how to kill a process that is "defunct"?

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Jeff G. <connyank at cox.net> wrote:
> On 11/21/2010 04:02 AM, Tha.Suresh wrote:
>>> Is there a way to kill that process?
>>
>> $ killall -9 transmission
>>
>>
>>
> Tha, man pages don't show the -9 option - where did that come from?

And here I thought that was *the* best-known option for ``kill''. I
mean, what other kill option has its own theme song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4

♫
Your sad rhymes are spinnin' like you're in a deadlock,
You're like a synchronous sock that don't know when to block;
So I pull out my keyboard and I pull out my Glock
And I dismount your girl and I mount /proc
♫

http://www.monzy.com/intro/killdashnine_lyrics.html

:¬D

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