Process Kill
Noun Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
The act of terminating a running process, either intentionally during ops work or as part of failure handling. In engineering slang, a process kill is simple in wording and often messier in consequences.
In plain English: Terminating a running process.
Example: "One process kill stopped the runaway worker, but it also left half-finished state that the recovery path had to reconcile carefully afterward."