| 词组 | kill |
| 释义 | kill /kɪl/ verb to make someone dienounskill a man/woman/person Police officers shot and killed a man in Los Angeles. | A bomb exploded, killing five people.kill an animal/insect/plant I believe it is wrong to kill any animal.kill germs/bacteria/cancer cells If you boil the water it will kill all the bacteria.kill yourself She tried to kill herself by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets.adverbsdeliberately/accidentally kill sb He accidentally killed one of his patients by giving them the wrong medicine.slowly kill sb The disease was slowly killing him.kill sb/sth humanely (=in a way that does not cause unnecessary suffering) Does it matter if a murderer is killed humanely?kill sb unlawfully formal (=illegally) The journalist was unlawfully killed by US troops.be tragically killed (=used when this is very sad) His son was tragically killed in a plane crash.be killed instantly (=immediately) The driver of the car was killed instantly.be needlessly killed (=in a way that is unnecessary) Our soldiers are being needlessly killed, in a war which cannot be won.kill (sb) indiscriminately formal (=without caring which person dies) The terrorists kill indiscriminately.Be killedKill is often used in the passive, when saying that someone dies: One soldier was killed and another seriously injured.THESAURUS: kill murder to deliberately kill someone – used when talking about this as a crime: He was found guilty of murdering his wife. | Watson was brutally murdered by robbers in his own home. assassinatepresident | prime minister | king | leader | politician | judge to deliberately kill an important person: The president was assassinated on 22 November, 1963 in Dallas. | The Israeli prime minister was assassinated by a Jewish law student. | There was an attempt to assassinate King Hassan by shooting down the royal jet. | They were involved in a plot to assassinate the Libyan leader. | A prominent politician was assassinated in Pakistan. | He was part of a plot to assassinate Hitler. execute also put sb to deathprisoner | criminal | murderer | killer to kill someone as a punishment for a crime: 85 prisoners were executed in the US in 2000. | The gas chamber is used to execute criminals in seven states. | In Louisiana two convicted murderers were executed in the electric chair. | McVeigh, who killed 168 people in a bombing attack, was executed by lethal injection. eliminateopponent | rival to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble: The military government eliminated their political opponents. | In the 1930s Stalin eliminated his rivals inside the Communist Party. slay to kill someone or something in a violent way. Slay is an old-fashioned word which is used in old stories and in news reports: The king was slain at the Battle of Hastings. | St George slew the dragon. | The victims were slain in their beds.to kill a large number of people massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Hundreds of demonstrators were massacred in the city’s main square. | The soldiers massacred men, women, and children. slaughter to kill animals for food, or to kill a large number of people in a cruel and violent way: The pigs are slaughtered on the farm. | It is estimated that half a million people were slaughtered. | The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt. | His enemies had all been slaughtered. | The Poles were slaughtered in millions. exterminate to kill large numbers of a particular group of people or animals, so that they no longer exist: The Nazis exterminated six million Jews. | They want to exterminate all the rats from the building. | Some species of bird have almost been exterminated as a result of modern farming methods. | The Native Americans were nearly exterminated in the 19th century. wipe out to kill all of a group of people, animals, or plants. Wipe out is more informal than exterminate: Whole villages were wiped out. | It was not long before the species was wiped out.to kill yourself commit suicide to kill yourself: He tried to commit suicide after the death of his girlfriend. take your own life to kill yourself: Ian Curtis tragically took his own life in 1980, after recording the song ‘Love will tear us apart’. | Some people believe that it is a sin to take your own life.Take your own life or commit suicide?Take your own life sounds rather formal, and shows a feeling of sympathy for the person who died. Commit suicide sounds more neutral. Take your own life is also often used in moral discussions. |
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