Killing

/ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/

Synonyms for "killing" (262 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Noun(9 words)

kill assassinating butcheringcell deathcleanup cytotoxicity dawdling deadly destroy

arduous asphyxiation assault attack backbreaking bane baneful battering beamingbest sellerbig hitblood bloodletting bloodshed blooming bomb bonanza bright brilliantbrilliant success

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brutal burdensome butcherycapital gainscarnage choke choking cleanupclear profitcoup crushing dazzling deadly deathdeath dealingdeath-bringing deathful deathly debilitating decimation destruction destructive devastating difficult

Strong matches (78)

disorderliness dividend dividends divine draining drowning earnings effortful enervating euthanasia execution exhausting extermination fad fatal fatality fatiguesome fatiguing feralfilthy lucre

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finishflash in the panforcedforcible seizurefoul playgain gains gas gasser genocide get gettings glamorous gleaning gleanings glorious glowing gore gorgeous gravegreat successgrossgross profitgruelinghard earnedhard foughthard-earned hard-fought heavenly heavy hefty herculean hit hoard homicide immolation income interest internecine labored laboriouslaying wastelethal liquidationliver death

Noun(12 words)

dispatch eliminate eradicateethnic cleansingexecute execution fatal genocide homicide homicides idling lethal

Verb(1 words)

end life

Related words (131)

Noun(15 words)

loafingmass killingmassacre mortal mortality murder murdering murdersputting to deathslaughter slaughtering slay slaying slayingsviolent death

looting lucre makings malign malignant manslaughter martyrdommass destructionmass murdermassacre megadeathmercy killingmeteoric successmomentary successmortal murder murderousneat profitnetnet profit

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obstreperousness onerous onslaught operose oppressive painfulpaper profitspelf percentage perk perks pernicious perquisite pickings pillaging poisoning proceeds profit profits punishing purge radiantrake offrake-off rape raving ravishing receipts removalresounding triumphresplendent return returns riot riotingroaring successruinous sacking sacrifice savage sensationserum deathshining shooting slaughter slaying smashsmash hitsmotheration smotheringsowing with saltsparkling splendid splendorous splendrous starvation stoning store strained straining strangling strangulation strenuous stressfulstroke of luckstunning sublime success suffocation take take-in tiresome tiring toilsome tough triumph troublesome trying unruliness uphill uproarious veto violationviolent deathvirulentwatery gravewealth weariful wearing wearisome wearying windfall winnings wow

Adjective(2 words)

murderous sidesplitting

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More general

19 entries

activity conclusion deathdeath related termdestruction earnings ending fatality harmhuman deathlucre mortality netnet incomenet profitprofit

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More specific

16 entries

apoptosis assassinationcell deathcytotoxicityethnic cleansingexecutionfatal adjectivegaming genocide massacremortal adjectivemurder necrosis slaying surfingwar crimes

Collocations

12 entries

killing agentkilling blowkilling dosekilling efficiencykilling fieldskilling frostkilling powerkilling ratekilling spreekilling timemass killingmercy killing

Inflections

5 entries

killed killings killsmore killingmost killing

Derivations

5 entries

kill killable killer killingly overkill

similar

2 entries

humorous humourous

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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A time bomb went off in the airport killing thirteen people.

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Once we've killed, we enjoy killing.

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Brokers made a killing because of the high yen.

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The bus fell off the cliff, killing all 10 aboard.

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