Kill vs. Eradicate

Killverb

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

‘Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.’;

Eradicateverb

(transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.

Killverb

(transitive) To render inoperative.

‘He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.’;

Eradicateverb

(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

‘Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.’;

Killverb

To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.

‘The editor decided to kill the story.’; ‘The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.’; ‘My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.’;

Eradicateverb

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

Killverb

To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.

‘That night, she was dressed to kill.’; ‘That joke always kills me.’;

Eradicateverb

To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

‘This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment.’;

Killverb

To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

‘It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad.’; ‘It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.’;

Eradicateverb

kill in large numbers;

‘the plague wiped out an entire population’;

Killverb

(transitive) To use up or to waste.

‘I'm just doing this to kill time.’; ‘He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle."’;

Eradicateverb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

‘the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted’;

Killverb

To exert an overwhelming effect on.

‘Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.’; ‘Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore.’;

Eradicate

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Killverb

To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.

‘The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.’;

Killverb

(transitive) To force a company out of business.

Killverb

To produce intense pain.

‘You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.’;

Killverb

To punish severely.

‘My parents are going to kill me!’;

Killverb

To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.

Killverb

To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.

Killverb

To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.

Killverb

To cause to assume the value zero.

Killverb

To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.

Killverb

(metallurgy) To deadmelt.

Killnoun

The act of killing.

‘The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.’;

Killnoun

Specifically, the death blow.

‘The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.’;

Killnoun

The result of killing; that which has been killed.

‘The fox dragged its kill back to its den.’;

Killnoun

(volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.

Killnoun

A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.

‘The channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.’; ‘Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.’;

Killnoun

A kiln.

Killnoun

A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; - used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

Killnoun

The act of killing.

‘"There is none like to me!" says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill.’;

Killnoun

An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

‘If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride.’;

Killverb

To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.

‘Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !’;

Killverb

To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.

‘Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares.’;

Killverb

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.

‘Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,You see, is killed in him.’;

Killverb

To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

Killverb

To waste or spend unprofitably; - usually used of time; as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.

Killverb

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.

Killnoun

the act of terminating a life

Killnoun

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile;

‘the pilot reported two kills during the mission’;

Killverb

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’;

Killverb

thwart the passage of;

‘kill a motion’; ‘he shot down the student's proposal’;

Killverb

cause the death of, without intention;

‘She was killed in the collision of three cars’;

Killverb

end or extinguish by forceful means;

‘Stamp out poverty!’;

Killverb

be fatal;

‘cigarettes kill’; ‘drunken driving kills’;

Killverb

be the source of great pain for;

‘These new shoes are killing me!’;

Killverb

overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration;

‘The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!’;

Killverb

hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games;

‘She killed the ball’;

Killverb

hit with great force;

‘He killed the ball’;

Killverb

deprive of life;

‘AIDS has killed thousands in Africa’;

Killverb

drink down entirely;

‘He downed three martinis before dinner’; ‘She killed a bottle of brandy that night’; ‘They popped a few beer after work’;

Killverb

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase;

‘kill these lines in the President's speech’;

Killverb

tire out completely;

‘The daily stress of her work is killing her’;

Killverb

cause to cease operating;

‘kill the engine’;

Killverb

destroy a vitally essential quality of or in;

‘Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods’;