docs/compose/reference/kill.md

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Forces running containers to stop.	fig, composition, compose, docker, orchestration, cli, kill	docker-compose kill

Usage: kill [options] [SERVICE...]

Options:
-s SIGNAL         SIGNAL to send to the container. Default signal is SIGKILL.

Forces running containers to stop by sending a SIGKILL signal. Optionally the signal can be passed, for example:

$ docker-compose kill -s SIGINT