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Synonyms of 'killing'

killing

adjective

  1. (informal) tiring, debilitating, exhausting, fatiguing, punishing
  2. (informal) hilarious, comical, ludicrous, uproarious

noun

  1. slaughter, bloodshed, carnage, extermination, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, murder, slaying
  2. (informal)bonanza, bomb (slang), cleanup (informal), coup, gain, profit, success, windfall

Video: pronunciation of 'killing'

kill

verb

  1. slay, assassinate, butcher, destroy, execute, exterminate, liquidate, massacre, murder, slaughter
  2. suppress, extinguish, halt, quash, quell, scotch, smother, stifle, stop

Nearby words of 'killing'

  • kidnap
  • kill
  • killer
  • killing
  • killjoy
  • kin
  • kind
  • All ENGLISH synonyms that begin with 'K'

Related Terms of 'killing'

  • kill

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Thesaurus for killing from the Collins American English Thesaurus
Dictionary definition
A killing is an act of deliberately killing a person.
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Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns are used when you want to indicate who owns or is associated with an item. All those books are hers. Those suitcases are ours. Are you selling those books? I’d never sell any o...
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