Definition of kills

"kills" in the noun sense

1. killing, kill, putting to death

the act of terminating a life

2. kill

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

"the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

3. kill

the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal

"kills" in the verb sense

1. kill

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"

2. kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out

thwart the passage of

"kill a motion"

"he shot down the student's proposal"

3. stamp out, kill

end or extinguish by forceful means

"Stamp out poverty!"

4. kill

be fatal

"cigarettes kill"

"drunken driving kills"

5. kill

be the source of great pain for

"These new shoes are killing me!"

6. kill

overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration

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

7. kill

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

"She killed the ball"

8. kill

hit with great force

"He killed the ball"

9. kill

deprive of life

"AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"

10. kill

cause the death of, without intention

"She was killed in the collision of three cars"

11. toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill

drink down entirely

"He downed three martinis before dinner"

"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"

"They popped a few beer after work"

12. kill, obliterate, wipe out

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

"kill these lines in the President's speech"

13. kill

tire out completely

"The daily stress of her work is killing her"

14. kill

cause to cease operating

"kill the engine"

15. kill

destroy a vitally essential quality of or in

"Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

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Quotations for kills

Fancy kills and fancy cures. [ Scotch Proverb ]

Perseverance kills the game. [ Gorloeus ]

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills. [ Joseph Roux ]

Gluttony kills more than the sword. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A bad wound heals; a bad name kills. [ Proverb ]

A golden dart kills where it pleases. [ Proverb ]

The ape hugs her darling till she kills it. [ Proverb ]

Sudden joy kills sooner than excessive grief. [ Proverb ]

He kills a man, that saves not his life when he can. [ Proverb ]

Trust not the treason of those smiling looks.
Until ye have their guileful trains well tried;
For they are like but unto golden hooks.
That from the foolish fish their baits do hide:
So she with flattering smiles weak hearts doth guide
Unto her love, and tempt to their decay;
Whom, being caught, she kills with cruel pride,
And feeds at pleasure on the wretched prey. [ Spenser ]

Water breeds frogs in the belly; but wine kills worms. [ Proverb ]

A short absence quickens love, a long absence kills it. [ Mirabeau ]

Love is as mad as Ajax, it kills sheep, so it kills me. [ Proverb ]

He who kills the father and leaves the children is a fool. [ Proverb ]

The fear that kills, and hope that is unwilling to be fed. [ Wordsworth ]

He who kills a lion when absent, fears a mouse when present. [ Proverb ]

Hunger scarce kills any, but gluttony and drunkenness multitudes. [ Proverb ]

Love is a disease that kills nobody, but one whose time has come. [ Marguerite de Valois ]

He that kills a man when he is drunk, must be hanged when he is sober. [ Proverb ]

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks, for it kills the giant Despair. [ Douglas Jerrold ]

All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them. [ Aime-Martin ]

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again. [ South ]

As good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself. [ Milton ]

Procrastination has been called a thief, - the thief of time. I wish it were no worse than a thief. It is a murderer; and that which it kills is not time merely, but the immortal soul. [ Nevins ]

Government is a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing over-much kills the self-help and energy of the governed. [ Wendell Phillips ]

A broken heart is a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined, and would have a fair title to a place in the bills of mortality, did it not differ in one instance from all other diseases, namely, that no physicians can cure it. [ Fielding ]

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices. [ Beecher ]

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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kills in Words With Friends™

The word kills is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of kills

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Word Growth involving kills

Shorter words in kills

ill ills

ill kill

Longer words containing kills

outkills

overkills

roadkills

skills deskills

skills lifeskills

skills reskills

skills subskills

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