Used in a Sentence

kill

How to use kill in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for kill.

Editorial note

> "He started threatening me, saying that he would kill me. ...

Examples15
Definitions17
Parts of speech2

Quick take

the act of terminating a life

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kill gathered in one view.

noun

the act of terminating a life

noun

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

verb

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kill.

noun

the act of terminating a life

noun

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

verb

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"

verb

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

verb

end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

verb

be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"

verb

be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"

verb

overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"

verb

hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"

verb

hit with great force; "He killed the ball"

verb

deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"

verb

cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"

verb

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

verb

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"

verb

tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"

verb

cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"

verb

destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

Example sentences

1

> "He started threatening me, saying that he would kill me. ...

2

But don't kill your self for someone else and feel proud about it because you think it's somehow manly to work 60+ hours.

3

Again beautiful, I used to kill for decent info graphics coming in. If I wasn't snowed under I'd try and create them myself.

4

Right now I know that this probably won't kill me, but I don't understand it enough to trust it. I imagine that I am not the only person in this situation.

5

I feel like it's something my third grade teacher would force us to do to kill time. I don't care about the 30 dollars turbotax charges me, I'll send 30 dollars straight to the CEO or promise to burn it.

6

MongoDB requires a global write lock to issue any write > Under a write-heavy load, this will kill you. If you run a blog, you maybe don't care b/c your R:W ratio is so high.

7

Having a blood glucose this high on a long term basis will have long term effects that are what kill most diabetics in the long run. A low blood sugar, however, can be fatal within minutes to hours.

8

In other words, this might very well kill a company that someone worked hard to get off the ground. And if you have any usergenerated content it might happen to your company too.

9

There are all kinds of cancers that "only" kill 1,000 or so people per year that are deemed not worthy of research because they are so rare. But for terrorism, we sacrifice nearly inexhaustible supplies of money and time.

10

Chemotherapy was used to effectively kill off all aspects of my blood -- white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets included. The hope here was for chemo to wipe out as much as it could in hopes of eliminating all traces of cancer in my bone marrow.

11

I read a great article a while back that I unfortunately can't find now, but it talked about a CEO who thought he was having a casual "hey, I'm interested in developing my skills, can you mentor me a bit?" conversation with another exec.

12

Net/checkboxes-that-kill/ Most sites these days that arent just displaying content will fail in interesting & mysterious ways if you dont have JavaScript enabled. For the general population, Firefox will appear broken.

13

After a little investigation, the GE lawyers and upper-management decided to kill off the idea as it would not have been worth the hassle. De Beers started a small campaign that was discrediting man-made diamonds, and it would have gotten a lot worse if GE even tried to enter the market. GE decided it was not worth the hassle, and killed the consumer-level diamond project.

14

The biggest colony killer in the US right now is the Varroa mite, introduced from Asia by humans in 1988, and spread by humans to hives across the country. The opening from the top destroys the bees' carefully maintained nestduftwarmebingdung, the nest atmosphere. Bees maintain a anti-microbial sauna inside the hive, at a contant tempurature with a complex scent. They can go into fever-mode, raising the temp to kill off infection.

15

When he says, "Bacteria, like any living organism, want to survive," and "So anything that we do to try and kill bacteria, or anything the environment does to try and kill bacteria, bacteria will eventually discover ways or find ways around those" he is making factual statements that are plainly incorrect on their face. Bacteria don't desire anything, and they don't seek out anything or plan anything.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kill in a sentence?

> "He started threatening me, saying that he would kill me. ...

What does kill mean?

the act of terminating a life

What part of speech is kill?

kill is commonly used as noun, verb.