kill

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kill

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.

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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Submitted on July 07, 2010

kill	To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
kill	To invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).
kill	To render inoperative.
kill	To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
kill	To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
kill	To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
kill	To use up or to waste.
kill	To exert an overwhelming effect on.
kill	To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
kill	To force a company out of business.
kill	To produce intense pain.
kill	To punish severely.
kill	To cause to assume the value zero.
kill	To disconnect (a user) forcibly from the network.
kill	The act of killing.
kill	Specifically, the death blow.
kill	The result of killing; that which has been killed.
kill	The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
kill	A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
kill	A kiln.
kill	Not
kill	cool

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