Synonyms for killing
ˈkɪl ɪŋkilling

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1. killing, violent deathnoun

   an event that causes someone to die

   Synonyms:
   putting to death, kill, violent death, cleanup

   Antonyms:
   unhumorous, humourless, humorless

2. killing, kill, putting to deathnoun

   the act of terminating a life

   Synonyms:
   putting to death, kill, violent death, cleanup

   Antonyms:
   humourless, humorless, unhumorous

3. killing, cleanupadjective

   a very large profit

   Synonyms:
   cleansing, cleanup, cleaning, putting to death, cleanup spot, kill, cleanup position, violent death

   Antonyms:
   unhumorous, humourless, humorless

4. killing, sidesplittingadjective

   very funny

   "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"

   Synonyms:
   sidesplitting

   Antonyms:
   humourless, humorless, unhumorous

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1. killingadjective

   Synonyms:
   fatal, mortal, deadly, destructive, captivating, charming, fascinating

2. killingnoun

   Synonyms:
   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

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1. List of paraphrases for "killing":

   murder, killed, kill, assassination, massacre, murdering, death, killings, slaughter, homicide, murders, kills, dead, carnage, manslaughter, deaths, shoot

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1. Laura Tancre:

   I think he should get life for killing both parents, id hate for him to get out and be able to do it again.

2. President Barack Obama:

   We should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in Iraq or Syria. That's what groups like ISIL want. They know they can't defeat us on the battlefield. ISIL fighters were part of the insurgency that we faced in Iraq. But they also know that if we occupy foreign lands, they can maintain insurgencies for years, killing thousands of our troops and draining our resources, and using our presence to draw new recruits.

3. Lillian Terry:

   I don’t understand why they’re giving me such a hard time because I’ve never been in trouble, i mean, can you see me killing somebody? I mean look at me.

4. Albert Einstein:

   He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

5. Bobby Kennedy:

   I went there because I was curious and disturbed by what I had seen in the evidence, i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father. My father was the chief law enforcement officer in this country.