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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def kill_monitor(self, check_alive=True):
 """Kill the monitor. Args: check_alive (bool):
 Raise an exception if the process was already dead. """

        self._kill_process_type(
            ray_constants.PROCESS_TYPE_MONITOR, check_alive=check_alive)