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noun, feminine

kill

/ˈkil/

noun, feminine/ˈkil/plural: kills

a kill; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵi(H)-l-der. Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ Proto-West Germanic *killjā Old Dutch *killa Middle Dutch kille Dutch kilbor. English killubor. Spanish kill Unadapted borrowing from English kill.