kill

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) kill

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) kills

Past tense (ya wuce) killed

Past participle (ya wuce) killed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) killing

kill in Hausa kashe

1. When you kill something or someone like animals or persons, you put them to death; you take away life. <> kashe masu rai kamar mutane ko dabbobi.

   Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined. <> Shan taba na kashe yawan mutanen da ya fi masu shan giya da ƙwayoyi tare.

2. To make something not work. <> Sa abu ya daina aiki.

   He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting. <> Ya kashe injin da fitalun gaban amma ya dawwama a cikin motar.

3. If you kill a thing, you bring it to an end. <> Wato kawo abu ƙarshe kenan.

   Kill the jokes. Let's get serious. Wasan ya isa, mu maida abu muhimmi mana.

4. If something has been killed it has been treated in a very bad way. <> Yin lalaci da abu.

   The rough road killed the tires on my car.

   The small writing is killing my eyes.

   My dad is going to kill me when he sees my bad grade.

5. If something is killing you, it causes pain. If a body part is killing you, it hurts.

   My headache is killing me.

   My head is killing me.

6. If something funny kills you it makes you laugh.

   Your jokes just kill me.

Synonyms

• murder

Noun

Singular kill

Plural kills

1. The act of killing.

   The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.

2. The result of killing; the thing that has been killed.

   The fox dragged its kill back to its den.

Related words

• killer
• killer instinct