Tra từ kill - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

kill [kill kills killed killing] verb, noun BrE [kɪl] NAmE [kɪl]
verb
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sb/sth/yourself) to make sb/sth die
• Cancer kills thousands of people every year.
• Three people were killed in the crash.
•He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills.
•I bought a spray to kill the weeds.
• (informal)My mother will kill me (= be very angry with me) when she finds out.
•Don't kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait.
•I nearly killed myself carrying that suitcase all the way here.
•Tiredness while driving can kill.
2. transitive ~ sth to destroy or spoil sth or make it stop
•to kill a rumour
•Do you agree that television kills conversation?
•The defeat last night killed the team's chances of qualifying.
3. transitive ~ sb | it kills sb to do sth (informal) (usually used in the progressive tenses and not used in the passive)to cause sb pain or suffering
•My feet are killing me.
4. transitive ~ sb (NAmE)to make sb laugh a lot
•Stop it! You're killing me!
more at curiosity killed the cat at ↑curiosity, dressed to kill at ↑dressed, if looks could kill at ↑look _n., have time on your hands at ↑time _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘strike, beat’, also ‘put to death’): probably of Germanic origin and related to ↑quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow.

Thesaurus:
kill verb T, I
•Two boys were killed in the crash.
murder • • execute • • assassinate • • shoot • |informal take sb/sth out • • finish sb/sth off • |informal, humorous bump sb off • |formal eliminate • |especially AmE, especially journalism slay •
kill/murder/assassinate/shoot sb in cold blood
brutally kill/murder/slay sb

Example Bank:
•Dad's going to kill me when he finds out.
•He admitted killing her but said it was unintentional.
•He has fought more than fifty bulls, killing three outright.
•He knew they meant to kill him.
•I don't believe that he intentionally killed her.
•It must have been really awful to make her kill herself.
•The animals are killed quickly and humanely.
•The inquest concluded that he was unlawfully killed.
•The militias are systematically killing and raping civilians.
•The poison was slowly killing her.
•The terrorists had shown their willingness to kill indiscriminately.
•Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident.
•There were reports of people brutally killed.
•They are quite prepared to kill to achieve their ends.
•They plotted to kill the dictator.
•What if they really do plan to kill us?
•his trial for allegedly killing his wife
•soldiers killed in battle
•the camp guards who tortured and eventually killed her
•the number of people needlessly killed by hospital infections
•Excessive tiredness while driving can kill.
Idioms: kill an hour/a couple of hours ▪ ↑kill or cure ▪ ↑kill somebody with kindness ▪ ↑kill the goose that lays the golden egg ▪ ↑kill time ▪ ↑kill two birds with one stone ▪ ↑kill yourself laughing
Derived: ↑kill somebody off

noun usually singular
1. an act of killing, especially when an animal is hunted or killed
•A cat often plays with a mouse before the kill.
•The plane prepared to move in for the kill.
•I was in at the kill when she finally lost her job (= present at the end of an unpleasant process).
2. an animal that has been hunted and killed
•lions feeding on their kill

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘strike, beat’, also ‘put to death’): probably of Germanic origin and related to ↑quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow.

Example Bank:
•I didn't even see the fox, let alone be in at the kill.
•The animal crouched down, getting ready for the kill.
•The hunters moved in for the kill.
•The lion made a quick kill.
•The meat is divided up among all those present at the kill.
•the worst fish kill in recorded history
•vultures sensing a fresh kill