| kill | (noun) the act of terminating a life | Synonyms: killing, putting to death |
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| (noun) the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile | - |
| (noun) the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal | - |
| (verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | Synonyms: obliterate, wipe out |
| (verb) destroy a vitally essential quality of or in | - |
| (verb) cause to cease operating | - |
| (verb) tire out completely | - |
| (verb) end or extinguish by forceful means | Synonyms: stamp out |
| (verb) drink down entirely | Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off |
| (verb) cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly | - |
| (verb) cause the death of, without intention | - |
| (verb) deprive of life | - |
| (verb) hit with great force | - |
| (verb) hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games | - |
| (verb) overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration | - |
| (verb) be the source of great pain for | - |
| (verb) thwart the passage of | Synonyms: defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out |
| (verb) be fatal | - |
| killable | (adjective) fit to kill, especially for food | - |
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| killdeer | (noun) American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | Synonyms: Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer plover |
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| killer | (noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
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| (noun) a difficulty that is hard to deal with | - |
| (noun) someone who causes the death of a person or animal | Synonyms: slayer |
| (noun) the causal agent resulting in death | Synonyms: cause of death |
| killifish | (noun) small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control | - |
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| killing | (adjective) very funny | Synonyms: sidesplitting |
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| (noun) the act of terminating a life | Synonyms: kill, putting to death |
| (noun) an event that causes someone to die | Synonyms: violent death |
| (noun) a very large profit | Synonyms: cleanup |
| killingly | (adverb) in a very humorous manner | Synonyms: sidesplittingly |
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| killjoy | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: party pooper, spoilsport, wet blanket |
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| lambkill | (noun) North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock | Synonyms: Kalmia angustifolia, pig laurel, sheep laurel |
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| overkill | (noun) any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal | - |
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| (noun) the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required | - |
| painkiller | (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne, pain pill |
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| roadkill | (noun) the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle | - |
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| semiskilled | (adjective) possessing or requiring limited skills | - |
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| skill | (noun) ability to produce solutions in some problem domain | Synonyms: science |
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| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment |
| skilled | (adjective) having or showing or requiring special skill | - |
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| skillessness | (noun) Lack of skill; ineptness. | - |
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| skillet | (noun) a pan used for frying foods | Synonyms: frying pan, frypan |
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| skilletfish | (noun) clingfish with typical skillet shape | Synonyms: Gobiesox strumosus, skillet fish |
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| skillful | (adjective) done with delicacy and skill | Synonyms: nice |
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| (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful |
| skillfully | (adverb) with skill | Synonyms: skilfully |
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| skillfulness | (noun) the state of being cognitively skillful | - |
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| skilly | (noun) a thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat) | - |
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| unskilled | (adjective) not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency | - |
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| (adjective) not doing a good job | Synonyms: incompetent |
| (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, amateurish, inexpert |
| unskillful | (adjective) poorly done | Synonyms: botchy, butcherly |
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| unskillfulness | (noun) a lack of cognitive skill | - |
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| weedkiller | (noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: herbicide, weed killer |
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