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to kill
  1. 1 to kill, to slay, to murder, to slaughter
  2. 2 to suppress, to block, to hamper, to destroy (e.g. talent), to eliminate (e.g. an odour), to spoil (e.g. a flavour), to kill (e.g. one's speed)
  3. 3 to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to hold back, to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.), to hold (one's breath)
  4. 4 to put out (a runner)
  5. 5 to pawn, to put in hock
N3
JLPT
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#1006
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The tongue stings.

  • Betty killed her mother.

  • Betty killed him.

  • Bill was killed with a gun.

  • Bill was killed by that man.

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