ending,
termination,
conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
kill -
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
kill off,
exterminate kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
decimate kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
drown die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
massacre,
mow down,
slaughter kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
erase,
wipe out remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
butcher,
slaughter kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
lapidate,
stone throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation"
poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
commit suicide kill oneself; "the terminally ill patient committed suicide"
dispatch kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
vaporize,
zap kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
sacrifice kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
take off remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
kill off,
exterminate kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
lynch kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
pip,
shoot produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
electrocute,
fry kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
kill -
cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
electrocute kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
kill -
cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
switch off,
turn off,
turn out,
cut cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
kill -
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
end,
terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
kill -
drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
