5 Letter Words starting with KILL

• cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing)

Synonyms: murder, cause the death of, take/end the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute

• put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something)

Synonyms: destroy, put an end to, bring to an end, be the end of, end, extinguish, dash, quell, quash, ruin, wreck, shatter, smash, crush, scotch, veto, defeat, vote down, rule against, reject, throw out, overrule, stop, block, put a stop to, put an end to, quash, overturn, disallow

• overwhelm (someone) with an emotion

Synonyms: overwhelm, take someone's breath away, leave speechless, shake, move, stir, stun, amaze, astonish, stagger, dumbfound

• pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event

Synonyms: while away, use up, fill up, fill in, fill, occupy, beguile, pass, spend, expend

• an act of killing, especially of one animal by another

Synonyms: death blow, killing, act of killing, dispatch

• (in place names, especially in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary