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Meanings of kill in English
Spanish
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Examples for "defeat"
Examples for "defeat"
1
May pulled a parliamentary ratification vote this week facing a heavy defeat.
2
That result was Madrid's last defeat in the final of the competition.
3
Help them defeat the Lannisters and save Father and bring them home.
4
Such violence threatens to undermine U.S.-backed efforts to defeat the militant group.
5
Earlier Mr Pohiva said he had the numbers to defeat the vote.
1
Their weapons were always at hand to shoot down the straggling savage.
2
At one time I appeared to shoot down a very steep hill.
3
You send militiamen and shoot down our organizers, and we are helpless.
4
He had no rear guard to shoot down any one who ran.
5
The separatists still shoot down Georgian spy planes from time to time.
1
If they vote down the SPV, investors will be up a creek.
2
Parliament has just resisted the temptation to vote down no deal.
3
If shareholders of either company vote down the deal, there is no breakup fee.
4
If shareholders vote down the deal, the guaranty will run another 120 days unless extended.
5
Criticism also greeted the decision by a junta-appointed council to vote down the draft constitution.
1
To vote out of the EU is not to vote against immigration.
2
Livingston campaigned strongly to vote out the previous Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel.
3
His one vote out of five limited the extent of his prerogative.
4
It may be politically astute in the sense of getting the vote out.
5
Can youse get the vote out to go down the line for us?
Usage of kill in English
1
Despite a shoot-to-kill policy on the border, thousands still leave each month.
2
We gathered round the kill; it was quite fresh; a young buffalo.
3
That is, the defender may shoot to kill; the offender may not.
4
The braves were holding a hunting dance in honor of the kill.
5
I have seen them kill rabbits in the dusk of the evening.
6
I know nothing of the treasure; kill me and make an end.
7
You know they kill the devil there the second week in June.
8
Now ye may kill me; the sooner ye do so, the better.
9
Similarly, the husband might kill the adulterer, if caught in the act.
10
I'd lie for him; I'd steal for him; I'd kill for him.
11
In the morning your husbands and brothers and sweethearts we shall kill.
12
The man answered: I do not kill; I am not making war.
13
With the arsenate you apply it once and kill all the brood.
14
I shall kill myself on the top-hung window, alone in the realization.
15
The pygmies eat the flesh of some of the animals they kill.
16
Perhaps the natives will kill and eat the gentleman with the bag.
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