Killing can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| killing - very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics" | ||
Verb |
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| 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" | ||
| kill - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" | ||
| kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" | ||
| kill - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" | ||
| kill - deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" | ||
| kill - hit with great force; "He killed the ball" | ||
| kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" | ||
| kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| kill - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" | ||
| kill - be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" | ||
| kill - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" | ||
| kill - be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" | ||
| kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" | ||
| kill - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" | ||
| kill - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" | ||
Noun |
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| killing - the act of terminating a life | ||
| killing - an event that causes someone to die | ||
| killing - a very large profit |
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| 1. | adj. | A killing joke. | |
| 2. | noun | [This killing of a respected cleric will be causing us trouble for years to come.] | |
| 3. | noun | Two hundred members of the Batawi clan of the Dulaim demonstrated in Baghdad on Friday, protesting the killing of their clan elder, Shaikh Kadhim Sarhid and 4 of his sons, by gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms. | |
| 4. | noun | Brokers made a killing because of the high yen. | |
| 5. | noun | The new ambassador will push for a cease-fire to stop the killing. | |
| 6. | noun | He made a killing by investing in the stock market. | |
| 7. | noun | He made a killing in his new business. | |
| 8. | noun | Because we reject the same thing that people of all faiths reject: the killing of innocent men, women, and children. And it is my first duty as President to protect the American people. | |
| 9. | noun | I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best. | |
| 10. | noun | The police tried hard to unravel the mystery of killing. | |
| 11. | noun | Modern warfare often results in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike. | |
| 12. | noun | Mihari is guarding the gate to Pinku Reiga's mansion. In spite of her harmless looks, she has earned herself a reputation as a cold-hearted, fierce and merciless killing machine. | |
| 13. | noun | At Wall Street, some insiders made a killing by going short, when everyone had been sucked into an unsustainable uptrend. | |
| 14. | noun | The killing of the innocent villagers was ordered by the evil dictator. | |
| 15. | noun | A vegan diet is no guarantee of a good diet, unless the only goal is to avoid killing animals. | |
| 16. | noun | Dan didn't participate in the killing of Linda. | |
| 17. | verb | Very recently, US forces in Al-Anbar made a terrible blunder by accidentally killing Abdul-Razaq Inad Al-Gu'ud, Sheikh of the Al-Bu Nimr clan from the powerful Dulaym tribe. | |
| 18. | verb | His explosive temper probably provoked the disastrous siege of Fallujah last spring, killing 600 Iraqis, most of them women and children, in revenge for the deaths of 4 civilian mercenaries, one of them a South African. | |
| 19. | verb | His delight in killing people became a campaign issue in 2000 when he seemed, in one debate, to enjoy the prospect of executing wrong-doers a little too much. | |
| 20. | verb | He has clearly gone on enjoying killing people on a large scale in Iraq. | |
| 21. | verb | Put guards in front of every concert hall and there will always be a line of people to be checked by the guards and this line will be the target, not to speak of killing the guards themselves. | |
| 22. | verb | She then blows herself up, killing 20 people, including many children, with heads and arms rolling around in the restaurant. | |
| 23. | verb | Suppose, for the sake of discussion, that someone would openly stay in a well-known address in Teheran, hosted by the Iranian Government and financed by it, executing one atrocity after another in Spain or in France, killing hundreds of innocent people, accepting responsibility for the crimes, promising in public TV interviews to do more of the same, while the Government of Iran issues public condemnations of his acts but continues to host him, invite him to official functions and treat him as a great dignitary. | |
| 24. | verb | Princeton islamist scholar Bernard Lewis has explained that while islamists may disagree about whether killing innocents is sanctioned by the laws of jihad, extremists like Zawahiri agree that notice must be given before biochemical weapons are used. | |
| 25. | verb | Power producers then turned their attention toward killing that cap, saying they couldn't make a profit even under these constraints. | |
| 26. | verb | Recall that it was two Exocets that ripped the USS Stark to shreds in 1987, killing 37 sailors. | |
| 27. | verb | A time bomb went off in the airport killing thirteen people. | |
| 28. | verb | Once we've killed, we enjoy killing. | |
| 29. | verb | The bus fell off the cliff, killing all 10 aboard. | |
| 30. | verb | The man attacked her with the intention of killing her. | |
| 31. | verb | The magazine is for killing time. |
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| adj. | |
| A killing joke. |
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| noun | |
| [This killing of a respected cleric will be causing us trouble for years to come.] |
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| Two hundred members of the Batawi clan of the Dulaim demonstrated in Baghdad on Friday, protesting the killing of their clan elder, Shaikh Kadhim Sarhid and 4 of his sons, by gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms. |
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| Brokers made a killing because of the high yen. | |
| The new ambassador will push for a cease-fire to stop the killing. | |
| He made a killing by investing in the stock market. | |
| He made a killing in his new business. | |
| Because we reject the same thing that people of all faiths reject: the killing of innocent men, women, and children. And it is my first duty as President to protect the American people. | |
| I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best. | |
| The police tried hard to unravel the mystery of killing. | |
| Modern warfare often results in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike. | |
| Mihari is guarding the gate to Pinku Reiga's mansion. In spite of her harmless looks, she has earned herself a reputation as a cold-hearted, fierce and merciless killing machine. | |
| At Wall Street, some insiders made a killing by going short, when everyone had been sucked into an unsustainable uptrend. | |
| The killing of the innocent villagers was ordered by the evil dictator. | |
| A vegan diet is no guarantee of a good diet, unless the only goal is to avoid killing animals. | |
| Dan didn't participate in the killing of Linda. | |
| verb | |
| Very recently, US forces in Al-Anbar made a terrible blunder by accidentally killing Abdul-Razaq Inad Al-Gu'ud, Sheikh of the Al-Bu Nimr clan from the powerful Dulaym tribe. |
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| His explosive temper probably provoked the disastrous siege of Fallujah last spring, killing 600 Iraqis, most of them women and children, in revenge for the deaths of 4 civilian mercenaries, one of them a South African. |
|
| His delight in killing people became a campaign issue in 2000 when he seemed, in one debate, to enjoy the prospect of executing wrong-doers a little too much. |
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| He has clearly gone on enjoying killing people on a large scale in Iraq. |
|
| Put guards in front of every concert hall and there will always be a line of people to be checked by the guards and this line will be the target, not to speak of killing the guards themselves. |
|
| She then blows herself up, killing 20 people, including many children, with heads and arms rolling around in the restaurant. |
|
| Suppose, for the sake of discussion, that someone would openly stay in a well-known address in Teheran, hosted by the Iranian Government and financed by it, executing one atrocity after another in Spain or in France, killing hundreds of innocent people, accepting responsibility for the crimes, promising in public TV interviews to do more of the same, while the Government of Iran issues public condemnations of his acts but continues to host him, invite him to official functions and treat him as a great dignitary. |
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| Princeton islamist scholar Bernard Lewis has explained that while islamists may disagree about whether killing innocents is sanctioned by the laws of jihad, extremists like Zawahiri agree that notice must be given before biochemical weapons are used. |
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| Power producers then turned their attention toward killing that cap, saying they couldn't make a profit even under these constraints. |
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| Recall that it was two Exocets that ripped the USS Stark to shreds in 1987, killing 37 sailors. |
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| A time bomb went off in the airport killing thirteen people. | |
| Once we've killed, we enjoy killing. | |
| The bus fell off the cliff, killing all 10 aboard. | |
| The man attacked her with the intention of killing her. | |
| The magazine is for killing time. | |