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killing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | violent death |
| Type of | fatality, human death |
| Derivation | kill |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kill, putting to death |
| Type of | termination, conclusion, ending |
| Has types | mercy killing, poisoning, race murder, racial extermination, ritual killing, sacrifice, self-annihilation, self-destruction, slaughter, suffocation, suicide, asphyxiation, beheading, coup de grace, death, deathblow, decapitation, despatch, dispatch, electrocution, euthanasia, fell, genocide, homicide |
| Derivation | kill |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cleanup |
| Type of | earnings, net income, profit, profits, lucre, net, net profit |
Examples of killing
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A small band of well-prepared terrorists can unleash unspeakable killing forces.
From the washingtontimes.com
Colquitt's killing marks the ninth homicide in the city of Sacramento this year.
From the sacbee.com
Michael Joseph Anderson has been charged with murder in connection with killing.
From the charlotteobserver.com
By a mega drug suspected of killing her and hundreds of others in metro Detroit.
From the freep.com
He stopped the vehicle by killing the driver, but fighters piled out of the car.
From the kansas.com
Islamist terrorists bombed commuter trains in Spain in 2004, killing 191 people.
From the suntimes.com
Jim is still locked away for accidentaly killing his mother whilst mentally ill.
From the latimes.com
Later, a mortar hit a public minibus, killing two people and wounding 21 others.
From the cnn.com
The main U.N. building collapsed, killing a score of international peacekeepers.
From the time.com
- An event that causes someone to die
- Very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
- The act of terminating a life
- A very large profit
- (killingly) in a very humorous manner
- (kill) cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
- Killing is an Italian photo comic series featuring an eponymous character. The series was entitled Satanik in the French edition, Kiling in Argentina as well as being published in Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Germany and Venezuela. ...
- The Killing is the second EP by the Danish death/thrash metal band Hatesphere. The song, "Murderous Intent", would later appear on their full length album The Sickness Within.
- The Killing is a 1956 film noir produced by James B. Harris and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. The drama features Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards and Elisha Cook Jr.
