Legal Definition and Related Resources of Kill
Verb: To cause death. To put an end to something, as to “kill” a bill in the legislature.
Meaning of Kill
To deprive of life any person or animal.
Kill Alternative Definition
(1) A Dutch word, meaning the channel or bed of a stream. Sometimes applied to the stream itself. 1 Copst. (N. Y.) 107.
(2) An Irish word, meaning church or cemetery. Enc. Lond.
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Synonyms of Kill
(Defeat), verb
- abolish
- abrogate
- annul
- arrest
- beat
- block
- cancel
- check
- conficere
- counteract
- crush
- destroy
- devitalize
- dispatch
- extinguish
- interficere
- invalidate
- nullify
- overthrow
- overturn
- prevail over
- put down
- quashquell
- repress
- repulse
- revoke
- squash
- stop
- surmount
- tnwart
- triumph
- trucidare
- upset
- vanquish
- Associated Concepts: kill a legislative bill
(Murder), verb
- assassinate
- conficere
- deprive of life
- destroy
- dispatch
- execute
- exterminate
- injure fatally
- interficere
- liquidate
- massacre
- occidere
- put to death
- slaughter
- slay
- smite
- Associated Concepts: deliberate killing
- intent to kill
- justifiable killing
- malicious killing
- premeditated killing
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See Also
- Defense
- Homicid: Wanton
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