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killing (ˈkɪlɪŋ Pronunciation for killing ) 

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noun

  1. Töten neuter noun, Tötung feminine noun ⇒ three more killings in Belfast drei weitere Morde in Belfast
  2. (figurative) to make a killing einen Riesengewinn machen

kill (kɪl Pronunciation for kill ) 

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transitive verb

    1. (literal, figurative) töten
    2. (literal) [shock also] umbringen
      1. feelings, love etc also zerstören
      2. (hunting) erlegen
      3. pain beseitigen
      4. weeds, hopes vernichten
      5. taste, performance verderben
     ⇒ to be killed in action fallen ⇒ to be killed in battle/in the war im Kampf/Krieg fallen ⇒ her brother was killed in a car accident ihr Bruder ist bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen ⇒ how many were killed? wie viel Todesopfer gab es? ⇒ she killed herself sie brachte sich um ⇒ many people were killed by the plague viele Menschen sind der Pest zum Opfer gefallen ⇒ she was killed with a knife sie wurde (mit einem Messer) erstochen ⇒ I'll kill him! (also figurative) den bring ich um (informal) ⇒ to kill time die Zeit totschlagen ⇒ we have two hours to kill wir haben noch zwei Stunden übrig

    to kill two birds with one stone zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen

     ⇒ she was killing herself (laughing) (informal) sie hat sich totgelacht or kaputtgelacht (informal) ⇒ a few more weeks won't kill you (informal) noch ein paar Wochen bringen dich nicht um (informal) ⇒ my feet are killing me (informal) mir brennen die Füße ⇒ I'll do it (even) if it kills me (informal) ich mache es, und wenn es mich umbringt (informal)
    1. parliamentary bill, proposal zu Fall bringen
    2. project zum Scheitern bringen
  3. sound schlucken
  4. (technical)
    1. engine etc abschalten, ausschalten

intransitive verb

  1. töten ⇒ cigarettes can kill Zigaretten können tödlich sein

noun

  1. the wolves gathered round for the kill die Wölfe kreisten die Beute ein, um sie zu erlegen ⇒ to be in at the kill (figurative) den Schlussakt miterleben ⇒ to move or close in for the kill (figurative) zum entscheidenden Schlag ausholen
  2. (hunting, etc.
    1. (= animals killed) Beute feminine noun

Similar Words

= slay, murder, execute, slaughter, destroy, waste, do in, take out, massacre, butcher, wipe out, dispatch, cut down, erase, assassinate, eradicate, whack, do away with, blow away, obliterate, knock off, liquidate, decimate, annihilate, neutralize, exterminate, terminate, croak, mow down, take (someone's) life, bump off, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth
= destroy, defeat, crush, scotch, still, stop, total, ruin, halt, cancel, wreck, shatter, veto, suppress, dismantle, stifle, trash, ravage, eradicate, smother, quash, quell, extinguish, annihilate, put paid to
= deaden, reduce, check, dull, diminish, weaken, cushion, suppress, blunt, mute, stifle, paralyse, numb, lessen, alleviate, smother, dampen, muffle, abate, quieten, anaesthetize, benumb
= hurt, burn, smart, sting, ache, throb, be uncomfortable, be tender, be sore
= pass, spend, fill, waste, occupy, use up, while away
= switch off, cut, stop, cut off, put out, shut down, turn off, extinguish
= killing, murder, massacre, slaughter, execution, dispatch, slaying, bloodshed, carnage, extermination, butchery

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