Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with kill in American Collocation
kill
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
in a way that causes as little pain as possible
Any animals showing symptoms will be humanely killed without delay.
very quickly
Six of the drivers were killed outright.
nearly
Leslie was returning home late at night when he was almost killed in a car crash.
finally
Harold was mortally wounded by an arrow which struck him in the eye and eventually killed him.
slowly
The disease is slowly killing her.
deliberately
They are claiming allied forces deliberately killed innocent people.
accidentally
He had forgiven the man who accidentally killed his eldest son.
illegally
An inquest jury ruled that he had been ‘unlawfully killed’ by officers from the Metropolitan Police.
in a cruel way
This is what the journalist was investigating when he was kidnapped and brutally killed.
without caring who dies
The rebels were killing men, women, and children indiscriminately.
in a way that causes great sadness
Stephen was tragically killed in a road accident in 1989.
in a way that is not necessary
Far too many people are needlessly killed or injured in crashes on our roads.