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(1):

(v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.

(2):

(v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.

(3):

(v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

(4):

(n.) An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

(5):

(n.) A kiln.

(6):

(n.) The act of killing.

(7):

(n.) A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; - used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

(8):

(v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Kill'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​k/kill.html. 1828.
 
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