To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
Etymology:
- From Middle English killen, kyllen, cüllen, possibly a variant of Old English cwellan ), or from Old Norse kolla, Middle Dutch kollen, Icelandic kollur, see coll, cole ). Compare also Middle Dutch killen, kellen, Middle Low German killen, Middle High German kellen.
- From Old High German kuoli, from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz. Cognate with German kühl, English cool, Dutch koel, Low German kool.
- From Proto-Samic *kielë.
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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.
Submitted on July 07, 2010
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