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 40 synonyms and 34 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for kills along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for kills
- brakes
- canals
- cancels
- captivates
- charms
- cutoffs
- cuts
- deactivates
- deletes
- delights
- destroys
- dismisses
- dispatches
- drains
- enchants
- entices
- erases
- exhausts
- fascinates
- guts
- lures
- murders
- pleases
- races
- refuses
- removes
- seduces
- shuts off
- slays
- sloughs
- slues
- takes
- tempts
- tires
- vetoes
- victims
- washes
- watercourses
- waterways
- wears
Antonyms for kills
- activates
- actuates
- admits
- allows
- animates
- annoys
- approves
- confirms
- disgusts
- drives
- energizes
- fires
- fuels
- generates
- hunters
- moves
- offends
- passes
- powers
- predators
- propels
- pushes
- raises
- repels
- restores
- revives
- runs
- sets off
- sparks
- starts
- stets
- strengthens
- triggers
- turns on
Meanings of kills
- noun
- The act of killing.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- (north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
- A kiln.
- verb
- To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- To render inoperative.
- To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
- To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
- To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
- To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- To use up or to waste.
- To exert an overwhelming effect on.
- To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
- To force a company out of business.
- To produce intense pain.
- To punish severely.
- 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.
- To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- To cause to assume the value zero.
- (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- 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.
On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kills, such as: activates, actuates, admits, allows, animates, annoys, approves.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- lolls
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deactivates
- brakes
- disband
- kills
- shut off
fags
- annoy
- bore
- depress
- deteriorate
- disable
- disgust
- dishearten
- dispirit
- displease
- drain
- drains
- dwindle
- exasperate
- exhaust
- exhausts
- fade
- fail
- faint
- fatigue
- frazzle
- impoverish
- irk
- irritate
- jade
- kills
- labors
- overwork
- rot
- sap
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- smoke
- strives
- struggles
- suffer
- tire
- tire out
- tires
- use up
- weaken
- wear
- wear out
- wears
- weary
- wither
- works
- worry
kens
- addresses
- ambits
- amplitudes
- appreciates
- apprehends
- breadths
- cognizes
- compasses
- comprehends
- confines
- dexterities
- dimensions
- fathoms
- follows
- gray matters
- hands
- instincts
- intelligences
- knows
- landscapes
- mights
- occupations
- perceives
- professions
- prowesses
- pursuits
- rackets
- reaches
- savvies
- scopes
- sights
- skills
- subfields
- sweeps
- turfs
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- understandings
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- vocations
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