Kill
Verb
UK
/kÉŞl/
US
/kÉŞl/
Definition
To cause death or to strongly affect something.
Example
"Consuming intoxicants can kill you slowly."
"The loud noise killed my focus and made it hard to study."
"They killed time by talking until the bus arrived at the station."
Explanation
Kill means to make a person, animal, or living thing die. For example, the hunter killed the deer. Sometimes the word is used in a non-literal way to mean something hurts or affects you strongly, like the smoke nearly killed my eyes, meaning it hurt a lot but did not truly kill. People also say kill time to mean to pass time while waiting. For example, they killed time by walking around the market while they waited.