Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. “To kill thine honor.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
You see, is killed in him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

6. 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. [ PJC ]

To kill time, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.

Syn. -- To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders.

“There is none like to me!” says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. 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. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known; called also killer whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species (Orca gladiator), is found both on the European and the American coast. Two species (Orca ater and Orca rectipinna) occur on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]