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To disconnect (a user) forcibly from the network.
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To punish severely.

My parents are going to kill me!

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cool
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A kiln.

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A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.

The channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.
Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

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The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
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The result of killing; that which has been killed.

The fox dragged its kill back to its den.

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Specifically, the death blow.

The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.

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The act of killing.

The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.

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To cause to assume the value zero.
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To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
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To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.

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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.

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To force a company out of business.
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To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.

The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.

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To exert an overwhelming effect on.

Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.
Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore.

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To use up or to waste.

I'm just doing this to kill time.
He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle."

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To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad.
It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.

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To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.

That night, she was dressed to kill.
That joke always kills me.

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To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.

The editor decided to kill the story.
The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.

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To render inoperative.

He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
Kirk Douglas, (actor, as Peter), The Fury (1978):
Peter: Ask Childers if it was worth his arm.
Policeman: What did you do to his arm, Peter?
Peter: I killed it, with a machine gun.

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To invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).

Shakespeare killed Romeo and Juliet for drama.

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