Kill

A kiln.

A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.

To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.

To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.

To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

the act of terminating a life

the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal