no brutality on the enemy's part is implied. To despatch is to kill swiftly and in general quietly, always with intention, with or without right.

   Synonyms:
   assassinate, butcher, despatch, execute, massacre, murder, put to death, slaughter, slay

   Preposition:
   To kill with or by sword, famine, pestilence, care, grief, etc.; killed for his money, by a robber, with a dagger.

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1. kill

   Antonyms:
   resuscitate, revivify, vivify, reanimate

   Synonyms:
   slay, murder, assassinate, destroy, slaughter, butcher, immolate, massacre, deaden, put to death, despatch

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1. killing, kill, putting to deathnoun

   the act of terminating a life

   Synonyms:
   putting to death, killing, violent death, cleanup

2. killverb

   the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile

   "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

   Synonyms:
   putting to death, killing

3. killverb

   cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

   "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

   Synonyms:
   obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

4. kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb

   thwart the passage of

   "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"

   Synonyms:
   pour down, drink down, toss off, shoot, wipe out, overcome, buck, down, bolt down, pop, stamp out, belt down, tear, vote down, shoot down, vote out, charge, obliterate, land, get the better of, turn thumbs down, defeat

5. stamp out, killverb

   end or extinguish by forceful means

   "Stamp out poverty!"

   Synonyms:
   obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, down, vote down, bolt down, pop

6. killverb

   be fatal

   "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"

   Synonyms:
   obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

7. killverb

   be the source of great pain for

   "These new shoes are killing me!"

   Synonyms:
   obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

8. killverb

   overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration

   "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"

   Synonyms:
   obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

9. killverb

   hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games

   "She killed the ball"

   Synonyms:
   obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

10. killverb

    hit with great force

    "He killed the ball"

    Synonyms:
    obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

11. killverb

    deprive of life

    "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"

    Synonyms:
    obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

12. killverb

    cause the death of, without intention

    "She was killed in the collision of three cars"

    Synonyms:
    obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

13. toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, killverb

    drink down entirely

    "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

    Synonyms:
    land, start, fling off, vote down, pull down, pop up, push down, go through, crop up, dash off, belt down, drink down, defeat, shoot down, cut down, pop out, scratch off, obliterate, toss off, bug out, stamp out, pour down, bolt down, wipe out, shovel in, down, refine, garbage down, gobble up, bulge, bulge out, pop, knock off, devour, fine-tune, knock down, protrude, come out, consume, vote out, polish

14. kill, obliterate, wipe outverb

    mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

    "kill these lines in the President's speech"

    Synonyms:
    veil, eat up, vote down, exhaust, eat, blot out, eliminate, belt down, use up, drink down, defeat, decimate, shoot down, obscure, obliterate, run through, toss off, cancel out, stamp out, hide, bolt down, annihilate, wipe out, down, efface, pop, erase, extinguish, pour down, sweep away, consume, vote out, carry off, deplete, eradicate

15. killverb

    tire out completely

    "The daily stress of her work is killing her"

    Synonyms:
    obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

16. killverb

    cause to cease operating

    "kill the engine"

    Synonyms:
    obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

17. killverb

    destroy a vitally essential quality of or in

    "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

    Synonyms:
    obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, pop

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1. killverb

   Synonyms:
   slay, slaughter, murder, assassinate, butcher, despatch, execute, lynch, massacre, burke, immolate, guillotine, decimate, destroy, blast, counteract, neutralize, quell, extinguish

How to use kill in a sentence?

1. Ryan Cooper:

   My addiction didn't kill me, but it took me to a place where I wish it did.

2. TLHAKA TLHANKANE:

   Most people live sad lives because they have they have succeeded in designing and perfecting a path to sorrow thinking they are building a road to happiness. I will be happy if I befriend or even marry this rich fool, if I buy this worthless tool, if I sit on this corrupted stool, if I drown and kill myself in a debt pool, if I wear this dirty wool, if I ride on this dangerous bull.

3. Marlize Jacobs:

   All over the industry and all over the world, dangerous harmful pesticides are being fazed out, so I believe one day you will be forced to use alternative methods because pesticides kill all insects, even the friendly insects.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   This summer temperatures will soar high and may kill many birds due to lack of water. PLEASE KEEP A BOWL OF WATER IN YOUR BALCONY , WINDOW OR IN OPEN PLACES and save their lives, instead of shooing them away. Be sensitive to all lives and MickeyMize the ecology. Share this to support life for one and all and evolve.

5. Fulan Nasrullah:

   Under the Shekau reasoning, it is permissible to kill IDPs in camps.

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