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noun
- a spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death
- 1983: Then, I wondered how long I must wait before seeing my Double, but if I recalled, the Ka was not supposed to appear before the seventy days of embalming were done. " Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings
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noun
- A person who keeps something.
- Finders keepers; losers weepers.
- (slang) Something worth keeping.
- You can throw out all the blurry photos, but the one with her and her daughter is certainly a .
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard.
- (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
- (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
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noun
- The act of killing.
- The assassin liked to make a clean , and thus favored small arms over explosives.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The hunter delivered the with a pistol shot to the head.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- The fox dragged its back to its den.
verb
- To put to death; to extinguish life.
- Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
- There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
- (transitive) To stop, cease, or render void.
- The editor decided to the story.
- ''The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
- (context, transitive, figurative) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- That night, she was dressed to .
- That joke always kills me.
- (transitive) To tell off severely.
- My boss will me if I'm late.
- When she finally got home her dad just about killed her.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- I'm just doing this to time.
- Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.
- (context, transitive, figurative) To overpower or overwhelm.
- The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
| | kilovolt |
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noun
- One thousand ( 103 ) volts, abbreviated as kV or KV.
| | kilowatt |
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noun
- One thousand ( 103 ) watts, abbreviated as kW or KW.
| | kilowatt-hour |
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noun
- a unit of electrical energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour
- (British) a "unit" of electrical consumption by which domestic consumers are charged
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