kill

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ clean, easy, quick

▪ fresh

▪

vultures sensing a fresh kill

▪ fish (AmE)

▪

the worst fish kill in recorded history

VERB + KILL

▪ make

▪

The lion made a quick kill.

▪ be in at (BrE)

▪

I didn't even see the fox, let alone be in at the kill.

▪ close in for, go in for, move in for

▪

The hunters moved in for the kill.

PREPOSITION

▪ at the kill (BrE)

▪

The meat is divided up among all those present at the kill.

▪ for the kill

▪

The animal crouched down, getting ready for the kill.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ outright

▪

He has fought more than fifty bulls, killing three outright.

▪ almost, nearly

▪ instantly

▪ quickly

▪

The animals are killed quickly and humanely.

▪ slowly

▪

The poison was slowly killing her.

▪ eventually, finally

▪

the camp guards who tortured and eventually killed her

▪ accidentally, inadvertently

▪ deliberately, intentionally

▪

I don't believe that he intentionally killed her.

▪ allegedly

▪

his trial for allegedly killing his wife

▪ unlawfully (BrE, law)

▪

The inquest concluded that he was unlawfully killed.

▪ needlessly

▪

the number of people needlessly killed by hospital infections

▪ indiscriminately

▪

The terrorists had shown their willingness to kill indiscriminately.

▪ systematically

▪

The militias are systematically killing and raping civilians.

▪ brutally

▪

There were reports of people brutally killed.

VERB + KILL

▪ want to

▪ be prepared to

▪

They are quite prepared to kill to achieve their ends.

▪ threaten to

▪ be going to, intend to, mean to, plan to

▪

He knew they meant to kill him.

▪

What if they really do plan to kill us?

▪

Dad's going to kill me when he finds out. (figurative)

▪ plot to

▪

They plotted to kill the dictator.

▪ attempt to, seek to, try to

▪ help (to)

▪ make sb

▪

The situation must have been really awful to make her kill herself.

PHRASES

▪ admit killing sb, admit to killing sb, deny killing sb

▪

He admitted killing her but said it was unintentional.

▪ be accused of killing sb, be charged with killing sb

▪ be killed in sth

▪

soldiers killed in battle

▪ be tragically killed

▪

Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident.

Kill is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑army, ↑avalanche, ↑blast, ↑bomb, ↑bullet, ↑crash, ↑disease, ↑earthquake, ↑explosion, ↑fanatic, ↑fumes, ↑killer, ↑lion, ↑military, ↑missile, ↑mob, ↑monster, ↑mould, ↑murderer, ↑shot, ↑troops, ↑violence, ↑virus

Kill is used with these nouns as the object: ↑animal, ↑bacteria, ↑bill, ↑cattle, ↑cell, ↑chance, ↑chicken, ↑civilian, ↑cow, ↑demonstrator, ↑elephant, ↑embryo, ↑enemy, ↑engine, ↑firefighter, ↑flea, ↑germ, ↑hope, ↑hostage, ↑infection, ↑insect, ↑lamb, ↑lover, ↑monster, ↑mood, ↑mosquito, ↑mouse, ↑murderer, ↑pain, ↑parasite, ↑pest, ↑pig, ↑prey, ↑speed, ↑time, ↑weed, ↑whale