"outkill" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /aʊtˈkɪl/ [UK] Forms: outkills [present, singular, third-person], outkilling [participle, present], outkilled [participle, past], outkilled [past]
Etymology: From out- + kill. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|kill}} out- + kill Head templates: {{en-verb}} outkill (third-person singular simple present outkills, present participle outkilling, simple past and past participle outkilled)
  1. (transitive, stative) To kill more than. Tags: stative, transitive Categories (topical): Murder

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for outkill meaning in English (1.9kB)

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