" kill "

1: to deprive of life;

  * e.g., " ... during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else "

•  Synonyms : 

•  carry off,

•  claim,

•  croak,

•  destroy,

•  dispatch,

•  do in,

•  fell,

•  slay,

•  take

•  Antonyms : 

•  animate

2: to reject by or as if by a vote;

  * e.g., " ... the Senate killed the bill by a single vote "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blackball,

•  down,

•  negative,

•  nix,

•  shoot down,

•  veto

•  Antonyms : 

•  confirm,

•  ratify

3: to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it;

  * e.g., " ... I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blue-pencil,

•  cancel,

•  cross (out),

•  dele,

•  delete,

•  edit (out),

•  elide,

•  scratch (out),

•  strike (out),

•  stroke (out),

•  x (out)

•  Antonyms : 

•  activate,

•  actuate,

•  crank (up),

•  drive,

•  move,

•  propel,

•  run,

•  set off,

•  spark,

•  start,

•  touch off,

•  trigger,

•  turn on

1: as in slaughter, blot out;

•  Synonyms : 

•  annihilate,

•  blot out,

•  decimate,

•  massacre,

•  mow,

•  slaughter,

•  smite,

•  bump off,

•  butcher,

•  cut down,

•  finish,

•  get,

•  ice,

•  knock off,

•  murder,

•  neutralize,

•  off,

•  put away,

•  rub out,

•  scrag,

•  snuff,

•  take out,

•  waste,

•  whack,

•  assassinate,

•  execute,

•  martyr,

•  terminate,

•  carry off,

•  claim,

•  croak,

•  destroy,

•  dispatch,

•  do in,

•  fell,

•  kill,

•  slay,

•  take,

•  euthanize,

•  put down,

•  suicide

•  Antonyms : 

•  animate,

•  raise,

•  restore,

•  resurrect,

•  resuscitate,

•  revive,

•  nurture

1: as in victim;

•  Synonyms : 

•  victim,

•  game,

•  beast,

•  brute,

•  creature,

•  critter,

•  chase,

•  prey,

•  quarry,

•  target

•  Antonyms : 

•  predator,

•  carnivore,

•  chaser,

•  hunter,

•  pursuer,

•  killer,

•  murderer

2: as in cut, race;

•  Synonyms : 

•  canal,

•  channel,

•  cut,

•  cutoff,

•  gut,

•  millrace,

•  millstream,

•  race,

•  watercourse,

•  waterway,

•  bayou,

•  coulee,

•  slough,

•  stream,

•  wash,

•  affluent,

•  branch,

•  confluent,

•  distributary,

•  influent,

•  tributary,

•  arroyo,

•  billabong,

•  fresh,

•  freshet,

•  runoff,

•  beck,

•  bourn,

•  brook,

•  brooklet,

•  burn,

•  creek,

•  gill,

•  rill,

•  rivulet,

•  run,

•  runlet,

•  runnel,

•  streamlet

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a device to measure time;

  * e.g., " ... the clock reads 5:00 p.m. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chronometer,

•  timekeeper,

•  timepiece,

•  timer

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to spend time doing nothing;

  * e.g., " ... They were scrolling through their phones to kill time before the movie started. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bum,

•  chill,

•  dally,

•  dawdle,

•  dillydally,

•  drone,

•  footle,

•  goof (off),

•  hack (around),

•  hang (around or out),

•  hang about,

•  idle,

•  kick around,

•  kick back,

•  laze,

•  lazy,

•  loaf,

•  loll,

•  lounge,

•  veg out

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation;

  * e.g., " ... clothing that is fit for horseback riding "

•  Synonyms : 

•  applicable,

•  appropriate,

•  apt,

•  becoming,

•  befitting,

•  felicitous,

•  fitted,

•  fitting,

•  good,

•  happy,

•  meet,

•  pretty,

•  proper,

•  right,

•  suitable

•  Antonyms : 

•  improper,

•  inapplicable,

•  inapposite,

•  inappropriate,

•  inapt,

•  incongruous,

•  indecent,

•  infelicitous,

•  malapropos,

•  misbecoming,

•  unapt,

•  unbecoming,

•  unbeseeming,

•  unfit,

•  unfitting,

•  unhappy,

•  unmeet,

•  unseemly,

•  unsuitable,

•  wrong

2: being in a state of fitness for some experience or action;

  * e.g., " ... fit for military service "

•  Synonyms : 

•  go,

•  prepared,

•  ready,

•  set

•  Antonyms : 

•  flat-footed,

•  half-baked,

•  half-cocked,

•  underprepared,

•  unprepared,

•  unready

3: capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose;

  * e.g., " ... I don't think those bald tires are fit for winter driving "

•  Synonyms : 

•  available,

•  employable,

•  exploitable,

•  functional,

•  operable,

•  practicable,

•  serviceable,

•  usable,

•  useful

•  Antonyms : 

•  impracticable,

•  inoperable,

•  nonfunctional,

•  unavailable,

•  unemployable,

•  unusable