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outkill

UK/aʊtˈkɪl/

outkill verb: to kill more than.

Verb

outkill (third-person singular simple present outkills, present participle outkilling, simple past and past participle outkilled)

  1. (stative, transitive) To kill more than.
    • Southerners do not outkill northerners in homicides carried out during robberies, they found, only in those sparked by quarrels.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 119

Forms of outkill

third-person singular presentoutkills
present participleoutkilling
past participleoutkilled
pastoutkilled

Origin of outkill

From out- + kill.

Questions about outkill

What does outkill mean?
Outkill means to kill more than.
What part of speech is outkill?
Outkill is a verb.
How do you pronounce outkill?
Outkill is pronounced /aʊtˈkɪl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of outkill?
The past tense of outkill is outkilled.

Words near outkill in the dictionary

  1. outkicked one's coverage
  2. outkicking
  3. outkicking one's coverage
  4. outkicks
  5. outkicks one's coverage
  6. outkill
  7. outkilled
  8. outkilling
  9. outkills
  10. outkiss
  11. outkissed

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