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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. ˈki-liŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. Adjective. antic. chucklesome.
noun. the act of causing death; slaying. informal. a sudden stroke of success, usually financial, as in speculations on the stock market (esp in the phrase make a killing )
KILL definition: 1. to cause someone or something to die: 2. to stop or destroy a relationship, activity, or…. Learn more.
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. an event that causes someone to die. synonyms: violent death. see more. noun. a very large profit. synonyms: cleanup. see more. adjective. very funny. “a killing joke” synonyms: sidesplitting. comedic, humorous, humourous. full of or characterized by humor. Pronunciation. US. /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ UK. /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Killing."
KILLING definition: 1. a murder, or when someone or something is killed: 2. to make a lot of money very quickly.
Tuberculosis was a killing disease well into the 20th century, and society found itself with few remedies. exhausting: An ever-expanding workload is imperceptible at first, but eventually we're operating at a killing pace.
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.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use killing in a sentence In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
