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Killing

Killing Meaning & Definition
Killing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Killing?

[n] the act of terminating a life
[n] an event that causes someone to die
[n] (informal) a very large profit
[adj] (informal) very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
[adj] having a debilitating effect; "a killing job in the hot sun"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Killing: cleanup | debilitating | draining | exhausting | humorous | humourous | kill | putting to death | sidesplitting | violent death

Related Terms | Find terms related to Killing: arduous | asphyxiation | assault | attack | backbreaking | baneful | battering | beaming | best seller | big hit | blood | bloodshed | blooming | bomb | bonanza | bright | brilliant | brilliant success | brutal | burdensome | butchery | capital gains | carnage | choke | choking | cleanup | clear profit | coup | crushing | dazzling | deadly | death | death-bringing | deathful | deathly | debilitating | decimation | destructive | devastating | difficult | disorderliness | dividends | divine | draining | drowning | earnings | effortful | enervating | execution | exhausting | extermination | fad | fatal | fatality | fatiguesome | fatiguing | feral | filthy lucre | forced | forcible seizure | foul play | gain | gains | gas | gasser | genocide | get | gettings | glamorous | gleanings | glorious | glowing | gorgeous | great success | gross | gross profit | grueling | hard-earned | hard-fought | heavenly | heavy | hefty | Herculean | hit | hoard | homicide | income | interest | internecine | labored | laborious | laying waste | lethal | liquidation | liver death | looting | lucre | makings | malign | malignant | manslaughter | mass destruction | mass murder | massacre | megadeath | meteoric success | momentary success | mortal | murder | neat profit | net | net profit | obstreperousness | onerous | onslaught | operose | oppressive | painful | paper profits | pelf | percentage | perk | perks | pernicious | perquisite | pickings | pillaging | proceeds | profit | profits | punishing | radiant | rake-off | rape | raving | ravishing | receipts | resounding triumph | resplendent | return | returns | riot | rioting | roaring success | ruinous | sacking | savage | sensation | serum death | shining | slaughter | slaying | smash | smash hit | smotheration | smothering | sowing with salt | sparkling | splendid | splendorous | splendrous | starvation | store | strained | straining | strangling | strangulation | strenuous | stressful | stroke of luck | stunning | sublime | success | suffocation | take | take-in | tiresome | tiring | toilsome | tough | triumph | troublesome | trying | unruliness | uphill | violation | violent death | virulent | watery grave | wealth | weariful | wearing | wearisome | wearying | windfall | winnings | wow

See Also | asphyxiation | beheading | conclusion | coup de grace | death | deathblow | decapitation | despatch | dispatch | earnings | electrocution | ending | euthanasia | execution | fatality | fell | genocide | homicide | human death | lucre | lynching | manslaughter | mercy killing | murder | net | net income | net profit | poisoning | profit | profits | race murder | racial extermination | regicide | ritual killing | sacrifice | self-annihilation | self-destruction | shooting | slaughter | slaying | suffocation | suicide | termination

Killing In Webster's Dictionary

\Kill"ing\, a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. -- {Kill"ing*ly}, adv. Those eyes are made so killing. --Pope. Nothing could be more killingly spoken. --Milton.

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