Definitions
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
Word origin
From Middle English killen, kyllen, cüllen (“to strike, beat, cut”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots kele, keil (“to kill”).
Used in a sentence
“Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and hard drugs combined.”
“A Troope of Horſe with Felt: Ile put't in proofe, / And when I haue ſtolne vpon theſe Son in Lawes, / Then kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill.”
“Stephano: Monſter, I will kill this man : his daughter and I will be King and Queene, ſave our Graces : and Trinculo and thy ſelfe ſhall be Vice-royes : […]”
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01“Cause to die”4 letters
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