to kill
- verb
- /kɪl/
- Informal
- "My ankles are killing me, my back is killing me, my hands are killing me."
It's like it's not stress that's killing you, it's chronic stress.
- It's like it's not stress that's killing you, it's chronic stress.
- Beauty is the Angel that almost threatens to kill you but doesn't right.
- Your outfits are killing you, right?
- Oh, it's going to kill me, Jack.
- And last but not least, and Alessia, kill me now.
- I'll do a show on the road and I'll kill, but I'll walk off and go.
- The fact that you don't know me is killing me softly.
Examples
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I'm trying the gum to quit, but it's killing me.
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Everything that kills me makes me feel alive.
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Obviously a star jump could kill me now.
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Oh, it's going to kill me, Jack.
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This was killing me and it was killing me.
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Student loan debt is killing, killing our students.
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Your outfits are killing you, right?
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I'm just trying to kill this hurt inside of me.
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Your pride and your ego has been killing your career growth.
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The suspense is so intense that it's killing me!
Synonyms
To make someone very sad because of love or disappointment
Make someone very tired or unable to continue
To make someone feel very strong pain or deep worry
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To end a pleasant situation suddenly by saying or doing something awkward that makes people feel bad
To destroy a steady source of income by greedy short-term choices
- Literature
To remove parts of your writing that you love to make it clearer
Phrasal Verbs
- Slang
To try to get the last hit on an enemy after another player did most fighting
Compounds
- Jargon
Taking the final hit on an enemy in a game so another player does not get the kill
- NSFW
A plan that makes people or machines stop working without causing death and without causing damage
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
When people say something is 'killing' them for pain or tiredness, that comes from Old English cwellan meaning 'to torment', so the modern use links directly to strong pain or exhaustion.