"kill with kindness" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: kills with kindness [present, singular, third-person], killing with kindness [participle, present], killed with kindness [participle, past], killed with kindness [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kill with kindness (third-person singular simple present kills with kindness, present participle killing with kindness, simple past and past participle killed with kindness)
  1. (transitive) To pacify somebody by remaining goodhearted. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-kill_with_kindness-en-verb-bBi86PEQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kill with kindness meaning in English (1.5kB)

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