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Weapon used for the kill was an AK-630, CIWS.

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  1. transitive verb To put to death.
  2. transitive verb To deprive of life: The Black Death was a disease that killed millions.
  3. transitive verb To put an end to; extinguish: The rain killed our plans for a picnic.
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  1. Middle English killen, perhaps from Old English *cyllan; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.

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  1. from Middle English killen, killen, commonly cullen (later also, as early modern English, coll, cole), strike, cut, from Icelandic kolla, hit on the head, harm, = Norwegian kylla, poll (trees), = Dutch kollen, knock down; from the noun, Icelandic kollr, top, head, = Norwegian koll, top, head, crown: see coll. The notion that kill is another form of quell, Anglo-Saxon cwellan, kill, is erroneous.
  2. from kill, v.
  3. from Dutch kil, a channel, Middle Dutch kille, kiele, an inlet, = Icelandic kīll = Norwegian kil, a channel, canal, inlet.
 

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