Meanings
- InternetUsed to express fear, disgust, or strong objection in reaction to something.
'Look at this! IS GAY THE NEW STRAIGHT? Jesus – she's like a one woman crap factory. Kill it! Kill it with fire!'
2005, Anna Clare, Make You a Man, Black Lace, →ISBN, page 142 more examples
But we need to give STL [file format] a headshot. We should kill it. Kill it with fire. Whatever switching costs you may have they will pay for themselves in money saved in storage.
2013 July, Joris Peels, “AMF is no longer only for bowling”, in TCT Magazine, page 15For me, the victor is the film adaption, which is a masterpiece of one man's conversion. As for the book? Kill it with fire.
2020 January 16, Patrick Ullmer, “The Stack-Up: 'The Hunter'”, in The Spectrum, North Dakota State University, page 7Synonyms: do not want
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionUsed to express fear, disgust, or strong objection in reaction to something.
Origin
Presumably a reference to the trope of using fire to kill a monster in horror, science fiction, and fantasy, with a notable example being the 1982 film The Thing.
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