打ち止める;打ち留める;打止める;打留める [うちとめる] /(v1,vt) (1) to hammer into place/(v1,vt) (2) (also うちどめる) to end (a performance)/(v1,vt) (3) to kill (with a gun, sword, etc.)/to slay/to shoot dead/to cut down/EntL1588230/