KILLS Synonyms: 286 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of kill

as in destroys

to deprive of life during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else

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as in dismisses

to reject by or as if by a vote the Senate killed the bill by a single vote

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as in deletes

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it

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stets

as in wears

to use up all the physical energy of the long hike up the mountain just about killed us

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as in fascinates

to attract or delight as if by magic with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies

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as in deactivates

to cause to stop functioning kill the engine before it overheats

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kills

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noun

plural of kill

as in victims

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Russian barrage kills a 21-year-old woman The Russian nighttime barrage hit 28 substations and other crucial energy facilities, depriving more than half a million people of electricity, heat and running water, Zelensky said on social media. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 How to make a watch party interactive Dead air during commercials kills the mood fast. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Measles usually kills two or three people in every 1,000 cases, the WHO says, but the disease can be more deadly in poorer nations because of factors such as malnutrition. — Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Back in the real world, Vision is working at the bar when a sniper’s bullet abruptly kills Fiona. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 When an unplanned blast kills a boy from the village, the elders take advance compensation to keep the peace. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Moments later, MacKinney storms in, kills one of Colum’s guards, and orders his men to round up the castle’s women and sequester them in the chapel. — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Other competitors will likely put up barriers, which kills the fun of having AI at your beck and call. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026 But if the court kills Boulder’s case, that could doom the others, handing a major victory to oil companies. — New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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Texas picked it up in the second half and finished with 37 deflections and four kills — a kill represents three consecutive defensive stops — to stymie a Bulldogs team that had won four of its last five games on the road. — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2026 Cos-Okpalla clinched three of the last five points for Texas A&M with two kills and an assisted block, including a final kill over the middle for match point. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025 Pugh then scored on back-to-back kills later in the set, scored on a block and scored on a kill for the final point of the set. — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025 Harris had two kills during a 5-1 run that closed out the first game and a kill, block and ace during a comeback in the second game. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025

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Unlike a measurement that absorbs or destroys the photons, this method can extract information while preserving the photons themselves.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Raking or shredding those leaves destroys the next generation.

— Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

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If your team is afraid to name real weaknesses, or if leadership dismisses uncomfortable truths, the analysis won’t do what it’s meant to do.

— Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wears his faith on his sleeve and shares it in legal opinions and threatening missives on state letterhead.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Protection wears with use, so consumers can refresh it on a later visit.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of wears

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The man looks down almost immediately after the light turns on when the light deactivates.

— Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
This higher temperature darkens the paste, slightly caramelizes the sugar, and deactivates enzymes that would otherwise break down pectin, resulting in a thicker, more cooked-tasting product.

— Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026

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The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the victims as 21-year-old Leah Fonte and 21-year-old Shane Hirstius, who were engaged.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has begun notifying victims impacted by a recent data breach of driver’s license and motor vehicle data, but not everyone whose information was stolen will receive an alert.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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With an extensive selection of washes, silhouettes, and sizes, there’s a style for just about everyone.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026
Robot vacuums have been cleaning carpets for 20-plus years, but the Robotin R2 Pro, out this fall, washes and dries them.

— Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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