Reverse Dictionary: KILL

ADJECTIVES
1393 ► YCULLID killed → obs.
1521 ► PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal
1590 ► DEAD-DOING ‘doing to death’; causing death; killing, murderous; destructive, fatal, mortal → obs.
1652 ► DEATH-DOING doing to death, killing, murderous
M18. ► JAMMED hanged, murdered, killed → UK criminals’ sl.
19C.. ► DEATH-DONE killed, done to death → Eng. dial.  
1819 ► MARITICIDAL husband-killing
1860 ► TACHYTHANATOUS killing quickly, rapidly fatal or lethal
1860 ► TUMBLED OVER to be killed → US Civil War usage
1899 ► DAGOED killed by a Spaniard → US Army in Spanish-Amer. War 
20C.. ► PIFFED dead; killed → US sl.
20C.. ► PIFTED dead; killed → US sl.
E20.. ► ELIMINATED killed, murdered → US criminals’ sl.
1902 ► LAID killed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1915 ► BUMPED OFF killed → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► CLICKED IT got killed; was wounded → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► CONKED stopped; killed → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► KNOCKED OFF killed → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► OFFED dead; killed → World War I sl.
1915 ► OUTED dead; killed → World War I sl.
1915 ► PACKED UP killed in warfare → World War I army sl.
1915 ► PUT IN A BAG killed, wrapped in a shroud → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► USED-UP dead; killed in battle → World War I US sl.
1915 ► WASHED OUT killed → World War I Amer. sl.
1920 ► GUZZLED killed → US sl.
1943 ► GONE FOR A BURTON killed, dead → sl.
1980 ► ASSED OUT dead, killed → African-American sl.
2006 ► BLOWN AWAY dead; killed → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1205 ► WALM killing, execution → obs.
1375 ► OCCISION killing, slaying, esp. of a number of people, as in battle; slaughter → obs.
1380 ► MAN-SLAYING the act of killing a man; homicide; murder
1586 ► TITHING the killing of every tenth; decimation; sometimes, the killing of all but the tenth → obs.
1623 ► TRUCIDATION a cruel killing or murdering; humorous use: slaughter
1640 ► MACTATION the act of killing, esp. the slaughtering of a sacrificial victim
1660 ► DECORPORATION a making bodiless → obs.
1721 ► NECATION the act of killing, a killing → obs.
1766 ► VIRICIDE the slaying of men or of husbands
1801 ► FEMICIDE the killing of a woman
1860 ► TURKEY SHOOT an ambush; an easy killing → US Civil War usage
1883 ► GALLINICIDE the killing of hens or poultry
1930 ► CONTRACT an arrangement to have someone murdered by a professional killer → Amer. sl.
1930 ► SACKING a method of killing a person using a sack → sl.
1950 ► POP-OFF a death, a killing → US sl.
1970 ► SNUFFING a killing, esp. a murder → Amer. sl.
1983 ► PAPER an underworld contract to have someone killed → US sl.
1990 ► APPLE CUCUMBER a ploy to kill or capture one’s target by using a friend to get close to the target’s friend, which will eventually bring the target into view → Aust. criminals’ sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1300 ► MANSLAYER one who kills a man; a homicide; a murderer; occasionally, one who commits manslaughter
1440 ► FATHER-QUELLER a parricide; one who kills a father → obs.
1440 ► MOTHER QUELLER a matricide; one who kills their mother → obs.
1605 ► BANER he who kills, poisons, destroys, or ruins
1616 ► WIDOW-MAKER a killer or potential killer of men
1656 ► HOSPITICIDE one who kills his guest
1656 ► MACTATOR a killer or murderer → obs.
1828 ► FEMICIDE one who kills a woman
1855 ► BAD MAN a desperado, outlaw, or professional killer → Amer. dial.
1855 ► NATICIDE one who kills his or her child
1876 ► HATCHET MAN a hired killer; orig. spec., in the US, a hired Chinese assassin or thug, esp., in earlier use, one carrying a hatchet or cleaver with a shortened handle
1897 ► GALLICIDE a killer of fowls
1920 ► BLOOD a killer → US criminals’ sl.
1930 ► WIPER a gunman; a hired killer; an assassin → Amer. criminals’ sl. 
1931 ► GUN a professional killer → colloq.
1940 ► ICEMAN a paid killer → sl.
1945 ► NEEDLE MAN a person (or demonic figure) thought to kill people, esp. Blacks, usually to obtain bodies for dissection → Amer. dial.
1954 ► HIT-MAN a hired killer or murderer → sl., orig. US
1958 ► HIRED GUN a person hired to destroy the opposition, or some unwelcome party, on behalf of another; a paid assassin → US criminals’ sl.
1966 ► TAKE-OFF ARTIST a successful robber, rapist, or killer → US criminals’ sl. 
1969 ► HITTER a thug, esp. a hired killer → sl.
1969 ► ZAPPER one who does away with something or annihilates; a killer
1970 ► MAGGOT MEAT a dead person, or one about to be killed → US sl.
1973 ► MECHANIC a professional killer → sl.
1975 ► HATCHET BOY a hired killer; a professional murderer; a thug → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1976 ► HIT LADY a female hired killer → US sl.
1977 ► HIT WOMAN a woman paid to murder; a female hired killer → US sl. 
1979 ► ACE a professional killer → sl.
1982 ► HEADHUNTER a paid killer; a hired assassin → US sl.
1992 ► BANG MAN a mob killer or hired killer → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1992 ► HEADSHRINKER a killer for hire → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2002 ► YEGG a professional killer used by the Tongs in their wars → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
..825 ► QUELM to torment; to kill, to destroy → obs.
..893 ► OFSLAY to kill off, to slay → obs.
..893 ► OFSLE to kill off, to slay → obs.
..893 ► OFSTING to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death → obs.
..897 ► QUELL to kill, to slay, to put to death; to destroy a person or animal → obs.
1000 ► ADEADEN to kill, to put to death; to deaden, to mortify → obs.
1000 ► OF-FALL to fall upon; to kill, to destroy → obs.
1200 ► QUENCH to destroy, to kill a person; to oppress or crush
14C.. ► BAKE SOMEONE’S BREAD to kill, to ‘do for’ → sl.
1305 ► MARTYR to kill, to slay, esp. by a cruel death → obs.
1382 ► BRAIN to kill someone by hitting them on the head → sl.
1450 ► NECK to strike on the neck, esp. so as to stun or kill; to behead → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1542 ► SWING to be killed by hanging → sl.
1560 ► OCCISE to kill; to slay → obs.
1578 ► BANE to kill; said esp. of poison → obs.
1594 ► MAKE ROAST MEAT FOR WORMS to kill → sl.
1595 ► STRETCH to kill by hanging → sl.
1599 ► LAY ALONG to destroy, to overthrow, to kill → obs.
1602 ► PUT SOMEONE’S LIGHTS OUT to kill someone → sl.
1605 ► SUFFER to be killed or destroyed → obs.
1623 ► MACTATE to kill or slay → obs.
1656 ► CONTRUCIDATE to wound, murder, or kill; to assassinate → obs.
1657 ► ENECATE to kill outright, to destroy, to cause death → obs.
1660 ► DECORPORATE to kill or make bodiless → obs.
1694 ► OCCIDE to kill → humorous usage, obs.
1717 ► UNAGE to kill, to deprive of life → Sc.
1718 ► TOP to execute by hanging; to kill; to commit suicide → sl.
M18. ► TAKE DOWN to challenge; to overcome; to surpass; to kill → sl.
1775 ► SNITTLE to cut; to kill (Bk.)
1787 ► NICK THE THREAD to cut the thread of life, to kill → Sc. 
19C.. ► SILENCE to kill → sl.
E19.. ► DEAD BOOK to kill, to hang → UK criminals’ sl.
E19.. ► FAKE OUT AND OUT to kill; to murder → sl.
E19.. ► SHUT UP to kill → sl.
1805 ► BOWL OUT to overcome, to get the better of; hence, to kill, to knock out of action → Amer. military sl.
1810 ► STRING UP to kill by hanging → sl.
1823 ► CROAK to kill someone → UK sl.
1824 ► NAIL to shoot or kill → military usage
1824 ► POP → POP OFF to kill deliberately → sl.
1831 ► KNOCK OFF THE HOOKS to kill → Amer. sl.
1834 ► KILL DEAD to kill completely → Amer. dial.
1834 ► KILL UP to kill, to exterminate, to butcher → Amer. dial.
1835 ► LYNCH to inflict bodily punishment upon; to kill by mob action, typically by hanging, without legal authority → Amer. sl.
1840 ► KNOCK DAYLIGHT INTO ONE to make a hole in, esp. to stab or shoot; hence, to kill → colloq.
1840 ► LET DAYLIGHT INTO ONE to make a hole in, esp. to stab or shoot; hence, to kill → colloq.
1840 ► PUCKAROO → PUCKEROO → PUKAROO → PUKARU to break, to destroy, to ruin; to kill → NZ sl.
1841 ► SPIFLICATE to crush, to destroy; to kill → humorous or colloq.
1844 ► BAG to shoot; to kill (an enemy) → Amer. sl.
1848 ► MAKE COLD MEAT OF → MAKE MEAT OF to kill → US sl.
1848 ► RUB OUT to kill deliberately → sl., orig. US
M19. ► LAY OUT to kill → US sl.
M19. ► LET SOMEONE HAVE IT to hit, to kill, esp. with gunfire → sl., orig. US
1856 ► KEEL UP to incapacitate, esp. by illness or age; to kill, to deprive of life → Amer. dial.
1860 ► GO UP to be killed → US Civil War usage
1860 ► MUSTER OUT to be killed in action → US Civil War usage
1860 ► RUN AMUCK to be in a state of murderous frenzy; to try to kill all who come in one’s way → US Civil War usage
1869 ► TOPPER to knock on the head; to kill by a blow on the head → sl.
1873 ► LIFT to kill someone → Amer. sl.
1878 ► GUN FOR to be on the lookout for with the intent of hurting or killing; to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish → US sl.
1878 ► TAKE INTO CAMP to kill → sl.
1885 ► GUZZLE to seize by the throat; to choke, to throttle; to strangle, to kill → Eng. dial. & sl.
1889 ► GRASS to throw to the ground; to bring down, to defeat, to kill → Amer. dial.
1891 ► KNOCK OUT OF THE BOX to defeat and eliminate; hence, to kill → Amer. sl.
1891 ► MASSACREE to massacre, to butcher, to kill; to destroy life by accident → Eng. dial.
1892 ► MAKE AWAY WITH to kill, to destroy, to murder → Sc.
1897 ► GIVE THE AXE to kill, to murder → Amer. sl.
1898 ► MOP UP to finish off, usually by killing, to vanquish; hence, to finish the remainder of a task → sl.
L19.. ► EAT DUST to be killed → US sl.
L19.. ► NAIL SOMEONE’S HIDE TO THE WALL to beat up comprehensively, to kill → sl., orig. US
L19.. ► RAP to knock out, to kill → sl., orig. Aust.
L19.. ► SHUT UP SOMEONE’S SHOP to kill someone; to murder someone → sl.
L19.. ► SNUFF SOMEONE’S CANDLE to kill, to murder → sl.
L19.. ► TAKE to overcome, to defeat, to kill → sl.
L19.. ► VENTILATE to shoot; to kill with a bullet → sl., orig. US
20C ► ..WACK SOMEONE OUT to kill, to murder → sl.
20C.. ► CHILL to kill → US sl.
20C.. ► COP to kill, to shoot dead → US sl.
20C.. ► CREAM to kill someone → US sl.
20C.. ► KNOCK OVER to kill → criminals’ sl.
20C.. ► LOSE THE NUMBER OF ONE’S MESS to die; to be killed → sl.
20C.. ► PUT SOMEONE AWAY to kill → Brit. criminals’ sl.
20C.. ► PUT THE CHILL ON SOMEONE to kill someone → Amer. sl.
20C.. ► WHACK SOMEONE OUT to kill, to murder → sl.
20C.. ► ZOTZ to kill, to murder → sl.
E20.. ► CLIP to kill, esp. by shooting → N. Amer. sl.
1900 ► CACK → KACK → KAK to kill someone → African-American sl.
1900 ► OUT to kill deliberately → sl.
1901 ► STOP to be hit and killed by a bullet, shell, etc. → sl.
1902 ► HEART-SLAY to kill with over-exertion → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► STRETCH to kill deliberately → sl.
1905 ► DO IN to kill deliberately → sl.
1905 ► PUT A PERSON’S QUICK OUT to put an end to his life → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TAKE ABOUT to kill and make an end of → Sc. (Bk.)
1907 ► BUMP OFF to kill deliberately → sl., orig. US
1910 ​► PUT A HOLE IN to kill someone → sl.
1913 ► BLOW AWAY to kill by shooting or explosion → sl., orig, Southern US dial.
1913 ► BUMP to kill; to die; to shell of bombard a certain position → criminals’ sl., orig. US Civil War usage (Bk.)
1913 ► CRAWL ONE’S HUMP to kill one → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► CREASE to kill deliberately → sl., chiefly US
1913 ► GET to kill, esp. in revenge → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1915 ► GET IT to be killed → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► KNOCK KOO-KOO to render unconscious; to mortally wound; to kill → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► LOSE ONE’S CAN vb. to be killed; generally used to refer to men shot through the head → Amer. World War I sl.
1915 ► NAPOO → NAPOOH to kill deliberately → Brit. sl.
1916 ► BLOW OUT ONE’S LIGHT to kill someone → Amer. sl.
1919 ► HUFF to kill deliberately → Brit. services’ sl.
1919 ► KNOCK OFF to kill deliberately → sl., orig. US
1919 ► KNOCK ROTTEN to kill or stun; to knock out → Aust. sl.
1919 ► SKITTLE to kill; to defeat easily → sl.
1919 ► STONKER to render useless; to put of action, to thwart; also, to kill, to destroy; to defeat or outwit → Aust. & NZ sl.
1920 ► BLIP → BLIP OFF to kill, to murder → sl.
1920 ► BUY IT to be killed; also, to die → sl.
1920 ► COOL to kill deliberately → US sl.
1920 ► GANG to attack or kill as part of a gang, to gang up on → US sl.
1920 ► RAIN ON to kill → US sl.
1920 ► TIP OFF to kill deliberately → sl.
1927 ► ARKANSAW to kill in an unsportsmanlike manner → Amer. dial.
1927 ► DO AWAY WITH  to kill deliberately; to commit suicide → sl.
1929 ► BUY ONE to be killed, as in air combat → Amer. sl., orig. military aviation usage
1929 ► GIVE SOMEONE THE DEEP-SIX to kill someone → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1929 ► PUT ON THE SPOT to arrange for someone to be killed → US sl.
1930 ► COP A PACKET → GET A PACKET → HAVE A PACKET to be killed or wounded; to get into trouble → sl.
1930 ► GIVE ONE THE WHOLE WORKS → GIVE ONE THE WORKS to harm, to beat up, to kill → sl., orig. US
1930 ► HEAR THE BAD NEWS to be killed → sl.
1930 ► OFF to kill or murder; to destroy → sl., orig. African-American
1930 ► SCRAG to kill deliberately → US sl.
1930 ► SNUFF to murder, to kill → sl.
1930 ► WRITE OUT to order to be killed → US criminals’ sl.
1931 ► SET OVER to kill deliberately → US sl.
1932 ► SALIVATE to shoot full of holes; to kill with violence → Amer. dial.
1932 ► SNUFF OUT to kill deliberately → sl.
1934 ► BURN DOWN to kill, usually with a gun; to shoot someone → Amer. dial.
1935 ► KISS OFF to dismiss; to kill; to die → sl.
1935 ► SMEAR to kill deliberately → sl., chiefly Aust.
1938 ► DUST → DUST OFF to bring to ruin, to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of → sl., orig. US
1939 ► TAKE OUT to kill, destroy, or defeat → sl., orig. US
1939 ► WRITE ONESELF OFF to get killed, esp. through carelessness or impetuousness → Royal Air Force usage
1940 ► ANSWER THE LAST MUSTER to be killed; to die → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► ANSWER THE LAST ROLL to be killed; to die → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► BECOME A GOLD STAR IN MOTHER’S WINDOW to be killed in action → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► CHALK OUT to kill a person → US sl.
1940 ► CHECK OUT to be killed; to die → World War II Amer. sl.
1941 ► HAVE AN ACCIDENT to be maimed or killed in retribution → Amer. sl., orig. criminals’ usage
1941 ► KNOCK ONE’S LIGHTS OUT to kill one; to knock one out or down → Amer. dial.
1941 ► WASH → WASH AWAY to kill deliberately → US sl.
1942 ► ZAP to kill deliberately; to kill with a gun → sl., orig. US
1944 ► BLOW OUT ONE’S LAMP to kill someone → Amer. sl.
1945 ► BUST ONE’S ASS to be killed in an airplane crash → Amer. sl.
1945 ► GET IT IN THE ASS to be victimized, vanquished, or killed → Amer. sl.
1947 ► STOP SOMEONE’S CLOCK to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone → Amer. sl.
M20. ► DEEP SIX to kill someone or bury someone or something; to throw something away → US
M20. ► GO FOR A BURTON to be killed, destroyed, ruined, or lost → colloq, orig. Royal Air Force sl.
1953 ► OVERLAY to kill by crushing or suffocation → Amer. dial.
1955 ► GET IT UP THE ASS to be victimized, vanquished, or killed → Amer. sl.
1955 ► GET THE CHOPPER to be killed → US military aviation usage
1955 ► HIT to kill deliberately → sl., orig. US
1958 ► BUY THE FARM to be killed; hence, to die → Amer. sl., orig. military
1960 ► PORK to shoot dead, to kill → US sl.
1960 ► SANITIZE to shoot dead, to kill → US sl.
1961 ► GET DEAD to be killed → Amer. sl.
1961 ► RUIN SOMEONE’S WHOLE DAY to kill someone → US jocular usage
1961 ► TEAR SOMEONE’S ASS to trounce, to punish, to kill someone → Amer. sl.
1963 ► BUY THE RANCH to be killed → Amer. military sl.
1964 ► WASTE to kill deliberately → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1965 ► BURN to kill, usually with a gun; to shoot someone → Amer. dial.
1967 ► GET IT DEAD IN THE ASS to be victimized, vanquished, or killed → Amer. sl.
1968 ► WAX to kill deliberately → US sl., orig. services’ usage
1968 ► WIPE to kill deliberately → sl.
1968 ► WIPE OFF to kill → US criminals’ sl.
1968 ► WIPE OUT to kill deliberately → sl.
1969 ► GUN DOWN to kill with a gun → sl.
1969 ► ICE to kill deliberately → US sl.
1970 ► BUY THE LOT to be killed; hence, to die → Amer. sl., orig. military
1970 ► CAP to kill, to murder, to shoot dead → sl., orig. African-American
1970 ► DOOM → DOOM OUT to kill, to murder → US sl.
1970 ► EAT THE GREEN WEENIE to get killed → US sl., orig. military
1970 ► FRAG to kill or wound an officer on one’s own side, esp. one considered too eager for combat, with a hand grenade → US services’ sl.
1970 ► QUIET DOWN to kill, to murder → US sl.
1970 ► TRY SOMEONE’S AIR to assault or attempt to kill someone → US prison sl.
1971 ► BLAP to kill or destroy → Amer. military sl.
1974 ► DEADEN to kill someone → Amer. dial.
1974 ► FOG to kill, usually to kill by shooting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1974 ► NUT → NUT OFF to kill deliberately → sl.
1974 ► STIFF to kill deliberately → sl.
1975 ► ACE to kill → Amer. sl.
1977 ► BUY REAL ESTATE → BUY THE REAL ESTATE to be killed → Amer. military sl.
1980 ► TAKE SOMEONE OFF THE CALENDAR to kill, to murder → US sl.
1980 ► TAKE SOMEONE OFF THE COUNT to murder, to kill → sl.
1982 ► EAT IT to be killed; to die → US military usage
1984 ► CASH IN ONE’S CHIPS to kill someone → Amer. sl.
1984 ► MUCK OUT to kill → US sl.
1984 ► TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE to kill someone; to kill one or more, esp. as an expedient solution to a problem → UK sl.
1990 ► DARK OUT to kill → Black British sl.
1990 ► PUT OFF to kill; to murder → Aust. sl.
1991 ► DING to kill → US Vietnam War usage
1992 ► EASY to silence or kill → US sl.
1998 ► TOWER HILL to kill → UK rhyming sl.
2000 ► TAP to shoot (dead) → sl.
2006 ► BLOT OUT to kill someone → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► CANCEL ONE’S CHRISTMAS to kill someone; to destroy someone → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DROP to kill someone or something → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► ERASE to kill someone → US sl. (Bk.)