docker-docs/machine/reference/kill.md

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kill

Usage: docker-machine kill [arg...]

Kill (abruptly force stop) a machine

Description:
   Argument(s) are one or more machine names.

For example:

$ 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