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Synonyms for killing
ˈkɪl ɪŋkilling
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Princeton's WordNet
killing, violent deathnoun
an event that causes someone to die
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putting to death, kill, violent death, cleanupAntonyms:
unhumorous, humourless, humorlesskilling, kill, putting to deathnoun
the act of terminating a life
Synonyms:
putting to death, kill, violent death, cleanupAntonyms:
humourless, humorless, unhumorouskilling, cleanupadjective
a very large profit
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cleansing, cleanup, cleaning, putting to death, cleanup spot, kill, cleanup position, violent deathAntonyms:
unhumorous, humourless, humorlesskilling, sidesplittingadjective
very funny
"a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
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sidesplittingAntonyms:
humourless, humorless, unhumorous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
killingadjective
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fatal, mortal, deadly, destructive, captivating, charming, fascinatingkillingnoun
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slaying, slaughter, butchering, butchery, assassination, massacre, strangulation, immolation, holocaust, execution, fusillade, carnage, murder, manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkism, garrote, chance-medley, decimation, assideration, destruction, blasting, counteraction, neutralization
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#967 | death | |
#1700 | dead | |
#2732 | cleaning | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3281 | killed | |
#4553 | murder | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5377 | killing | |
#5649 | deaths | |
#8462 | kills | |
#9930 | cleanup | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#14151 | cleansing | |
#14956 | massacre | |
#16974 | assassination | |
#17099 | murders | |
#19018 | homicide | |
#21870 | killings | |
#28633 | carnage | |
#34404 | manslaughter | |
#34681 | murdering |
How to use killing in a sentence?
Killing these buffalo is shameful.
Killing him and his predecessors exhausts the knowledge and talent needed to coordinate funding within the organization.
The culprits placed a bomb under a chair at the checkpoint killing four people, this attack was to disrupt stir unrest.
The incident concerning the killing of two innocent children in Bhavkhedi village in Shivpuri district is very heartbreaking, instructions for strict action against the accused and providing all possible help and protection of the family have been issued.
In the beginning, she was not in favor of all this killing and mass atrocity, but after those emails were leaked about women in his entourage, we heard she wanted to leave with her children, but the Army did not permit them to go, then her father came and struck a deal that she starts playing an active first lady role in the government [and]in exchangeshe would support the president with her love and smile.
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