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- [kil-ing]
- /ˈkɪl ɪŋ/
- /ˈkɪlɪŋ/
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- [kil-ing]
- /ˈkɪl ɪŋ/
Definitions of killing word
- noun killing the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill. 1
- noun killing an animal or animals killed. 1
- noun killing a number or quantity killed. 1
- noun killing an act or instance of hitting or destroying a target, especially an enemy aircraft. 1
- noun killing the target so hit or, especially, destroyed. 1
- noun killing Sports. kill shot. 1
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Origin of killing
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English (gerund); see kill1, -ing1, -ing2
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Parts of speech for Killing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
killing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
killing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for killing
noun killing
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.
- massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- carnage — Carnage is the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war.
adjective killing
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- feller — Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918–2010, U.S. baseball player.
- miasmic — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- rib-tickling — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
Antonyms for killing
noun killing
- birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
See also
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