Kill 437432 223409553 2008-07-03T23:20:12Z 12.192.132.130 {{wiktionarypar|kill|killing}} {{Otheruses4|the act of ending a living being's life}} To '''kill''', '''killing''' or to have '''killed''' means to cause the [[death]] of a [[living]] [[organism]]. The act of killing an [[animal]], [[plant]], or other [[life form]] can be said to have occurred when an outside [[force]], usually another life form, has done something to cause it to [[death|die]]. This may be a result of several actions: * a deliberate action such as [[war]] * in the case of animals, [[slaughter]]; see [[slaughterhouse]] * the result of a criminal act, the [[action (philosophy)|action]] or [[fault]] of another human being, see [[homicide]] and [[murder]] * the results of an [[accident]], such as a [[car accident|car crash]]. See [[negligent homicide]] * [[suicide]] (to kill yourself) {{Death-stub}} [[Category:Death]] [[de:Tötung]] [[zh-classical:殺]] [[ko:살해]] [[ja:殺害]] [[simple:Kill]]