killing
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- tiring, debilitating, exhausting, fatiguing, punishing
- hilarious, comical, ludicrous, uproarious
[noun]
Synonyms:
- slaughter, bloodshed, carnage, extermination, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, murder, slaying
- bonanza, bomb (slang), cleanup (informal), coup, gain, profit, success, windfall

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

kill‧ing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: kill, overkill, killer, killing; verb: kill; adjective: killer]

1. the act of killing someone deliberately Synonym : murder:
a series of gangland killings
They murdered fifteen boys in a killing spree (=an occasion when someone murders many people in a short period of time) across southern California.

2. make a killing informal to make a lot of money in a short time:
He made a killing on the stock exchange.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

killing
noun
I. killing sb deliberately
ADJ. brutal, cold-blooded the cold-blooded killing of a defenceless woman
deliberate | indiscriminate, random | mass, serial This was the fourth mass killing in Australia in four years.
contract, gangland, political, revenge, sectarian a brutal revenge killing
mercy Should the law allow mercy killing?
unlawful (law) a verdict of unlawful killing
VERB + KILLING be responsible for, carry out | order The Mafia ordered the killing.
prevent, stop It is difficult to prevent such killings.
confess to | deny The sentenced man had denied the killings.
KILLING + VERB happen, occur, take place
PHRASES a motive for the killing No motive for the killing has yet been established.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

killing
II. making a lot of money quickly
VERB + KILLING make Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.

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