Kill often refers to: *

Homicide Homicide is an act in which a person causes the death of another person. A homicide requires only a Volition (psychology), volitional act, or an omission, that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from Accident, accidenta ...

, one human killing another *cause

death Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sh ...

, to kill a living organism, to cause its death Other common uses include: *

Kill (body of water) A kill is a body of water, most commonly a stream, creek, but also a creek (tidal), tidal inlet, river, strait, or sea, arm of the sea. The term is derived from the Middle Dutch ''kille'' (''kil'' in modern Dutch language, Dutch), meaning "riverb ...

, a body of water, most commonly a creek *

Kill (command) In computing, kill is a command that is used in several popular operating systems to send signals to running processes. Implementations Unix and Unix-like In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, kill is a command used to send a signal to a p ...

, a computing command *Killed animal, the flesh of which is called

carrion Carrion (), also known as a carcass, is the decaying flesh of dead animals. Overview Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters (or scavengers) include crows, vultures ...

Kill may also refer to:

Media

*'' Kill!'', a 1968 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto * ''Kill'' (film), a 2023 Indian action film directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat * ''Kill'' (Cannibal Corpse album), 2006 * ''Kill'' (Electric Six album), 2009 * "Kill" (song), a 2008 song by Mell *

The Kills The Kills are an English-American rock music, rock duo formed by American singer Alison Mosshart, Alison "VV" Mosshart and English guitarist Jamie Hince, Jamie "Hotel" Hince. They are signed to Domino Recording Company, Domino Records. Their fi ...

, English-American rock band founded in 2001 *''Kill'', the original title of the 2023 film ''

Betrayal Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Of ...

Places in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

* Kill, County Dublin *

Kill, County Kildare Kill () is a village and parish in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland near the county's border with Dublin beside the N7 road (Ireland), N7. Its population was recorded as 3,818 people in the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Kill ...

* Kill, County Waterford *Kill, Kilbixy, County Westmeath *Kill,

Kilcar ''Cill Charthaigh'' (anglicised as Kilcar) is a Gaeltacht village on the R263 road (Ireland), R263 Regional road (Ireland), regional road in the south west of County Donegal in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a townland of 233 acres an ...

, County Donegal *Kill, Kilcleagh, County Westmeath

United Kingdom

* Kill, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone

Sports

* Baserunner kill, a baseball term *

Penalty kill Short-handed is a term used in ice hockey and several related sports, including water polo, and refers to having fewer players on the ice during play, as a result of a penalty. The player removed from play serves the penalty in the penalty box f ...

, an ice hockey term *Kill, a type of attack in

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Other

Well kill A well kill is the operation of placing a column of special fluids of the required density into a well bore in order to prevent the flow of reservoir fluids without the need for pressure control equipment at the surface. It works on the principle ...