"kill file" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kill files [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kill file (plural kill files)
  1. (Internet) A user's file listing the users of a newsgroup whose postings are to be ignored, or other criteria for ignoring posts. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Usenet Synonyms: bozo filter [slang], bozo bin
    Sense id: en-kill_file-en-noun-Fz4D-Y1Y Disambiguation of Usenet: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21

Verb

Forms: kill files [present, singular, third-person], kill filing [participle, present], kill filed [participle, past], kill filed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} kill file (third-person singular simple present kill files, present participle kill filing, simple past and past participle kill filed)
  1. (Internet) To add (a user) to a kill file. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-kill_file-en-verb-GNvDGmJT

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