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Antonyms for kill
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term kill.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, slayPreposition:
To kill with or by sword, famine, pestilence, care, grief, etc.; killed for his money, by a robber, with a dagger.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
kill
Antonyms:
resuscitate, revivify, vivify, reanimateSynonyms:
slay, murder, assassinate, destroy, slaughter, butcher, immolate, massacre, deaden, put to death, despatch
Princeton's WordNet
killing, kill, putting to deathnoun
the act of terminating a life
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putting to death, killing, violent death, cleanupkillverb
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
"the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
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putting to death, killingkillverb
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"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, popkill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb
thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
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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, defeatstamp out, killverb
end or extinguish by forceful means
"Stamp out poverty!"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, down, vote down, bolt down, popkillverb
be fatal
"cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, popkillverb
be the source of great pain for
"These new shoes are killing me!"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, popkillverb
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
"The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, popkillverb
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
"She killed the ball"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, popkillverb
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, popkillverb
deprive of life
"AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, popkillverb
cause the death of, without intention
"She was killed in the collision of three cars"
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obliterate, wipe out, shoot down, belt down, down, pour down, defeat, drink down, stamp out, vote out, toss off, vote down, bolt down, poptoss 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, polishkill, obliterate, wipe outverb
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
"kill these lines in the President's speech"
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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, eradicatekillverb
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, popkillverb
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, popkillverb
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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?
Detroit Police Chief James Craig:
If someone threatens to kill the president, that person would be arrested and prosecuted, how is it any different when someone threatens to kill white cops?
Throughout this journey, he repeatedly opened fire with a handgun and used a knife which he both used to seriously injure and kill.
A lady came up to me on the street and pointed to my suede jacket. 'You know a cow was murdered for that jacket' she sneered. I replied in a psychotic tone, 'I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have to kill you too.'
I don't know if that's the answer, but I know that there are some of us that are willing to take the training if it was offered and probably be another line of defense, but again it's a complicated subject and I'm not sure if it's the answer, i think it's easier to get these type weapons out of the hands of people that aren't meant to do anything but kill.
I was so impressed with the deputy that showed up on the scene because Carole Baskin did exactly the right thing. And he showed amazing restraint in not shooting that tiger, he kept eye contact. He backed away slowly. A tiger, if you look down, if you turn, if that neighbor had run back to his door, that triggers their instinct to kill.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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