kill

/kɪl/

US pronunciation

American sound/kɪl/

kill

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> kill

Myanmar meaning

(v) သတ်သည်။ သေစေသည်။ ဖျက်ဆီးသည်။ နိဂုံးချုပ်စေသည်။ ကုန်ဆုံးစေသည်။ အာနိသင် ဆုံးပါးစေသည်။

Full entry

kill /kÇl/ v

၁။ သတ်သည်။ အသတ်ခံရသည်။ သေစေသည်။ Careless driving kills⚠ ❍ He was killed with a knife. ❍ Cancer kills thousands of people every year. ❍ We need something to kill the weeds. ❍ (fig infml ) My mother will kill me when she finds out where I've been. [ ဥ ] လွန်စွာစိတ်ဆိုးသည် (သတ်လိမ့်မည်)။
၂။ (infml ) အလွန်အမင်း နာသည်။ သေလုမတတ် နာသည်။ My feet are killing me. ❍ She nearly killed herself (with) laughing. အူတက်မတတ် ရယ်သည်။
၃။ ပျက်စေသည်။ ပျက်ပြားစေသည်။ kill sb's affection/interest/appetite ❍ the goal that killed Brazil's chances of winning.
၄။ (infml ) အညွန့်ချိုးသည်။ [ ဥ ] သတ်သည်။ kill a proposal/an idea (stone dead) ❍ The play was killed by bad reviews.
၅။ (infml ) (မီ ၊း ရေဒီယို)ပိတ်သည်။ (စက်) သတ်သည်။ kill a light/the radio/a car engine.
n
၁။ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း။ After stalking its prey the lioness now moves in for the kill.
၂။ ( usu sing) အသေကောင်။ lions feeding on their kill.
❏ (be) in at the kill [IDM ] နိဂုံးချုပ်ခန်း။ စခန်းသိမ်း။ ဇာတ်သိမ်း။ She wants to be in at the kill when his business finally collapses.
❏ kill oneself (doing sth/to do sth) [IDM] (infml) အပင်ပန်းခံလွန်းသည်။ The party's at eight, but don't kill yourself getting here/to get here on time. အပင်ပန်း ခံပြီးတော့ အစောကြီးလာမနေ ပါနှင့်။
❏ killer n သတ်သူ။ လူသတ်သမား။ သေမင်းတမန်။ Police are hunting her killer. ❍ Heroin is a killer. ❍ Sharks have the killer instinct. See also LADY-KILLER
❏ killer whale n အဖြူနှင့် အနက်ရောင် အသားစားဝေလငါး။
❏ kill the goose that lays the golden eggs [IDM ] (saying ) (စကားပုံ) ရေရှည်အကျိုးပြုမည့် ကိစ္စကို ဖျက်ဆီ ပးစ် သည်။
❏ kill sb/sth off [PHRV ] သုတ်သင်သည်။ ရှင်းပစ်သည်။ မျိုးတုံးစေသည်။ He killed off all his political opponents. ❍ Much of the local plant life has been killed off by air pollution.
❏ kill time ; kill two , a few , etc hours [IDM] တစ်စုံ တစ်ရာစောင့်ရင်း အချိန်ဖြုန်းသည်။ My flight was delayed, so I killed time/killed two hours reading a magazine.
❏ kill two birds with one stone [IDM ] တစ်ချက်ခုတ် နှစ်ချက်ပြတ် လုပ်သည်။

More examples

Each year thousands of people are killed and injured on the roads.
Many people believe that killing animals for sport is morally wrong.
Speed kills.
My feet are killing me.
Those stairs kill me every time!
We killed a few hours watching videos.
[kill time] : Shopping can be a good way to kill time at the airport.
The group effectively killed speculation that a merger was about to take place.
The nurse will give you something to kill the pain.
Can you kill the lights?

Synonyms

slay, take life, murder, slaughter, execute, destroy, exterminate, eradicate, X-out, annihilate, annul, asphyxiate, assassinate, bump off, cease, chloroform, counteract, coup de grÃ¢ce, crucify, deaden, deathblow, defeat, dispatch, do away with, do in, drown, dump, electrocute, erase, extinguish, extirpate, final blow, final stroke, finish, forbid, game, garrote, get, gold star, guillotine, halt, hang, hit, immolate, liquidate, lynch, massacre, mercy stroke, mortal blow, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, obliterate, off, poison, polish off, prey, prohibit, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, quarry, quash, quell, raven, ravin, recant, refuse, revoke, rub out, ruin, sacrifice, scotch, shut off, smother, snuff, stifle, still, stop, strangle, sufferer, suffocate, suppress, turn out, veto, waste, wild animal, wild animals, win, wipe out, zap

Antonyms

OK, agitate, aid, allow, approve, assist, authorize, bear, begin, build, construct, continue, create, disturb, encourage, fail, free, give birth, help, hold, initiate, irritate, keep, leave, let go, light, loose, lose, maintain, miss, permit, preserve, push, revive, sanction, save, start, support, turn on, validate