kills

The word “kills” has 1 syllable: kills

It's pronounced as /kɪlz/

What is synonym and antonym for kills?

In the thesaurus, “kills” has 208 synonyms and 68 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kills along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for kills

abbreviates
affluents
allures
annihilates
arrests
arroyos
assassinates
bayous
beasts
beckons
becks
beguiles
bewitches
billabongs
blackballs
blacklists
blacks out
bleeps
blips
blots out
blue-pencils
bournes
bourns
bowdlerizes
brakes
branches
breaks
brooklets
brooks
brutes
bumps off
burns
burns out
busts
butchers
canals
cancels
captivates
carries off
censors
channels
charms
chases
chocks
claims
clips
confluents
coulees
courts
creatures
creeks
critters
croaks
crops
cutoffs
cuts
cuts down
cuts off
deactivates
debilitates
decimates
declines
deles
deletes
delights
destroys
disallows
disapproves
disarms
dismantles
dismisses
dispatches
distributaries
does away with
does for
does in
does up
downs
drains
draws
draws up
effaces
elides
enchants
enervates
enfeebles
enraptures
enthralls
enthrals
entices
entrances
eradicates
erases
euthanatizes
euthanizes
excises
executes
exhausts
expunges
expurgates
fags
fascinates
fatigues
fells
finishes
frazzles
freshes
freshets
games
gets
gills
gratifies
guts
halts
harasses
ices
influents
interests
intrigues
invites
jams
kills off
knocks off
knocks out
launders
lures
magnetizes
makes away with
martyrs
massacres
millraces
millstreams
mothballs
mows
murders
negatives
neutralizes
nixes
obliterates
offs
outwears
phases out
pleases
prey
preys
pulls
puts away
puts down
quarries
races
red-pencils
redacts
refuses
removes
represses
rills
rivulets
rubs out
runlets
runnels
runoffs
runs
saps
scrags
seduces
shoots down
shortens
shuts off
silences
slaughters
slays
slews
sloughs
slues
smites
snuffs
solicits
stalls
sticks
streamlets
streams
suicides
suppresses
takes
takes out
targets
tempts
terminates
tires
tributaries
turns off
vetoes
victims
washes
washes out
wastes
watercourses
waterways
weakens
wearies
wears
wears out
wears to a frazzle
whacks
wiles
wipes out
witches
woos

Antonyms for kills

activates
actuates
admits
allows
animates
annoys
approves
bores
carnivores
charges
chasers
confirms
discharges
disgusts
displeases
drives
electrifies
elects
energizes
fires
fuels
generates
hunters
invigorates
irks
killers
launches
moves
murderers
nurtures
offends
passes
powers
predators
propels
pursuers
pushes
raises
ratifies
reactivates
recharges
rejuvenates
relaxes
releases
repels
restores
rests
resurrects
resuscitates
revives
revolts
runs
sanctions
sets off
sparks
starts
stets
strengthens
supports
switches
tires
touches off
triggers
trips
turns on
unwinds
vitalizes
wearies

Meanings of kills

noun
1. The act of killing.
2. Specifically, the death blow.
3. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
4. The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
5. (north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
6. A kiln.
verb
1. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
2. To render inoperative.
3. To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
4. To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
5. To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
6. To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
7. To use up or to waste.
8. To exert an overwhelming effect on.
9. To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
10. To force a company out of business.
11. To produce intense pain.
12. To punish severely.
13. 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.
14. To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
15. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
16. To cause to assume the value zero.
17. (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
18. To deadmelt.

Example Sentences

Smoking kills thousands of people each year.
He only hunts when it's necessary, and he never kills for sport.
The virus rapidly kills healthy cells in the body.
That movie always kills me with laughter.
Overwatering your plants often kills them faster than neglect.

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