A time bomb went off in the airport killing thirteen people.
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Killing
//ˈkɪl.ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "killing" (231 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
dividenddividendsdivinedrainingdrowningearningseffortfulenervatingeuthanasiaexecutionexhaustingexterminationfadfatalfatalityfatiguesomefatiguingferalfilthy lucrefinish
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flash in the panforcedforcible seizurefoul playgaingainsgasgassergenocidegetgettingsglamorousgleaninggleaningsgloriousglowinggoregorgeousgravegreat successgrossgross profitgruelinghard earnedhard foughthard-earnedhard-foughtheavenlyheavyheftyherculeanhithoardhomicideimmolationincomeinterestinternecinelaboredlaboriouslaying wastelethalliquidationliver deathlootinglucremakingsmalign
Noun(1 words)
Related words (115)
malignantmanslaughtermartyrdommass destructionmass murdermassacremegadeathmercy killingmeteoric successmomentary successmortalmurdermurderousneat profitnetnet profitobstreperousnessonerousonslaughtoperose
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oppressivepainfulpaper profitspelfpercentageperkperksperniciousperquisitepickingspillagingpoisoningproceedsprofitprofitspunishingpurgeradiantrake offrake-offraperavingravishingreceiptsremovalresounding triumphresplendentreturnreturnsriotriotingroaring successruinoussackingsacrificesavagesensationserum deathshiningshootingsidesplittingslaughterslayingsmashsmash hitsmotherationsmotheringsowing with saltsparklingsplendidsplendoroussplendrousstarvationstoningstorestrainedstrainingstranglingstrangulationstrenuousstressfulstroke of luckstunningsublimesuccesssuffocationtaketake-intiresometiringtoilsometoughtriumphtroublesometryingunrulinessuphilluproariousvetoviolationviolent deathvirulentwatery gravewealthwearifulwearingwearisomewearyingwindfallwinningswow
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Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
63 translations across 26 languages.
Algerian Arabic
1 entries- قتل noun (instance of someone being killed)
Arabic
3 entries- قَاتِل adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- مُمِيت adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- قَتْل noun (instance of someone being killed)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 殺 /杀 noun (instance of someone being killed)
Choctaw
1 entries- abi noun (instance of someone being killed)
Danish
3 entries- dødelig adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- pivfræk adj (devastatingly attractive)
- drab noun (instance of someone being killed)
Dutch
1 entries- doding noun (instance of someone being killed)
Esperanto
1 entries- mortigo noun (instance of someone being killed)
Finnish
4 entries- tappava adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- tyrmäävä adj (devastatingly attractive)
- jättipotti noun (large amount of money)
- jättisumma noun (large amount of money)
French
1 entries- meurtre noun (instance of someone being killed)
Georgian
3 entries- მომაკვდინებელი adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- სასიკვდილო adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- მკვლელობა noun (instance of someone being killed)
German
3 entries- Erlegen noun (instance of someone being killed)
- Reibach noun (large amount of money)
- Töten noun (instance of someone being killed)
Italian
4 entries- mortale adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- assassinio noun (instance of someone being killed)
- omicidio noun (instance of someone being killed)
- uccisione noun (instance of someone being killed)
Japanese
1 entries- 殺すこと noun (instance of someone being killed)
Kazakh
1 entries- өлтіру adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
Latin
4 entries- caesum noun (instance of someone being killed)
- exanimatio noun (instance of someone being killed)
- interfectiō noun (instance of someone being killed)
- letum noun (instance of someone being killed)
Macedonian
1 entries- убиство noun (instance of someone being killed)
Ojibwe
1 entries- nitaagewin noun (instance of someone being killed)
Old English
3 entries- cwalu noun (instance of someone being killed)
- mansliht noun (instance of someone being killed)
- sleġe noun (instance of someone being killed)
Portuguese
3 entries- de matar adj (devastatingly attractive)
- mortal adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- assassinato noun (instance of someone being killed)
Russian
4 entries- смерте́льный adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- уби́йственный adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- лише́ние жи́зни noun (instance of someone being killed)
- уби́йство noun (instance of someone being killed)
Sanskrit
2 entries- घातुक adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- घात noun (instance of someone being killed)
Spanish
3 entries- mortal adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- asesinato noun (instance of someone being killed)
- fortuna noun (large amount of money)
Telugu
1 entries- చంపుట noun (instance of someone being killed)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kāwälñe noun (instance of someone being killed)
Turkish
3 entries- öldürücü adj (lethal, deadly, fatal)
- katledilme noun (instance of someone being killed)
- öldürülme noun (instance of someone being killed)
Walloon
2 entries- moude noun (instance of someone being killed)
- touwaedje noun (instance of someone being killed)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Once we've killed, we enjoy killing.
Source: tatoeba (27461)
Brokers made a killing because of the high yen.
Source: tatoeba (34064)
The bus fell off the cliff, killing all 10 aboard.
Source: tatoeba (35437)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.