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    kill·ing
    [ˈkiliNG]
    noun
    killing (noun) · killings (plural noun)
    1. an act of causing death, especially deliberately:
      "the community was shocked by the brutal killings" · "years of killing and destruction"
    adjective
    killing (adjective)
    1. causing death:
      "weed-killing"
      • informal
        exhausting; unbearable:
        "the suspense will be killing"
      • dated
        overwhelmingly funny.
    kill
    [kil]
    verb
    killing (present participle)
    1. cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
      "her father was killed in a car crash" · "a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood"
      • (kill someone or something off)
        get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers:
        "there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations"
      • (kill someone off)
        (of a writer) bring about the “death” of a fictional character.
    2. put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something):
      "the committee voted to kill the project"
      • stop (a computer program or process).
      • informal
        switch off (a light or engine).
      • informal
        delete (a line, paragraph, or file) from a document or computer.
      • (in soccer or other ball games) make (the ball) stop:
        "after killing the ball with his chest, he brushed past Reeves"
      • tennis
        (in tennis and similar games) hit (the ball) so forcefully that it cannot be returned.
      • neutralize or subdue (an effect or quality):
        "the sauce would kill the taste of the herbs"
      • informal
        consume the entire contents of (a bottle containing an alcoholic drink):
        "I killed a rather good bottle of Fleurie"
    3. informal
      overwhelm (someone) with an emotion:
      "the suspense is killing me"
      • (kill oneself)
        overexert oneself:
        "I killed myself carrying those things home"
      • used hyperbolically to indicate that someone will be extremely angry with (another person):
        "my parents will kill me if they catch me out here"
      • cause pain or anguish to:
        "my feet are killing me"
    4. pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event:
      "when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘strike, beat’, also ‘put to death’): probably of Germanic origin and related to quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow.
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    noun
    1. an act of causing death, especially deliberately:
      murder
      assassination
      homicide
      manslaughter
      liquidation
      elimination
      execution
      dispatch
      martyrdom
      slaughter
      massacre
      butchery
      carnage
      bloodshed
      destruction
      decimation
      extermination
      eradication
      annihilation
      extinction
      patricide
      matricide
      parricide
      infanticide
      filicide
      slaying
      taking of life
      putting/doing to death
      wiping out
    adjective
    1. causing death:
      deadly
      lethal
      fatal
      mortal
      death-dealing
      final
      destructive
      dangerous
      murderous
      homicidal
      deathly
      causing death
      life-threatening
    verb
    1. cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
      murder
      do away with
      make away with
      assassinate
      eliminate
      terminate
      dispatch
      finish off
      execute
      slaughter
      butcher
      massacre
      wipe out
      destroy
      annihilate
      erase
      eradicate
      exterminate
      extirpate
      decimate
      mow down
      shoot down
      cut down
      put down
      bump off
      polish off
      do in
      do for
      knock off
      top
      take out
      croak
      stiff
      blow away
      liquidate
      ice
      off
      rub out
      waste
      whack
      scrag
      smoke
      slay
      cause the death of
      take/end the life of
      do to death
      put to death
      cut to pieces
      put to sleep
      dispose of
      • put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something):
        destroy
        put an end to
        end
        extinguish
        dash
        quell
        quash
        ruin
        wreck
        shatter
        smash
        crush
        scotch
        stop
        block
        frustrate
        thwart
        put a stop to
        prevent
        defeat
        derail
        do for
        put the kibosh on
        stymie
        scupper
        dish
        veto
        reject
        throw out
        overrule
        overturn
        disallow
        squash
        bring to an end
        be the end of
        put paid to
        put the lid on
        vote down
        rule against
        give the thumbs down to
        Opposite:
        facilitate
        pass
        accept
      • overwhelm (someone) with an emotion:
        overwhelm
        take someone's breath away
        shake
        move
        stir
        stun
        amaze
        astonish
        stagger
        dumbfound
        bowl over
        blow away
        blow someone's mind
        flabbergast
        leave speechless
        knock sideways
        knock for six
      • pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event:
        use up
        fill up
        fill in
        fill
        occupy
        beguile
        pass
        spend
        expend
        waste
        while away
        fritter away
       
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