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kill

name · noun · verb · 44 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -ɪl
  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈkɪl/
  • Received-Pronunciation, US: [ˈkhɪɫ]
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  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈkɪʊ̯/ l-vocalization
  • [ˈkhɪʊ̯] l-vocalization
  • /ˈkɪɤ̯/ l-vocalization
  • [ˈkɪɤ̯] l-vocalization
  • /ˈkil/ African-American
  • CMU ARPABET: K IH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of killing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Specifically, the death blow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The result of killing; that which has been killed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The fox dragged its kill back to its den.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: games, gaming, government, military, politics, war

Examples

  • confirmed kills
  • A flying ace is usually one with five or more confirmed kills.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, volleyball

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A creek or stream; (more loosely) any watercourse, such as a channel or arm of the sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-York, Northeastern, US, archaic, dialectal

Qualifier: largely fossilized in place names

Examples

  • The channel beyond Staten Island, which connects Newark Bay with Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A creek or stream; (more loosely) any watercourse, such as a channel or arm of the sea.

In particular, a waterway with a name ending in kill, such as the Beaverkill or the East Kill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-York, Northeastern, US, archaic, dialectal

Qualifier: largely fossilized in place names; preceded by the; preceded by the

Examples

  • We're gonna go flyfishing over in the kill.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Alternative form of kiln.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-York, Northeastern, US, alt-of, alternative, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and hard drugs combined.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To render inoperative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Examples

  • The editor decided to kill the story.
  • The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
  • My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: excessive, figuratively, transitive

Examples

  • That night, she was dressed to kill.
  • That joke always kills me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: excessive, figuratively, intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • These tight shoes are killing my feet.
  • You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Examples

  • It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad.
  • It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To use up or to waste.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I'm just doing this to kill time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, informal, transitive

Examples

  • Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate.
  • The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To force a company out of business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To punish severely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: excessive, figuratively, informal, transitive

Examples

  • My parents are going to kill me!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To cause to assume the value zero.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, transitive

Topics: IRC, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To deadmelt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To exert oneself to an excessive degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, reflexive

Examples

  • Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the pilot reported two kills during the mission

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: destruction, devastation

29

noun

Meaning 29

the act of terminating a life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: killing, putting to death

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion

Narrower terms: deathblow, coup de grace, death, euthanasia, mercy killing, homicide, dispatch, despatch, fell, suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation, slaughter, poisoning, suffocation, asphyxiation, sacrifice, ritual killing, electrocution, decapitation, beheading, genocide, race murder, racial extermination

30

verb

Meaning 30

end or extinguish by forceful means

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Stamp out poverty!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stamp out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, terminate

31

verb

Meaning 31

destroy a vitally essential quality of or in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: destroy, destruct

32

verb

Meaning 32

cause to cease operating

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • kill the engine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: switch off, cut, turn off, turn out

33

verb

Meaning 33

tire out completely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The daily stress of her work is killing her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out

34

verb

Meaning 34

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • kill these lines in the President's speech

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obliterate, wipe out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: take away, take out

35

verb

Meaning 35

drink down entirely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drink, imbibe

36

verb

Meaning 36

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off, drown, massacre, slaughter, mow down, erase, butcher, poison, stone, lapidate, commit suicide, dispatch, zap, vaporize, sacrifice, take off, tomahawk, destroy, put down, saber, sabre, overlie, overlay, brain, put away, put to sleep, neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in, exterminate, kill off, smother, asphyxiate, suffocate, strangle, strangulate, throttle, decapitate, behead, decollate, impale, stake, dismember, martyr, shed blood, murder, slay, hit, bump off, off, polish off, remove, assassinate, execute, put to death, draw, quarter, draw and quarter, lynch, shoot, pip, electrocute, fry

37

verb

Meaning 37

cause the death of, without intention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She was killed in the collision of three cars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: electrocute

38

verb

Meaning 38

deprive of life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • AIDS has killed thousands in Africa

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: strike down

39

verb

Meaning 39

hit with great force

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He killed the ball

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hit

40

verb

Meaning 40

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She killed the ball

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hit

41

verb

Meaning 41

overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

42

verb

Meaning 42

be the source of great pain for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • These new shoes are killing me!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hurt, ache, suffer

43

verb

Meaning 43

thwart the passage of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • kill a motion
  • he shot down the student's proposal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: veto, blackball, negative

44

verb

Meaning 44

be fatal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cigarettes kill
  • drunken driving kills

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

History

Etymology

* As a German and Dutch surname, probably shortened from Kilian. * Also as a German surname, from Kyll in the Eifel mountains, from Latin Celbis. * As a Jewish surname, probably from Yiddish קיל (kil, “cool”).

From Middle English killen, kyllen, cüllen (“to strike, beat, cut”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots kele, keil (“to kill”). * Perhaps from unattested Old English *cyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwulljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwuljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gwelH- (“to throw, hit, hurt by throwing”). * Or, possibly a variant of Old English cwellan (“to kill, murder, execute”) (see quell). * Or, from Old Norse kolla (“to hit on the head, harm”), related to Norwegian kylla (“to poll”), Middle Dutch kollen (“to knock down”), Icelandic kollur (“top, head”); see also coll, cole). Compare also Saterland Frisian källe (“to hurt”), Middle Dutch kellen (“to kill, hurt”), Middle Low German kellen, killen (“to ache strongly, cause one great pain”) (whence German Low German kellen, killen (“to hurt, injure, torment, vex”)), Middle High German kellen (“to torment; torture”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵi(H)-l-der. Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ Proto-West Germanic *killjā Old Dutch *killa Middle Dutch kille Dutch kilbor. English kill Borrowing from Dutch kil (formerly spelled kill), from Middle Dutch kille, from Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-West Germanic *killjā, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ (“fissure, slit; a type of stream, creek, channel”). Doublet of Kiel. Most place names with kill were derived entirely in Dutch, but many have been subsequently calqued into English or anglicized by folk etymology; for example, Motherkill and Murderkill both likely derive from Dutch *Modderkil (“Mud Creek”) (better preserved in Mudder Kill and Muddy Kill), originally having nothing to do with mothership or murder.

Across languages

Translations

577 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: moord — act of killing
  • Arabic: قَتْلَة (qatla) — act of killing
  • Aramaic: ܩܛܠ (qṭal) — act of killing
  • Armenian: սպանություն (spanutʻyun) — act of killing
  • Asturian: matanza — act of killing
  • Bulgarian: убийство (ubijstvo) — act of killing
  • Catalan: assassinat — act of killing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 殺害 /杀害 (shāhài) — act of killing
  • Czech: zabití — act of killing
  • Danish: drab — act of killing
  • Danish: mord — act of killing
  • Danish: aflivning — act of killing
  • Dutch: moorden — act of killing
  • Dutch: vermoorden — act of killing
  • Finnish: tappo — act of killing
  • Finnish: surma — act of killing
  • French: meurtre — act of killing
  • French: assassinat — act of killing
  • French: homicide — act of killing
  • West-Frisian: fermoardzje — act of killing
  • West-Frisian: moardzje — act of killing
  • West-Frisian: deadzje — act of killing
  • Galician: mata — act of killing
  • Galician: matanza — act of killing
  • Galician: morte — act of killing
  • German: Tötung — act of killing
  • German: Ermordung — act of killing
  • German: Mord — act of killing
  • Greek: φόνος (fónos) — act of killing
  • Greek: δολοφονία (dolofonía) — act of killing
  • Greek: θανάτωση (thanátosi) — act of killing
  • Hebrew: הרג (héreg) — act of killing
  • Hebrew: הריגה (harigá) — act of killing
  • Icelandic: dráp — act of killing
  • Icelandic: morð — act of killing
  • Italian: uccisione — act of killing
  • Japanese: 殺す (korosu) — act of killing
  • Japanese: 殺害 (satsugai) — act of killing
  • Korean: 죽이다 (jugida) — act of killing
  • Malay: pembunuhan — act of killing
  • Norwegian: drap — act of killing
  • Old English: ofsléan — act of killing
  • Polish: zabójstwo — act of killing
  • Portuguese: morte — act of killing
  • Russian: уби́йство (ubíjstvo) — act of killing
  • Russian: убие́ние (ubijénije) — act of killing
  • Russian: убо́й (ubój) — act of killing
  • Slovak: zabitie — act of killing
  • Spanish: matanza — act of killing
  • Swedish: dödande — act of killing
  • Swedish: dräpande — act of killing
  • Tajik: куштор (kuštor) — act of killing
  • Tibetan: གསོད་པ (gsod pa) — act of killing
  • Turkish: öldürme — act of killing
  • Urdu: قتل (qatl) — act of killing
  • Vietnamese: giết — act of killing
  • Zazaki: kıştış — act of killing
  • Afrikaans: doodslag — death blow
  • Danish: dødeligt slag — death blow
  • Finnish: kuolinisku — death blow
  • French: mort — death blow
  • French: mise à mort — death blow
  • German: Gnadenschuss — death blow
  • Greek: θανατηφόρο πλήγμα (thanatifóro plígma) — death blow
  • Italian: colpo fatale — death blow
  • Russian: смерте́льный уда́р (smertélʹnyj udár) — death blow
  • Swedish: dödsslag — death blow
  • Afrikaans: moord — result of killing
  • Catalan: assassinat — result of killing
  • Catalan: mort — result of killing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死屍 /死尸 (sǐshī) — result of killing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屍體 /尸体 (shītǐ) — result of killing
  • Danish: bytte — result of killing
  • Danish: offer — result of killing
  • Dutch: moord — result of killing
  • Dutch: prooi — result of killing
  • Finnish: saalis — result of killing
  • French: victime — result of killing
  • French: cadavre — result of killing
  • West-Frisian: moard — result of killing
  • West-Frisian: dea — result of killing
  • German: Opfer — result of killing
  • German: Beute — result of killing
  • Greek: θύμα (thýma) — result of killing
  • Greek: θήραμα (thírama) — result of killing
  • Italian: preda uccisa — result of killing
  • Italian: spoglia — result of killing
  • Italian: preda — result of killing
  • Japanese: 死体 (shitai) — result of killing
  • Japanese: 屍 (kabane) — result of killing
  • Norwegian: drap — result of killing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bytte — result of killing
  • Polish: ofiara — result of killing
  • Polish: zdobycz — result of killing
  • Portuguese: presa — result of killing
  • Russian: убо́й (ubój) — result of killing
  • Russian: добы́ча (dobýča) — result of killing
  • Russian: же́ртва (žértva) — result of killing
  • Russian: ту́ша (túša) — result of killing
  • Russian: ту́шка (túška) — result of killing
  • Serbo-Croatian: ulov — result of killing
  • Slovak: korisť — result of killing
  • Slovak: úlovok — result of killing
  • Spanish: matanza — result of killing
  • Zazaki: kıştena — result of killing
  • Afrikaans: vermoor — to put to death
  • Afrikaans: doodmaak — to put to death
  • Ahom: 𑜁𑜠 (kha) — to put to death
  • Aklanon: patay — to put to death
  • Albanian: vras — to put to death
  • Albanian: myt — to put to death
  • Albanian: mait (gheg) — to put to death
  • Northern Altai: ӧлтирерге (öltirerge) — to put to death
  • Northern Altai: ӧтӱрерге (ötürerge) — to put to death
  • Southern Altai: ӧлтӱрер (öltürer) — to put to death
  • Amis: mipatay — to put to death
  • Chungli Ao: tepset — to put to death
  • Arabic: قَتَلَ (qatala) — to put to death
  • Algerian Arabic: قتل (qtel) — to put to death
  • Chadian Arabic: كتل (katal) — to put to death
  • Arabic: قتل (ʔatal) — to put to death
  • Arabic: موت (mawwit) — to put to death
  • Arabic: قَتَل (gatal) — to put to death
  • Arabic: مَوَّت (mawwat) — to put to death
  • Arabic: ذبح (dabaḥ) — to put to death
  • Arabic: قتل (qtal) — to put to death
  • Arabic: قتل (ʔatal) — to put to death
  • Armenian: սպանել (spanel) — to put to death
  • Assamese: মাৰ (mar) — to put to death
  • Assamese: মাৰি পেলা (mari pela) — to put to death
  • Assamese: হত্যা কৰ (hoitta kor) — to put to death
  • Asturian: matar — to put to death
  • Avar: чӏвазе (čʼwaze) — to put to death
  • Azerbaijani: öldürmək — to put to death
  • Baluchi: کشگ (košag) — to put to death
  • Bashkir: үлтереү (ülterew) — to put to death
  • Basque: hil — to put to death
  • Belarusian: забіва́ць (zabivácʹ) — to put to death
  • Belarusian: забі́ць (zabícʹ) — to put to death
  • Bengali: হত্যা করা (hotta kora) — to put to death
  • Bengali: বধ করা (bodh kora) — to put to death
  • Central Bikol: gadan — to put to death
  • Borôro: bito — to put to death
  • Bouyei: gac — to put to death
  • Bulgarian: уби́вам (ubívam) — to put to death
  • Bulgarian: уби́я (ubíja) — to put to death
  • Burmese: သတ် (sat) — to put to death
  • Burmese: သတ်ဖြတ် (sathprat) — to put to death
  • Buryat: алаха (alaxa) — to put to death
  • Catalan: matar — to put to death
  • Catalan: occir — to put to death
  • Cebuano: patay — to put to death
  • Chechen: де (de) — to put to death
  • Chechen: ден (den) — to put to death
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎯᎭ (ahiha) — to put to death
  • Chichewa: kuphá — to put to death
  • Chichewa: kulódza — to put to death
  • Chickasaw: abi — to put to death
  • Chinese Cantonese: 殺 /杀 (saat3) — to put to death
  • Chinese Cantonese: 殺死 /杀死 (saat3 sei2) — to put to death
  • Chinese: са (sa) — to put to death
  • Chinese: дасы (dasɨ) — to put to death
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 刣 (tài) — to put to death
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 刣死 (tài-sī) — to put to death
  • Gan Chinese: 殺 /杀 (sah6) — to put to death
  • Hakka Chinese: 殺 /杀 (sat) — to put to death
  • Chinese: 刣 (thâi) — to put to death
  • Chinese: 刣死 (thâi--sí) — to put to death
  • Jin Chinese: 殺 /杀 (sah4) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 殺 /杀 (shā) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 殺死 /杀死 (shāsǐ) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戕殺 /戕杀 (qiángshā) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宰 (zǎi) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弄死 (nòngsǐ, nèngsǐ) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 搞死 (gǎosǐ) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 整死 (zhěngsǐ) — to put to death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打死 (dǎsǐ) — to put to death
  • Northern Min Chinese: 殺 /杀 (suŏi) — to put to death
  • Northern Min Chinese: 刣 (tî) — to put to death
  • Wu Chinese: 殺 /杀 — to put to death
  • Xiang Chinese: 殺 /杀 (sa6) — to put to death
  • Chukchi: тэгинӈэтык (tėginṇėtyk) — to put to death
  • Maore Comorian: uula — to put to death
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hura hitswa — to put to death
  • Coptic: ϧⲱⲧⲉⲃ (xōteb) — to put to death
  • Crimean Tatar: gebertmek — to put to death
  • Crimean Tatar: öldürmek — to put to death
  • Czech: zabít — to put to death
  • Danish: dræbe — to put to death
  • Danish: ihjelslå — to put to death
  • Danish: slå ihjel — to put to death
  • Drung: svt — to put to death
  • Dutch: doden — to put to death
  • Dutch: vermoorden — to put to death
  • Egyptian: s-mA-A-T30 (smꜣ) — to put to death
  • Egyptian: X:d-b-A24 (ẖdb) — to put to death
  • Elfdalian: ev ijel — to put to death
  • Elfdalian: ela — to put to death
  • Esperanto: mortigi — to put to death
  • Estonian: tapma — to put to death
  • Even: мадай (madaj) — to put to death
  • Evenki: вами (wami) — to put to death
  • Faroese: drepa — to put to death
  • Finnish: tappaa — to put to death
  • Finnish: surmata — to put to death
  • Finnish: lopettaa — to put to death
  • French: tuer — to put to death
  • French: couiquer — to put to death
  • French: occire — to put to death
  • French: buter — to put to death
  • French: zigouiller — to put to death
  • French: descendre — to put to death
  • French: dévitaliser — to put to death
  • French: dézinguer — to put to death
  • French: envoyer chez saint Pierre — to put to death
  • French: exterminer — to put to death
  • French: faire disparaître — to put to death
  • French: faire la peau — to put to death
  • French: neutraliser — to put to death
  • French: liquider — to put to death
  • French: fumer — to put to death
  • French: refroidir — to put to death
  • French: trucider — to put to death
  • French: ôter la vie — to put to death
  • Middle French: occire — to put to death
  • Old French: ocire — to put to death
  • Old French: morir — to put to death
  • West-Frisian: deadzje — to put to death
  • Friulian: maçâ — to put to death
  • Friulian: copâ — to put to death
  • Galician: matar — to put to death
  • Gallurese: iscatteddare — to put to death
  • Georgian: კვლა (ḳvla) — to put to death
  • Georgian: მოკვლა (moḳvla) — to put to death
  • Georgian: ბოლოს მოღება (bolos moɣeba) — to put to death
  • German: töten — to put to death
  • German: umbringen — to put to death
  • German: ermorden — to put to death
  • German: tööde — to put to death
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dauþjan) — to put to death
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gadauþjan) — to put to death
  • Greek: σκοτώνω (skotóno) — to put to death
  • Greek: θανατώνω (thanatóno) — to put to death
  • Greek: φονεύω (fonévo) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποκτείνω (apokteínō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: κτείνω (kteínō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπέφνον (epéphnon) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: καίνω (kaínō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: κατακτείνω (katakteínō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: κατέπεφνον (katépephnon) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: φονεύω (phoneúō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ὄλλυμι (óllumi) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: καταχράομαι (katakhráomai) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποπνίγω (apopnígō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνύω (anúō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἀναλίσκω (analískō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἀναιρέω (anairéō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: αἱρέω (hairéō) — to put to death
  • Ancient Greek: ἀείρω (aeírō) — to put to death
  • Greenlandic: toquppaa — to put to death
  • Gujarati: મારવું (mārvũ) — to put to death
  • Hawaiian: hoʻomake — to put to death
  • Hebrew: הרג (harag) — to put to death
  • Hebrew: קטל (katal) — to put to death
  • Hebrew: הֵמִית (hemít) — to put to death
  • Higaonon: hunatayan — to put to death
  • Higaonon: minatay — to put to death
  • Hindi: मार डालना (mār ḍālnā) — to put to death
  • Hindi: मारना (mārnā) — to put to death
  • Hindi: हत्या करना (hatyā karnā) — to put to death
  • Hindi: वध करना (vadh karnā) — to put to death
  • Hindi: प्राण ले लेना (prāṇ le lenā) — to put to death
  • Hindi: कतल करना (katal karnā) — to put to death
  • Hittite: 𒆪𒂗𒍣 (ku-en-zi) — to put to death
  • Hlai: haus — to put to death
  • White Hmong: tua — to put to death
  • Hungarian: öl — to put to death
  • Hungarian: megöl — to put to death
  • Hungarian: gyilkol — to put to death
  • Hungarian: kioltja az életét — to put to death
  • Hungarian: életét követeli — to put to death
  • Hungarian: halálát okozza — to put to death
  • Hungarian: életét veszti (miatta) — to put to death
  • Icelandic: drepa — to put to death
  • Ido: mortigar — to put to death
  • Ikizu: -ita — to put to death
  • Indonesian: membunuh — to put to death
  • Ingrian: tappaa — to put to death
  • Ingrian: surmata — to put to death
  • Ingrian: leikata — to put to death
  • Ingrian: mukistaa — to put to death
  • Ingrian: veruttaa — to put to death
  • Ingush: ве (ve) — to put to death
  • Irish: maraigh — to put to death
  • Old Irish: marbaid — to put to death
  • Isoko: kpe — to put to death
  • Italian: uccidere — to put to death
  • Italian: ammazzare — to put to death
  • Italian: assassinare — to put to death
  • Italian: terminare — to put to death
  • Italian: eliminare — to put to death
  • Japanese: 殺す (korosu) — to put to death
  • Japanese: 殺害する (satsugai suru) — to put to death
  • Japhug: sat — to put to death
  • Javanese: matèni — to put to death
  • Kabwa: -ita — to put to death
  • Kabyle: enɣ — to put to death
  • Kalmyk: алх (alx) — to put to death
  • Kambera: pameti — to put to death
  • Kannada: ಕೊಲ್ಲು (kollu) — to put to death
  • Karachay-Balkar: ёлтюрюрге (öltürürge) — to put to death
  • S'gaw Karen: မၤသံ (mā thee) — to put to death
  • Kazakh: өлтіру (öltıru) — to put to death
  • Khakas: ӧдірерге (ödìrerge) — to put to death
  • Khakas: ӧдір саларға (ödìr salarğa) — to put to death
  • Khmer: សម្លាប់ (sɑmlap) — to put to death
  • Khmer: ឃាត (khiət) — to put to death
  • Komi-Zyrian: вины (viny) — to put to death
  • Korean: 죽이다 (jugida) — to put to death
  • Central Kurdish: کوشتن (kuştin) — to put to death
  • Northern Kurdish: kuştin — to put to death
  • Northern Kurdish: -kuj- — to put to death
  • Kyrgyz: өлтүрүү (öltürüü) — to put to death
  • Laboya: haʼmate — to put to death
  • Lao: ຂ້າ (khā) — to put to death
  • Latgalian: nūsist — to put to death
  • Latgalian: nuoveit — to put to death
  • Latin: occīdō — to put to death
  • Latin: interficiō — to put to death
  • Latin: necō — to put to death
  • Latin: caedō — to put to death
  • Latin: concidō — to put to death
  • Latin: mortificō — to put to death
  • Latin: exanimō — to put to death
  • Latin: mactō — to put to death
  • Latin: lētō — to put to death
  • Latin: cōnsūmō — to put to death
  • Latin: dēiciō — to put to death
  • Latin: faciō morīre — to put to death
  • Latvian: nāvēt — to put to death
  • Latvian: nogalināt — to put to death
  • Lithuanian: žudyti — to put to death
  • Lombard: mazzà — to put to death
  • Lombard: massà — to put to death
  • Low German: doot maken — to put to death
  • : ᦃᦱᧉ (ẋaa2) — to put to death
  • Macedonian: убива (ubiva) — to put to death
  • Macedonian: убие (ubie) — to put to death
  • Malay: membunuh — to put to death
  • Malay: bunuh — to put to death
  • Malayalam: കൊല്ലുക (kolluka) — to put to death
  • Maltese: qatel — to put to death
  • Manchu: ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ (wambi) — to put to death
  • Mansaka: bono — to put to death
  • Mansaka: patay — to put to death
  • Māori: whakamate — to put to death
  • Māori: patu — to put to death
  • Maranao: bono' — to put to death
  • Marathi: मारणे (mārṇe) — to put to death
  • Marathi: हत्या करणे (hatyā karṇe) — to put to death
  • Minangkabau: bunuah — to put to death
  • Mizo: that — to put to death
  • Mon: ဂစိုတ် — to put to death
  • Mongolian: алах (alax) — to put to death
  • Nanai: ва- (wa-) — to put to death
  • Neapolitan: accidere — to put to death
  • Nepali: मार्नु (mārnu) — to put to death
  • Norman: tuer — to put to death
  • Norman: occi — to put to death
  • Norwegian: drepe — to put to death
  • Occitan: tuar — to put to death
  • Occitan: matar — to put to death
  • Occitan: aucir — to put to death
  • Odia: ମରେଇବା (mareibā) — to put to death
  • Northern Ohlone: meme — to put to death
  • Old English: ofslēan — to put to death
  • Ossetian: марын (maryn) — to put to death
  • Pali: ghāteti — to put to death
  • Pashto: قتلول (qatlawᶕl) — to put to death
  • Pashto: مړه کول (mṛǝ́kawǝ́l) — to put to death
  • Persian: کشتن (koštan) — to put to death
  • Plautdietsch: aufschaufen — to put to death
  • Plautdietsch: dootmoaken — to put to death
  • Polish: zabijać — to put to death
  • Polish: zabić — to put to death
  • Portuguese: matar — to put to death
  • Punjabi: ਮਾਰ ਸੁੱਟਣਾ (mār suṭṭaṇā) — to put to death
  • Quechua: wañuchiy — to put to death
  • Romanian: omorî — to put to death
  • Romanian: ucide — to put to death
  • Romanian: lua viața — to put to death
  • Romansh: mazzar — to put to death
  • Romansh: mazar — to put to death
  • Romansh: mazzer — to put to death
  • Russian: убива́ть (ubivátʹ) — to put to death
  • Russian: уби́ть (ubítʹ) — to put to death
  • Northern Sami: goddit — to put to death
  • Northern Sami: sorbmet — to put to death
  • Northern Sami: goddalit — to put to death
  • Samoan: fasioti — to put to death
  • Sanskrit: हन्ति (hanti) — to put to death
  • Sardinian: bochire — to put to death
  • Sardinian: bochíere — to put to death
  • Sardinian: buchíere — to put to death
  • Sardinian: ochídere — to put to death
  • Campidanese Sardinian: bocciri — to put to death
  • Sardinian: bocchire — to put to death
  • Sardinian: occhíere — to put to death
  • Sassarese: bocchire — to put to death
  • Scottish Gaelic: marbh — to put to death
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuir gu bàs — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: уби́јати — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀бити — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀смртити — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: поби́јати — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀бити — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: ликвиди́рати — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: ubíjati — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùbiti — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùsmrtiti — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: pobíjati — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòbiti — to put to death
  • Serbo-Croatian: likvidírati — to put to death
  • Shan: ၶႃႈ (khāa) — to put to death
  • Sherpa: བསད (bsad) — to put to death
  • Sinhalese: මරනවා (maranawā) — to put to death
  • Slovak: zabíjať — to put to death
  • Slovak: zabiť — to put to death
  • Slovene: ubijati — to put to death
  • Slovene: ubíti — to put to death
  • Lower Sorbian: wusmjerśiś — to put to death
  • Lower Sorbian: wusmjerśowaś — to put to death
  • Lower Sorbian: skóńcowaś — to put to death
  • Lower Sorbian: kóńcowaś — to put to death
  • Upper Sorbian: kóncować — to put to death
  • Upper Sorbian: skóncować — to put to death
  • Sotho: bolaya — to put to death
  • Spanish: matar — to put to death
  • Spanish: dar matarile — to put to death
  • Spanish: piliar — to put to death
  • Spanish: afrijolar — to put to death
  • Spanish: ñampiar — to put to death
  • Sranan Tongo: kiri — to put to death
  • Sumerian: 𒄮 (SÙR) — to put to death
  • Sumerian: 𒄤 (GAZ) — to put to death
  • Sundanese: telas — to put to death
  • Swahili: kuua — to put to death
  • Swedish: döda — to put to death
  • Swedish: dräpa — to put to death
  • Swedish: avliva — to put to death
  • Swedish: mörda — to put to death
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠞ (mar) — to put to death
  • Sylheti: ꠎꠛꠧ ꠇꠞ (zobo xor) — to put to death
  • Tagalog: patay — to put to death
  • Tagalog: patayin — to put to death
  • Tai Dam: ꪄ꫁ꪱ — to put to death
  • Tai Nüa: ᥑᥣᥲ (xàa) — to put to death
  • Tajik: куштан (kuštan) — to put to death
  • Tamil: கொல் (kol) — to put to death
  • Tangut: 𗜍 — to put to death
  • Tatar: үтерергә (üterergä) — to put to death
  • Tausug: bunu — to put to death
  • Telugu: చంపు (campu) — to put to death
  • Tetum: oho — to put to death
  • Thai: ฆ่า (kâa) — to put to death
  • Northern Thai: ᨡ᩶ᩣ — to put to death
  • Tibetan: གསོད (gsod) — to put to death
  • Tocharian B: kau- — to put to death
  • Tok Pisin: kilim — to put to death
  • Tongan: tāmate'i — to put to death
  • Tumbuka: kukoma — to put to death
  • Turkish: öldürmek — to put to death
  • Turkmen: öldürmek — to put to death
  • Tuvan: өлүрер (ölürer) — to put to death
  • Udmurt: виыны (viyny) — to put to death
  • Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎗𐎂 (hrg) — to put to death
  • Ukrainian: вбива́ти (vbyváty) — to put to death
  • Ukrainian: убива́ти (ubyváty) — to put to death
  • Ukrainian: вби́ти (vbýty) — to put to death
  • Ukrainian: уби́ти (ubýty) — to put to death
  • Urdu: مارنا (mārnā) — to put to death
  • Urdu: قتل کرنا (qatl karnā) — to put to death
  • Urdu: ہلاک کرنا (halāk karna) — to put to death
  • Urdu: مار ڈالنا (mār ḍālnā) — to put to death
  • Uyghur: ئۆلتۈرمەك (öltürmek) — to put to death
  • Uzbek: oʻldirmoq — to put to death
  • Venetan: copar — to put to death
  • Venetan: maẑar — to put to death
  • Venetan: masar — to put to death
  • Vietnamese: giết — to put to death
  • Volapük: deidön — to put to death
  • Walloon: touwer — to put to death
  • Welsh: lladd — to put to death
  • Yakut: өлөр (ölör) — to put to death
  • Yao (Africa): kuwulaga — to put to death
  • Yiddish: טייטן (teytn) — to put to death
  • Yiddish: אומברענגען (umbrengen) — to put to death
  • Yiddish: אַוועקהרגענען (avekhargenen) — to put to death
  • Yiddish: אַוועקלייגן (avekleygn) — to put to death
  • Yurok: sermertek' — to put to death
  • Zazaki: kışten — to put to death
  • Zealandic: doôddoeë — to put to death
  • Zhuang: gaj — to put to death
  • Bulgarian: спирам (spiram) — to render inoperative
  • Finnish: sammuttaa — to render inoperative
  • French: éteindre — to render inoperative
  • French: arrêter — to render inoperative
  • French: stopper — to render inoperative
  • German: abtöten — to render inoperative
  • Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — to render inoperative
  • Italian: distruggere — to render inoperative
  • Italian: annullare — to render inoperative
  • Italian: sopprimere — to render inoperative
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drepe — to render inoperative
  • Polish: zgasić — to render inoperative
  • Polish: zgaszać — to render inoperative
  • Romanian: opri — to render inoperative
  • Romanian: stopa — to render inoperative
  • Romanian: anula — to render inoperative
  • Russian: заглуша́ть (zaglušátʹ) — to render inoperative
  • Russian: заглуши́ть (zaglušítʹ) — to render inoperative
  • Russian: остана́вливать (ostanávlivatʹ) — to render inoperative
  • Russian: останови́ть (ostanovítʹ) — to render inoperative
  • Slovak: zastaviť — to render inoperative
  • Slovak: odstaviť — to render inoperative
  • Swedish: förstöra — to render inoperative
  • Swedish: inaktivera — to render inoperative
  • Bulgarian: спирам (spiram) — to render void
  • Danish: tilintetgøre — to render void
  • Finnish: tuhota — to render void
  • Finnish: tappaa — to render void
  • Finnish: raakata — to render void
  • French: mettre fin — to render void
  • German: zunichte machen — to render void
  • German: streichen — to render void
  • Greek: σκοτώνω (skotóno) — to render void
  • Italian: sopprimere — to render void
  • Italian: annullare — to render void
  • Lao: ຂ້າ (khā) — to render void
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilintetgjøre — to render void
  • Portuguese: acabar com — to render void
  • Russian: ликвиди́ровать (likvidírovatʹ) — to render void
  • Russian: отменя́ть (otmenjátʹ) — to render void
  • Russian: отмени́ть (otmenítʹ) — to render void
  • Russian: прекраща́ть (prekraščátʹ) — to render void
  • Russian: прекрати́ть (prekratítʹ) — to render void
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùbiti — to render void
  • Slovak: zabiť — to render void
  • Slovak: zastaviť — to render void
  • Swedish: eliminera — to render void
  • Swedish: förinta — to render void
  • Swedish: förstöra — to render void
  • Thai: ฆ่า (kâa) — to render void
  • Catalan: matar — to waste
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浪费 (làngfèi) — to waste
  • Danish: eliminere — to waste
  • Finnish: tappaa — to waste
  • Finnish: lopettaa — to waste
  • Georgian: ხარჯვა (xarǯva) — to waste
  • Georgian: დახარჯვა (daxarǯva) — to waste
  • German: totschlagen — to waste
  • German: alcohol) — to waste
  • Hindi: व्यर्थ खोना (vyarth khonā) — to waste
  • Irish: meil — to waste
  • Marathi: वाया जाने (vāyā jāne) — to waste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eliminere — to waste
  • Russian: тра́тить (trátitʹ) — to waste
  • Russian: потра́тить (potrátitʹ) — to waste
  • Russian: растра́чивать (rastráčivatʹ) — to waste
  • Russian: растра́тить (rastrátitʹ) — to waste
  • Russian: убива́ть — to waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùbiti — to waste
  • Slovak: zabiť — to waste
  • Slovak: zabíjať — to waste
  • Slovak: zlikvidovať — to waste
  • Slovak: likvidovať — to waste