kill

Definition for kill

verb as in deprive of existence; destroy

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assassinate, drown, execute, get, hit, massacre, murder, poison, slaughter, slay, wipe out

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annihilate, asphyxiate, crucify, dispatch, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, guillotine, hang, immolate, liquidate, lynch, neutralize, obliterate, off, sacrifice, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste, zap

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do away with, do in, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out

verb as in turn off; cancel

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stop

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annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, smother, stifle, still, suppress, veto

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shut off, turn out, X out

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Three men were later killed in Moscow, and more injured, following what was described as the largest drone attack of the conflict on the Russian capital.

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This triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

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The attack in October 2023 by Hamas fighters from Gaza killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, inside Israel and saw 251 people taken hostage.

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The US and Ukrainian teams met after overnight drone attacks killed at least three people in Moscow - which Russia said showed Ukraine had rejected using diplomacy to end the war.

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The violence escalated on Thursday, after 13 security personnel were killed in an ambush by gunmen in the coastal town of Jableh.

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