Kill Process
Verb Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
To stop a running process, usually spoken casually in incident and debugging work. In engineering slang, 'kill the process' can be ordinary triage or a sign that the system lacks gentler control paths.
In plain English: To stop a running process.
Example: "They had to kill process on the stuck importer because it held the lock forever and ignored the ordinary shutdown path."