Outkill

//aʊtˈkɪl// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To kill more than. stative, transitive

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

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From out- + kill.

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