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`kill` in Latin

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kill

  1. verb
    • cause death of a being
      necare
      He tried to kill the snake. — Conatus est serpentem necare.
      interficere
      The soldier had to kill the enemy. — Miles hostem interficere debuit.
      occidere
      They planned to kill the traitor. — Proditorem occidere paraverunt.
    • [idiomatic, informal], to stop or disable something
      exstinguere [idiomatic]
      Kill the engine before getting out. — Machinam exstingue antequam egrediaris.
      desinere [idiomatic]
      He killed the lights and left. — Luminaria desiit et discessit.
    • [idiomatic, colloquial, humorous], to make someone laugh hard
      ad risum perducere [idiomatic, humorous]
      That joke really killed me. — Iocus ille me ad risum perduxit.
    • [idiomatic, colloquial], to spend time idly
      tempus terere [idiomatic]
      We killed time at the café. — Tempus in caupona terebamus.
    • [idiomatic, colloquial], to overwhelm or exhaust
      exanimare [idiomatic]
      This heat is killing me. — Haec aestus me exanimat.
  2. noun
    • an act of killing
      caedes
      The hunter made a clean kill. — Venator caedem puram fecit.
      interfectio
      The sniper confirmed the kill. — Sagittarius interfectionem confirmavit.