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title = "kill"
description = "Kill (abruptly force stop) a machine."
keywords = ["machine, kill, subcommand"]
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identifier="machine.kill"
parent="smn_machine_subcmds"
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# kill

Kill (abruptly force stop) a machine.

```
$ docker-machine ls
NAME   ACTIVE   DRIVER       STATE     URL
dev    *        virtualbox   Running   tcp://192.168.99.104:2376
$ docker-machine kill dev
$ docker-machine ls
NAME   ACTIVE   DRIVER       STATE     URL
dev    *        virtualbox   Stopped
```