outkill

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UK/aʊtˈkɪl/

verb

To kill more than.

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Meanings

verboutkill (third-person singular simple present outkills, present participle outkilling, simple past and past participle outkilled)

present singular third person outkills · participle present outkilling · participle past outkilled · past outkilled

  1. stativetransitiveTo kill more than.

    Southerners do not outkill northerners in homicides carried out during robberies, they found, only in those sparked by quarrels.

    2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 119

Origin

From out- + kill.

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APA

outkill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outkill

MLA

“outkill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outkill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outkill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outkill.

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