in or to or toward the rear
• "he followed behind" • "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front" • "the final runners were far behind"
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
• "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank" • "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
similar: kill off
thwart the passage of
• "kill a motion" • "he shot down the student's proposal"
syn: shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
end or extinguish by forceful means
• "Stamp out poverty!"
syn: stamp out
be fatal
• "cigarettes kill" • "drunken driving kills"