kill

Example Sentences

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The agent managed to rewrite its own code to avoid the kill switch, then posted about the blocking.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The team started by cutting the Bermuda grass, turning it over and letting it sit to kill the roots.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Then came the buzz kill: Last year the company started charging staffers a fee every time they used the machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Surfshark Starter includes core VPN features such as ad blocking, split tunneling, a kill switch and MultiHop, and is priced at $15.45/month, $3.19/month for the one-year plan and $1.99/month for the two-year plan.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

“Dad knows we didn’t kill Miss Myrt. She died of her own meanness. The bile backed up in her, and she foundered on it.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck