Definition of k-kill in English English dictionary
- bottom kill
- a method of closing an oil well, by drilling a relief well to the bottom of the borehole of the blown-out well, and pumping in heavy drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to counteract oil pressure and staunch the flow, then filling in the orifice to the oil reservoir with concrete (cement) sealing the blow-out and the relief wells
- catastrophic kill
- Damage inflicted on a vehicle by a weapon that renders it both unusable and unrepairable. Typically a catastrophic kill results in the ignition of any fuel the vehicle may be carrying as well as the detonation of its ammunition resulting in an explosion. A catastrophic kill does not preclude the survival of the vehicle's crew, for example the crew of an aircraft might bail out or eject
- dress to kill
- To dress up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex)
- firepower kill
- Tanks and other armoured vehicles that have their guns or missile system damaged under fire; when damaged, vents open to channel ignited propellants and explosives away from the crew cabin. The firepower-killed tank can then return to a maintenance center with its crew intact
- firepower kill
- The damage inflicted by a weapon on a vehicle that destroys its weapon systems, or substantially reduces its ability to deliver weapons accurately
- if looks could kill
- Used to characterize a look of strong hostility
- in for the kill
- Intending to kill or destroy someone or something
If you go hunting and want to bring something back to eat, you have to be in for the kill.
- in for the kill
- In a manner intending to kill or destroy someone or something
After bashing up his victim, the murderer went in for the kill.
- kill
- To punish severely
My parents are going to kill me!.
- kill
- To produce intense pain
You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.
- kill
- To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate
That joke always kills me.
- kill
- A creek; a body of water
- kill
- The result of killing; that which has been killed
The fox dragged its kill back to its den.
- kill
- To use up or to waste
I'm just doing this to kill time.
- kill
- To exert an overwhelming effect on; to annihilate
Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore.
- kill
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- kill
- To render inoperative
He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
- kill
- To stop, cease, or render void
The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
- kill
- To force a company out of business
- kill
- To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion
It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country and yet rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.
- kill
- Specifically, the death blow
The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.
- kill
- The act of killing
The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.
- kill
- To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat
The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
- kill
- To put to death; to extinguish the life of
There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.
- kill file
- A file in which individual users of newsgroups can ignore postings by certain other users, or postings that match certain criteria
- kill files
- plural form of kill file
- kill off
- To eliminate, or make extinct
The writers are killing off lots of people in the soap opera.
- kill screen
- A level in a computer game that is impossible to win, usually due to programming errors
- kill switch
- A security measure used to switch off a device in an emergency
- kill the fatted calf
- To begin a festive celebration and rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- To seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit
- kill the messenger
- To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it
I know you won't like this news, but please don't kill the messenger.
- kill the rabbit
- : To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test
What about her? She killed the rabbit..
- kill time
- To spend time doing nothing in particular in order that it seems to pass more quickly
She had nothing better to do, so she went to the bowling alley to kill time.
- kill two birds with one stone
- To solve two problems with one single action
Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight.
- mission kill
- An attack or damage inflicted by a weapon that does not destroy a military vehicle but results in it taking no further part in its intended mission
- mobility kill
- The damage inflicted by a weapon on a vehicle that immobilises it, but does not totally destroy it, leaving the vehicle's crew able to use its weapons. Typically this term is used to refer to tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles that have their engines, tracks, or running gear damaged
- penalty kill
- A period during the game, when a team has one or more players in the penalty box
- static kill
- a method of closing an oil well, in which the blowout preventer has been tripped and has closed off oil flow; by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) through the blowout preventer down the borehole, to push down the artesian oil to contain the oil in its reservoir, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole
- time to kill
- A period during which one has no responsibilities to fulfill, often while waiting for some event or outcome, and therefore must find some activity to partake in to prevent boredom
- top kill
- a method of closing an oil well, by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to shut off the flow of oil, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole
- winter-kill
- To kill by the effects of wintery conditions
The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation.
- winter-kill
- To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions
- kill
- {n} a kiln
- kill
- {v} to deprive of life, to detroy
- be in at the kill
- (deyim) Watching or taking part, usually with pleasure, at the end of a struggle; present at the finish
Frank and John have been quarreling for a long time and tonight they are having a fight. Bill says he wants to be in at the kill, because he is Frank's friend.
- m-kill
- An M-kill (or mobility kill) in armoured warfare refers to damage inflicted by a weapon on a vehicle that immobilises it, but does not totally destroy it, leaving the vehicle's crew able to use its weapons. Typically this term is used to refer to tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles that have their engines, tracks, or running gear damaged. Because of the mobile nature of modern warfare, such a vehicle is often effectively useless on the battlefield, but it may be salvaged, repaired, and brought back into action quickly
- mobility kill
- A mobility kill (or M-kill) in armoured warfare refers to damage inflicted by a weapon on a vehicle that immobilises it, but does not totally destroy it, leaving the vehicle's crew able to use its weapons. Typically this term is used to refer to tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles that have their engines, tracks, or running gear damaged. Because of the mobile nature of modern warfare, such a vehicle is often effectively useless on the battlefield, but it may be salvaged, repaired, and brought back into action quickly
- It won't kill you
- it will not hurt you, it is not all that bad
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- a novel by the US writer Harper Lee, which was later made into a film. The story is set in the southern US state of Alabama and is about a white lawyer, Atticus Finch, who defends a black man who has been charged with the rape of a white woman. The story deals with racial prejudice, and especially with the effect it has on children (1960)
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- {i} novel written by Harper Lee in 1960 which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961about racial prejudice and adult injustice in a small Alabama town; 1962 movie based on the novel
- don't kill the goose that lays golden eggs
- do not ruin a good thing by being overly desirous
- dress to kill
- {f} wear glamorous clothes to make a fascinating impression
- dressed to kill
- dressed very well, wearing very nice clothing
- formidable kill-power
- ability to cause great death and destruction
- hit-to-kill technology
- technology that allows precise targeting and striking (with weapons)
- kill
- {i} slaughtering; hunting; prey; command on nickserv applied to a specific name which prevents another person from entering under the same name (Internet)
- kill
- cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
- kill
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
- kill
- n an attacked ball that strikes the floor or lands out of bounds after touching an opponent
- kill
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" 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" cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" hit with great force; "He killed the ball" hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills
- kill
- end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
- kill
- A "kill" game is one in which a player may place an extra bet, causing the betting limits to go up for just that hand The player posting the bet is the "killer," and the hand is considered a "kill pot " The player is said to have "killed the pot" for the amount of the kill The exact details depend on the local rules and on the game As examples, here are the rules for three kill games I've played in (all in San Diego) In the kill hold'em game, any player who wins two pots in a row is required to kill by posting a blind small bet on the subsequent hand, with the limits doubled for that hand In a kill high-low split game, any player who scooped a pot larger than a certain size was required to kill the subsequent pot And in a draw game, any player could kill any pot for an arbitrary amount after looking at their first two cards These are just examples, the details vary from cardroom to cardroom
- kill
- emphasis If you say that you will kill someone for something they have done, you are emphasizing that you are extremely angry with them. Tell Richard I'm going to kill him when I get hold of him
- 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"
- kill
- If you say that something is killing you, you mean that it is causing you physical or emotional pain. My feet are killing me
- kill
- To overpower or overwhelm
- kill
- tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
- kill
- terminate process(es)
- kill
- an attacked ball that strikes the floor or lands out of bounds after touching an opponent
- kill
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
- kill
- v t diminish or eliminate heat or drawing power There are a variety of ways to do this, but mostly it is done by having a wrestler do too many jobs A house can be killed by too many screw-job endings
- kill
- To defeat in SCA combat Requires a blow to the head or body hard enough to have been disabling with a real weapon of the type used, against armor consisting of iron mail with padding and an iron helm The helm is in some places regarded as an open-faced Norman helm with a nasal, and in others as a closed pot helm
- kill
- (v ) To terminate a process before it reaches its natural conclusion
- kill
- If a person, animal, or other living thing is killed, something or someone causes them to die. More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces He had attempted to kill himself on several occasions The earthquake killed 62 people Heroin can kill. + killing kill·ing There is tension in the region following the killing of seven civilians
- kill
- The act of killing an animal after hunting it is referred to as the kill. After the kill the men and old women collect in an open space and eat a meal of whale meat
- kill
- To hit the ball hard into an area where the opponent can't reach it See smash
- kill
- To tell off severely
- kill
- An action that can be taken in Usenet to exclude certain words, phrases, subjects, or even specific individual posters, from the list of messages displayed on your screen
- kill
- Stopping the bounce of the trampoline (Opposite of Kip)
- 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"
- kill
- {f} murder; destroy; neutralize; waste; frustrate, thwart; cancel an operation, stop a procedure, end a task in a multitasking operating system (Computers); prevent the display of a message on the Internet which contains a certain term (Computers)
- kill
- To overcome formation pressure with heavier fluids Allowing work to be done on the well
- kill
- cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
- kill
- If you move in for the kill or if you close in for the kill, you take advantage of a changed situation in order to do something that you have been preparing to do. Seeing his chance, Dennis moved in for the kill
- kill
- An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey
- kill
- To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay
- kill
- If you are killing time, you are doing something because you have some time available, not because you really want to do it. I'm just killing time until I can talk to the other witnesses To kill the hours while she waited, Ann worked in the garden
- kill
- Fast, downward shot that cannot be returned; a "putaway " Let - A legitimate cessation of play to allow a rally to be replayed Long Service Line - In singles, the back boundary line 1n doubles a line 2 l/2 feet inside the back boundary line The serve may not go past this line
- kill
- If something kills pain, it weakens it so that it is no longer as strong as it was. He was forced to take opium to kill the pain
- kill
- kiln, stove or oven for drying malt, etc
- kill
- A game in which a player may place an extra bet, causing the betting limits to go up for just that hand The player posting the bet is the "killer," and the hand is considered a "kill pot " The player is said to have "killed the pot" for the amount of the kill If one player wins two pots in a row in a kill Texas Hold'em game, he is required to kill by posting a blind small bet on the next hand, with the limits doubled for that hand
- kill
- This forces a process to die, terminate, exit, or stop processing There are flags that can be passed to the kill commands that allows the process to exit gracefully or die hard without warning
- kill
- Diminish or eliminate heat or drawing power There are a variety of ways to do this, but mostly it is done by having a wrestler do too many jobs A house can be killed by too many screw-job endings
- kill
- To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind
- kill
- be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"
- kill
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
- kill
- To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book
- kill
- 1 Slang: to make a hand, such as dummy, unusable through lack of an entry; 2 Slang: to overtake, in order to prevent from winning the trick; 3 Slang: to defeat, generally the contract
- kill
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"
- kill
- A UNIX shell command that prevents program closure or initiation The command blocks a signal from being sent to a script
- kill
- emphasis If you say that you kill yourself to do something, you are emphasizing that you make a great effort to do it, even though it causes you a lot of trouble or suffering. You shouldn't always have to kill yourself to do well
- kill
- be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
- kill
- be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills
- kill
- to kill two birds with one stone: see bird dressed to kill: see dressed to be killed outright: see outright
- kill
- A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc
- kill
- n an attacked ball that strikes the floor or lands out of bounds after touching an opponent 扣çƒæˆçƒ (çƒç›´æŽ¥è½å…¥å°æ–¹å ´å€æˆ–打手出界)。
- kill
- a method of removing an offensive player from a virtual world Done through advanced use of the technology, usually by an Oracle or Wizard
- kill
- The @ character in terminal input "kills" the whole line typed, back to the left margin in edited input mode (The kill character was ? in CTSS ) (See erase)
- kill
- If someone or something kills a project, activity, or idea, they completely destroy or end it. His objective was to kill the space station project altogether Kill off means the same as kill. He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off
- kill
- emphasis If you say that you killed yourself laughing, you are emphasizing that you laughed a lot because you thought something was extremely funny
- kill
- v t To create a vacancy without nominating a successor
- kill
- the act of terminating a life
- kill
- To terminate a process
- kill
- If you say that something will not kill you, you mean that it is not really as difficult or unpleasant as it might seem. Three or four more weeks won't kill me!
- kill
- thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
- kill
- deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
- kill
- To put to death; to extinguish life
- kill
- hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
- kill
- To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid
- kill
- emphasis If you say that you will do something if it kills you, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it even though it is extremely difficult or painful. I'll make this marriage work if it kills me
- kill
- fast downward shot that cannot be returned; a "putaway"
- kill
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
- kill by inches
- kill slowly, kill in phases
- kill file
- message filter, list of unwanted key words for Internet messages, list of expressions so that messages containing these expressions will not be displayed
- kill in a shootout
- kill during an exchange of gunfire, murder during a gunfight
- kill joy
- person that spoils other people's enjoyment
- kill off
- kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
- kill off
- If you say that a group or an amount of something has been killed off, you mean that all of them or all of it have been killed or destroyed. Their natural predators have been killed off It is an effective treatment for the bacteria and does kill it off All blood products are now heat treated to kill off any infection
- kill off
- destroy, put an end to
- kill off
- see kill 3
- kill oneself
- strain oneself more than is healthy
- kill or be killed
- one must protect oneself, it is preferable to kill someone instead of allowing them to kill you
- kill shot
- A shot in various games, especially racquet games, that is so forcefully hit or perfectly placed that it cannot be returned
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- {f} destroy something that is very profitable through greed or stupidity; ruin something that makes a lot of money
- kill time
- pass the time
- kill two birds with one stone
- accomplish two things at once
- kill two birds with one stroke
- kill two birds with one stone, attain two things at the same time
- kill zone
- an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
- thou shalt not kill
- you will not murder
- urge to kill
- compulsion to murder