to kill

Definition von to kill im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: terminate; drop; grease; do; off
He got in the way so I had him offed.; finish off
It was the blow to the head that finished him off, not the bullet wound.; make away; take care of
In the motion picture The Godfather gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.; rub out
We had to rub out that witness.; To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate
That joke always kills me.; To put to death; to extinguish the life of
There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.; To force a company out of business; This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}; To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat
The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.; To exert an overwhelming effect on; to annihilate
Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore.; To produce intense pain
You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.; To use up or to waste
I'm just doing this to kill time.; The result of killing; that which has been killed
The fox dragged its kill back to its den.; To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion
It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country and yet rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.; To punish severely
My parents are going to kill me!.; A creek; a body of water; {v} to deprive of life, to detroy; emphasis If you say that you kill yourself to do something, you are emphasizing that you make a great effort to do it, even though it causes you a lot of trouble or suffering. You shouldn't always have to kill yourself to do well; be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"; A UNIX shell command that prevents program closure or initiation The command blocks a signal from being sent to a script; be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills; a method of removing an offensive player from a virtual world Done through advanced use of the technology, usually by an Oracle or Wizard; hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"; to kill two birds with one stone: see bird dressed to kill: see dressed to be killed outright: see outright; 1 Slang: to make a hand, such as dummy, unusable through lack of an entry; 2 Slang: to overtake, in order to prevent from winning the trick; 3 Slang: to defeat, generally the contract; A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc; n an attacked ball that strikes the floor or lands out of bounds after touching an opponent æ‰£çƒæˆçƒ (çƒç›´æŽ¥è½å…¥å°æ–¹å ´å€æˆ–æ‰“æ‰‹å‡ºç•Œ)ã€‚; The act of killing; thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"; The @ character in terminal input "kills" the whole line typed, back to the left margin in edited input mode (The kill character was ? in CTSS ) (See erase); To put to death; to extinguish life; take a person's life; the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"; fast downward shot that cannot be returned; a "putaway"; emphasis If you say that you will do something if it kills you, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it even though it is extremely difficult or painful. I'll make this marriage work if it kills me; To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid; hit with great force; "He killed the ball"; deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"; If someone or something kills a project, activity, or idea, they completely destroy or end it. His objective was to kill the space station project altogether Kill off means the same as kill. He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off; To stop, cease, or render void; If you say that something will not kill you, you mean that it is not really as difficult or unpleasant as it might seem. Three or four more weeks won't kill me!; To terminate a process; the act of terminating a life; v t To create a vacancy without nominating a successor; emphasis If you say that you killed yourself laughing, you are emphasizing that you laughed a lot because you thought something was extremely funny; To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book; {i} slaughtering; hunting; prey; command on nickserv applied to a specific name which prevents another person from entering under the same name (Internet); destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"; tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"; The act of killing an animal after hunting it is referred to as the kill. After the kill the men and old women collect in an open space and eat a meal of whale meat; If a person, animal, or other living thing is killed, something or someone causes them to die. More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces He had attempted to kill himself on several occasions The earthquake killed 62 people Heroin can kill. + killing kill·ing There is tension in the region following the killing of seven civilians; (v ) To terminate a process before it reaches its natural conclusion; To defeat in SCA combat Requires a blow to the head or body hard enough to have been disabling with a real weapon of the type used, against armor consisting of iron mail with padding and an iron helm The helm is in some places regarded as an open-faced Norman helm with a nasal, and in others as a closed pot helm; v t diminish or eliminate heat or drawing power There are a variety of ways to do this, but mostly it is done by having a wrestler do too many jobs A house can be killed by too many screw-job endings; mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"; an attacked ball that strikes the floor or lands out of bounds after touching an opponent; terminate process(es); To overpower or overwhelm; To tell off severely; If you say that something is killing you, you mean that it is causing you physical or emotional pain. My feet are killing me; 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"; emphasis If you say that you will kill someone for something they have done, you are emphasizing that you are extremely angry with them. Tell Richard I'm going to kill him when I get hold of him; A "kill" game is one in which a player may place an extra bet, causing the betting limits to go up for just that hand The player posting the bet is the "killer," and the hand is considered a "kill pot " The player is said to have "killed the pot" for the amount of the kill The exact details depend on the local rules and on the game As examples, here are the rules for three kill games I've played in (all in San Diego) In the kill hold'em game, any player who wins two pots in a row is required to kill by posting a blind small bet on the subsequent hand, with the limits doubled for that hand In a kill high-low split game, any player who scooped a pot larger than a certain size was required to kill the subsequent pot And in a draw game, any player could kill any pot for an arbitrary amount after looking at their first two cards These are just examples, the details vary from cardroom to cardroom; end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"; the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" 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" cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" hit with great force; "He killed the ball" hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills

to kill

Türkische aussprache

tı kîl

Aussprache

/tə ˈkəl/ /tə ˈkɪl/

Etymologie

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.