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-[[Image:The Remorse of Nero by Waterhouse.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother]]'' ([[1878]]) by [[John William Waterhouse]]]]+[[Image:The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David (1793).jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[The Death of Marat]]'' ([[1793]]) by [[Jacques-Louis David]]]]
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-# The [[act]] of killing.+| style="text-align: left;" |
-#: ''The assassin liked to make a clean '''kill''', and thus favored small arms over explosives.''+" I don’t mean to be crude, but it appears that [[testosterone]] basically has two, and only two, major drives: [[fuck]] it or [[kill]] it," --[[Ken Wilber]] in a ''[[A Brief History of Everything]]''."
-# Specifically, the [[death]] [[blow]].+<hr>
-#: ''The hunter delivered the '''kill''' with a pistol shot to the head.''+"It is [[forbidden]] to [[kill]]; therefore all murderers are [[Punishment |punished]] unless they [[mass murder|kill in large numbers]] and to the sound of [[trumpet]]s" --[[Voltaire]] [[It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets |[...]]]
-# The result of [[killing]]; that which has been killed.+|}
-#: ''The fox dragged its '''kill''' back to its den.''+{{Template}}
-{{wiktionary|kill}}+'''Kill''' refers to the [[act]] of causing the [[death]] of a [[living organism]].
-'''Kill''' may refer to:+
-*The act of causing the [[death]] of a living organism+
==Etymology== ==Etymology==
From Middle English ''killen, kyllen, cüllen'' (“to strike, beat, cut”), possibly a variant of Old English ''cwellan'' (“to kill, murder, execute”) (see ''quell''), or from Old Norse ''kolla'' (“to hit on the head, harm”) (compare Norwegian ''kylla'' (“to poll”), Middle Dutch ''kollen'' (“to knock down”), Icelandic ''kollur'' (“top, head”), see ''coll, cole''). Compare also Middle Dutch ''killen, kellen'' (“to kill”), Middle Low German ''killen'' (“to ache strongly, to cause one great pain”), Middle High German ''kellen''. Cognate with Albanian ''qëlloj'' (“to hit, strike”). From Middle English ''killen, kyllen, cüllen'' (“to strike, beat, cut”), possibly a variant of Old English ''cwellan'' (“to kill, murder, execute”) (see ''quell''), or from Old Norse ''kolla'' (“to hit on the head, harm”) (compare Norwegian ''kylla'' (“to poll”), Middle Dutch ''kollen'' (“to knock down”), Icelandic ''kollur'' (“top, head”), see ''coll, cole''). Compare also Middle Dutch ''killen, kellen'' (“to kill”), Middle Low German ''killen'' (“to ache strongly, to cause one great pain”), Middle High German ''kellen''. Cognate with Albanian ''qëlloj'' (“to hit, strike”).
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*''[[La Curée]]'' (''The Kill''), a novel by Émile Zola *''[[La Curée]]'' (''The Kill''), a novel by Émile Zola
==See also== ==See also==
-*[[Assassins]]+*[[-cide]]
 +*[[Assassin]]
 +*[[Homicide]]
 +*[[List of types of killing]]
*[[Murder]] *[[Murder]]
*[[Thou shalt not kill]] *[[Thou shalt not kill]]
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" I don’t mean to be crude, but it appears that testosterone basically has two, and only two, major drives: fuck it or kill it," --Ken Wilber in a A Brief History of Everything."


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Kill refers to the act of causing the death of a living organism.

Etymology

From Middle English killen, kyllen, cüllen (“to strike, beat, cut”), possibly a variant of Old English cwellan (“to kill, murder, execute”) (see quell), or from Old Norse kolla (“to hit on the head, harm”) (compare Norwegian kylla (“to poll”), Middle Dutch kollen (“to knock down”), Icelandic kollur (“top, head”), see coll, cole). Compare also Middle Dutch killen, kellen (“to kill”), Middle Low German killen (“to ache strongly, to cause one great pain”), Middle High German kellen. Cognate with Albanian qëlloj (“to hit, strike”).

Namesakes

  • La Curée (The Kill), a novel by Émile Zola

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