kill someone dead in English

Forms: kills someone dead [present, singular, third-person], killing someone dead [participle, present], killed someone dead [participle, past], killed someone dead [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Possibly derived from the phrase shoot someone dead. Head templates: {{en-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)

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  "etymology_text": "Possibly derived from the phrase shoot someone dead.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kills someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "killing someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "killed someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "killed someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, George P. Matheos, Mirages of the Rub Al-Khali",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To murder someone and ensure that they are dead."
      ],
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          "murder",
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          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect, US) To murder someone and ensure that they are dead."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kill someone dead"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly derived from the phrase shoot someone dead.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kills someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "killing someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "killed someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "killed someone dead",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "kill someone dead (third-person singular simple present kills someone dead, present participle killing someone dead, simple past and past participle killed someone dead)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English dialectal terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, George P. Matheos, Mirages of the Rub Al-Khali",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To murder someone and ensure that they are dead."
      ],
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          "murder",
          "murder"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect, US) To murder someone and ensure that they are dead."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kill someone dead"
}

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"kill someone dead" meaning in English

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