kill outright

kill outright

To kill (a person or animal) immediately or instantly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "kill" and "outright." The trap is designed to kill outright so as to cause as little pain to the animal as possible. The poison doesn't kill you outright. Instead, it slowly works its way through your body, causing organs to shut down as it goes. He was killed outright by the force of the impact.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

killed outright

killed immediately. The driver was killed outright in the accident. Twenty people were killed outright in the explosion.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • killed outright
  • outright
  • killed off
  • kill off
  • be in at the kill
  • kill one to warn a hundred
  • warn
  • have (some) time to kill
  • have time to kill
  • (one) will kill (someone)