A shot on which the ball is hit as hard as possible, often with topspin. See also loop kill.

A low, hard shot that bounces twice before the opponent can return it.

To hit the ball hard into an area where the opponent can't reach it. See smash.

A hard, point-ending shot that cannot be returned; also known as a "put away" and a "winner."

(slang) make (a hand, such as dummy) unusable through lack of an entry.(slang) overtake (a card), so as to prevent from winning the trick).(slang) defeat (a contract)

A kill game is when a player may place extra bets causing The betting limits to go up for that particular hand. The player Posting the bet is known as the killer and the hand is known As a kill pot.

a blind wager that is placed prior to receiving any cards

a method of removing an offensive player from a virtual world. Done through advanced use of the technology, usually by an Oracle or Wizard.

sends a signal to a process; often used to terminate a process or to reinitialize a daemon background process.

the act of terminating a life

Send signals to processes, or list signals. [fromthe man page] Keyword(s): process management

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To cancel an order that has been placed but not yet filled.

To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.

To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article, etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the article after getting threats of a lawsuit.

To cancel a job that you don't want to continue

To stop, frequently to abort. In multiprocessing, a command that suspends a process and returns control to its parent is said to kill the child process. In file management, kill means to erase a copy of a file, often without hope of reversing the action.

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"

To stop the recoil of the bed throwing the performer up. Done by the performer, or a coach (opposite of kip).

to stop a job immediately by operator intervention

Final order that prevents publication or airing of a story or continued publication or airing of a PSA.

To delete copy; to remove an item from the publication schedule ("In light of the airplane tragedy, the editor decided terror humor story.")

To eliminate from copy; to discard as useless.

1. To eliminate or alleviate something when building. 2. Reduction of the suction when plastering by wetting a surface prior to application of fresh plaster.

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

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

destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

To switch off (a light/sound effect); to strike/remove (a prop).

Removing a light or strike it.

To strike out copy or take out type not to be printed.

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

Directive to commit on target with clearance to fire; in training, a fighter call to indicate kill criteria have been fulfilled. zum Men

Old fighter pilot term dating back to World War I. Indicates a victory over an opponent.