Definition of killing
adjective:
- very funny; "a killing joke", "sidesplitting antics". Synonyms: sidesplitting.
noun:
- an event that causes someone to die. Synonyms: violent death.
- the act of terminating a life. Synonyms: kill, putting to death.
- a very large profit. Synonyms: cleanup.
verb:
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank", "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays". Synonyms: kill.
- thwart the passage of; "kill a motion", "he shot down the student's proposal". Synonyms: defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out.
- end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!". Synonyms: kill, stamp out.
- be fatal; "cigarettes kill", "drunken driving kills". Synonyms: kill.
- be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!". Synonyms: kill.
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!". Synonyms: kill.
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball". Synonyms: kill.
- hit with great force; "He killed the ball". Synonyms: kill.
- deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa". Synonyms: kill.
- cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars". Synonyms: kill.
- drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner", "She killed a bottle of brandy that night", "They popped a few beer after work". Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off.
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech". Synonyms: kill, obliterate, wipe out.
- tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her". Synonyms: kill.
- cause to cease operating; "kill the engine". Synonyms: kill.
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods". Synonyms: kill.
Related words
annihilate, asphyxiate, asphyxiation, assassinate, behead, beheading, brain, butcher, death, deathblow, decapitate, decapitation, decimate, decollate, despatch, destroy, dismember, dispatch, draw, drown, electrocute, electrocution, eliminate, eradicate, erase, euthanasia, execute, exterminate, extinguish, fell, fry, genocide, hit, homicide, impale, lapidate, liquidate, lynch, martyr, massacre, murder, neutralise, neutralize, off, overlay, overlie, pip, poison, poisoning, quarter, remove, saber, sabre, sacrifice, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, stake, stone, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, suffocation, suicide, throttle, tomahawk, vaporize, waste, zap.
Words nearby
billing, filling, kipling, milling, tilling, willing.
Rhymes with
billing, chilling, drilling, filling, grilling, instilling, milling, schilling, shilling, swilling, thrilling, tilling, trilling, unwilling, willing, yearling.
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