Killed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Killed} (k[i^]ld); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Killing}.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill,
     strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf.
     {Quell}), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the
     head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to
     kill with the ax.]


     1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
        by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
        slay.
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              Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
        the sale of a book. "To kill thine honor." --Shak.
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              Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
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     3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
        seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new
        sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.
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              Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
              You see, is killed in him.            --Shak.
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     4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
        as, alkali kills acid.
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     5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time;
        as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.
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     6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article,
        etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the
        article after getting threats of a lawsuit.
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     {To kill time}, to busy one's self with something which
        occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without
        tediousness.
  
     Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To
          {Kill}, {Murder}, {Assassinate}. To kill does not
          necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man
          may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without
          the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with
          malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is
          to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
          without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
          assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
          murders.