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Killed

Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed (k[i^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Killing.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.]

  1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.

    Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
    --Shak.

  2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.''
    --Shak.

    Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares.
    --Shak.

  3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.

    Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see, is killed in him.
    --Shak.

  4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

  5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time; as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.

  6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article, etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the article after getting threats of a lawsuit.

    To kill time, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.

    Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders.

Wiktionary
killed
  1. (context metallurgy of steel English) deoxidized v

  2. (en-past of: kill)

Usage examples of "killed".

Had he been the victim, he would have tracked the rabble down and killed them, but not so this forgiving youngster.

My Uncle Raxor once told me that you killed twelve men in the battle of Redthorn, even after he had called retreat.

Though he had killed Jitendra, there was still a chance to save Cassandra.

Protestors to his ascension were quickly killed by the other surviving soldiers of Hanging Man, who were all too eager to avenge their defeat, even on innocent countrymen.

He had already known the story of King Mor, and how Akeela had killed him.

Grak had been honest enough to warn them that they might be killed on sight.

It would be good to take a bath, just one at least before Kadar killed him.

He was a boy, the tale went, who had killed an English officer behind their lines and made his escape with a couple of redcoats in hot pursuit.

World War II, the priest who killed himself in our orchard so long ago.

Ostia, where he had been killed, where another basilica would be built.

I mentioned to either of them the silvery-haired man, the priest, who had killed Val and tried to kill me?

Well, he was killed in Brittany, walking along a country road, hit-and-run in a rainstorm.

We have enough to worry about without Ben Driskill in Egypt irritating the people who may have killed his sister.

Brother Christos had been killed and they had all been betrayed and Simon had sent him away in order to save him.

Maybe he really had been killed by a maniac, maybe there was no connection to any of my troubles, and maybe the moon was made of green cheese.