Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "killing" can be used as noun, adjective, verb, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

war

Causes

another person to sad arrest arrested being imprisoned being killed yourself being put in jail bloodstains on carpet bloody mess can get arrested can go to jail criminal trial death death of death penelty dies emotional pain for others end life feeling of guilt freedom funeral go to jail going to jail grief guilt guilty conscience horrible imprisoned investigation killer will stand trial no longer live not living opportunity for others pleasure prison sex punishment remorse retribution sadness sadness for victim's family sense of enjoyment and fufillment sorrow suicide will die

Defined As

process of murdering

Derived Terms

Killing field Killing horizon Killing vector Killing vector field Terms derived from killing antikilling contract killing counterkilling honor killing honour killing killing bottle killing frost killing jar killingly killingness killingry ladykilling make a killing nonkilling painkilling photokilling self-killing semikilling targeted killing thrill killing time-killing weedkilling

Derived From

kill

Inflected/Variant Forms

kill

Has Part

effect of getting in prison

Prerequisites

death death of fear or lack of concience hate and anger hatred hatred or cold heartedness justification kind of weapon lack of conscience lack of empathy lethal weapon malice method motive and opportunity murder weapon physical violence taking life unfeeling mind victim weapon

Has Property

bad evil wrong

Subevents

being caught bleeding bloddy mess commit crime cutting death die dying feel anger feel remorse feeling remorse get blood on hands get bloody getting hurt hide evidence hurting inadvertently leave evidence of crime induce pain killer might sustain injury laughing may seen by orgasn pull trigger remorse scream shoot shooting smoke stab stabbing with knife strangle think wrong

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

conclusion earnings ending fatality human death lucre net net income net profit profit profits termination

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

assassination beheading bloodbath bloodshed butchery carnage crucifixion decapitation deicide devitalization electrocution execution familicide filicide fratricide hanging hara-kiri homicide infanticide kamikaze lapidation lethal injection liquidation manslaughter massacre matricide monstricide murder parricide patricide regicide self-murder self-slaughter seppuku slaughter sororicide stoning suicide tsaricide uxoricide

Type Of (IsA)

action on object action performed by animals comic crime crime killed means dead ending fatality net income physical destruction event television season termination

Related Terms

death kill

Related Terms

attractive deadly fatal funny kill laughter lethal life

Similar Terms

humorous humourous

Synonym Network

sidesplitting

Used For

animals attempting to interest viewers avenging death causing sorrow commiting crime commiting felony contract cowards and people with no conscience creating food source crime criminals death sentence destroying insect pests duty eating ending life executing child killers fun fun for psychopaths getting rid of enemy going to jail hardened criminals harm holy cause hurting others justice making dead making die maniacs military combat murderers murdering no reason obtaining food people who mentally ill preventing from hurting otheres profit for hitmen protecting loved ones protecting self protecting territory psychopaths revenge self defence self defense sending soul to hell soldiers in war teenagers who listen to eminem war winning wars

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.