to deprive (somebody or something) of life
to put an end to
to destroy or neutralize the effect of
to put an end to (something)
It killed her hopes of becoming a doctor
to defeat or veto (e.g. a bill)
to destroy the vital, active, or essential quality of (something)
kill the pain with drugs
to spoil, subdue, or neutralize the effect of (something)
That colour kills the room
to pass or occupy (time), e.g. while waiting
to hit (a shot) so hard in a racket game that a return is impossible
in football, etc, to stop or control (the ball)
informal
to cause (e.g. an engine) to stop
to turn off (e.g. lights)
informal
to cause extreme pain to (somebody)
My feet are killing me
to exhaust (somebody) almost to the point of collapse
Don't kill yourself to meet the deadline
to overwhelm
informal to overwhelm (somebody), e.g. with amusement
in journalism, to discard or abandon further investigation of (a story)
to destroy life
to destroy a regular source of income or profit, esp by using it too much
[from a Greek fable in which the owner of a goose that laid golden eggs killed the bird to get at the gold inside it]to deal with two matters simultaneously by with the same means