Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
--Shak.
2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak.
Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see,
is killed in him. --Shak.
4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid.
{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
tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
murders.
Those eyes are made so killing. --Pope.
Nothing could be more killingly spoken. --Milton.