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- Dictionarykilling/ˈkɪlɪŋ/
noun
- 1. an act of causing death, especially deliberately: "the community was shocked by the brutal killings"
adjective
- 1. causing death: "a killing disease" Similar
- 2. exhausting or unbearable: informal "a killing schedule" Similar
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KILLING definition: 1. an occasion when a person is murdered: 2. making you feel extremely tired: 3. extremely funny: . Learn more.
: extremely difficult to deal with. the suspense is killing. also : calling for great strength, stamina, or endurance. a killing schedule. killingly.
KILL meaning: 1. to cause someone or something to die: 2. to stop or destroy a relationship, activity, or…. Learn more.
The meaning of KILL is to deprive of life : cause the death of. How to use kill in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Kill.
A killing is an act of deliberately killing a person. This is a brutal killing. Synonyms: murder , massacre , slaughter , execution More Synonyms of killing
noun. the act of a person or thing that kills. the total game killed on a hunt. Informal. a quick and unusually large profit or financial gain: We would all like to win the lottery or make a killing in the stock market. adjective. fatal; deadly:
To murder someone means to kill them deliberately. Assassinate is used to talk about the murder of an important person, often for political reasons. If a large number of people are murdered, the words slaughter or massacre are sometimes used.
noun. the act of causing death, esp at the end of a hunt, bullfight, etc. the animal or animals killed during a hunt. the seasonal tally of stock slaughtered at a freezing works. the destruction of a battleship, tank, etc. in at the kill. present at the end or climax of some undertaking.
Definition of kill verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ [countable, uncountable] Idioms. an act of killing somebody deliberately synonym murder. Their leader condemned the torture and killing of innocent civilians. The mass killing (= killing of a large number of people) occurred when soldiers opened fire on protesters. a verdict of unlawful killing.
