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kills someone dead

kills someone dead is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is kills someone dead the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Kills someone dead is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kill someone dead.

Words near kills someone dead in the dictionary

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

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