diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index e693788053..2b2c1b57ab 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pub fn create_default_context() -> EngineState {
             IntoFilesize,
             IntoInt,
             IntoString,
+            Kill,
             Last,
             Length,
             Let,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/platform/kill.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/kill.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ab4f07409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/kill.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
+use nu_protocol::{ast::Call, span};
+use nu_protocol::{
+    Category, Example, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape,
+    Value,
+};
+use std::process::{Command as CommandSys, Stdio};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Kill;
+
+impl Command for Kill {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "kill"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Kill a process using the process id."
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        let signature = Signature::build("kill")
+            .required(
+                "pid",
+                SyntaxShape::Int,
+                "process id of process that is to be killed",
+            )
+            .rest("rest", SyntaxShape::Int, "rest of processes to kill")
+            .switch("force", "forcefully kill the process", Some('f'))
+            .switch("quiet", "won't print anything to the console", Some('q'))
+            .category(Category::Platform);
+
+        if cfg!(windows) {
+            return signature;
+        }
+
+        signature.named(
+            "signal",
+            SyntaxShape::Int,
+            "signal decimal number to be sent instead of the default 15 (unsupported on Windows)",
+            Some('s'),
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        _input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        let pid: i64 = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+        let rest: Vec<i64> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 1)?;
+        let force: bool = call.has_flag("force");
+        let signal: Option<Spanned<i64>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "signal")?;
+        let quiet: bool = call.has_flag("quiet");
+
+        let mut cmd = if cfg!(windows) {
+            let mut cmd = CommandSys::new("taskkill");
+
+            if force {
+                cmd.arg("/F");
+            }
+
+            cmd.arg("/PID");
+            cmd.arg(pid.to_string());
+
+            // each pid must written as `/PID 0` otherwise
+            // taskkill will act as `killall` unix command
+            for id in &rest {
+                cmd.arg("/PID");
+                cmd.arg(id.to_string());
+            }
+
+            cmd
+        } else {
+            let mut cmd = CommandSys::new("kill");
+            if force {
+                if let Some(Spanned {
+                    item: _,
+                    span: signal_span,
+                }) = signal
+                {
+                    return Err(ShellError::IncompatibleParameters {
+                        left_message: "force".to_string(),
+                        left_span: call.get_named_arg("force").unwrap().span,
+                        right_message: "signal".to_string(),
+                        right_span: span(&[
+                            call.get_named_arg("signal").unwrap().span,
+                            signal_span,
+                        ]),
+                    });
+                }
+                cmd.arg("-9");
+            } else if let Some(signal_value) = signal {
+                cmd.arg(format!("-{}", signal_value.item.to_string()));
+            }
+
+            cmd.arg(pid.to_string());
+
+            cmd.args(rest.iter().map(move |id| id.to_string()));
+
+            cmd
+        };
+
+        // pipe everything to null
+        if quiet {
+            cmd.stdin(Stdio::null())
+                .stdout(Stdio::null())
+                .stderr(Stdio::null());
+        }
+
+        cmd.status().expect("failed to execute shell command");
+
+        Ok(Value::Nothing { span: call.head }.into_pipeline_data())
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Kill the pid using the most memory",
+                example: "ps | sort-by mem | last | kill $it.pid",
+                result: None,
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Force kill a given pid",
+                example: "kill --force 12345",
+                result: None,
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Send INT signal",
+                example: "kill -s 2 12345",
+                result: None,
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::Kill;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn examples_work_as_expected() {
+        use crate::test_examples;
+        test_examples(Kill {})
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/platform/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/mod.rs
index 0a8fc97265..bb50c304f3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/platform/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 mod clear;
+mod kill;
 mod sleep;
 
 pub use clear::Clear;
+pub use kill::Kill;
 pub use sleep::Sleep;
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/ast/call.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/ast/call.rs
index 815e18a649..f2f9a9c431 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/ast/call.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/ast/call.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ impl Call {
         None
     }
 
+    pub fn get_named_arg(&self, flag_name: &str) -> Option<Spanned<String>> {
+        for name in &self.named {
+            if flag_name == name.0.item {
+                return Some(name.0.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn nth(&self, pos: usize) -> Option<Expression> {
         self.positional.get(pos).cloned()
     }