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killed someone dead

killed someone dead is the simple past and past participle of kill someone dead.

Meaning of kill someone dead

Verb

kill someone dead (third-person singular simple present kills someone dead, present participle killing someone dead, simple past and past participle killed someone dead)

  1. (US, dialectal) To murder someone and ensure that they are dead.
    • You don't understand, do you Hassan? It's not the Saudis who own all this oil of Ghawar. It's the Americans who own it. And if you try to take it away from them, they will kill you dead like they killed Saddam Hussein dead.2005, George P. Matheos, Mirages of the Rub Al-Khali

Questions about killed someone dead

What is killed someone dead the simple past and past participle of?
Killed someone dead is the simple past and past participle of kill someone dead.

Words near killed someone dead in the dictionary

  1. killed in action
  2. killed it
  3. killed off
  4. killed one's darlings
  5. killed oneself
  6. killed someone dead
  7. killed the fatted calf
  8. killed the goose that laid the golden eggs
  9. killed time
  10. killed two birds with one shot
  11. killed two birds with one stone

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