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Definitions for Killing

[1] the act of a person or thing that kill.
[2] the total game killed on a hunt.
[3] a quick and unusually large profit or financial gain: a killing in the stock market.
[4] that kills.
[5] exhausting: a killing pace.
[6] Informal . irresistibly funny.
[7] to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay.
[8] to destroy; extinguish; do away with: His response killed our hopes.
[9] to destroy or neutralize the active qualities of: to kill an odor.
[10] to spoil the effect of: His extra brushwork killed the painting.
[11] to cause (time) to be consumed with seeming rapidity or with a minimum of boredom, especially by engaging in some easy activity or amusement of passing interest: I had to kill three hours before plane time.
[12] to spend (time) unprofitably: He killed ten good years on that job.
[13] Informal . to overcome completely or with irresistible effect: That comedian kills me.
[14] to muffle or deaden: This carpet kills the sound of footsteps.
[15] Informal . to cause distress or discomfort to: These new shoes are killing me.
[16] Informal . to tire completely; exhaust: The long hike killed us.
[17] Informal . to consume completely: They killed a bottle of bourbon between them.
[18] to cancel publication of (a word, paragraph, item, etc.), especially after it has been set in type.
[19] to defeat or veto (a legislative bill, etc.).
[20] Electricity . to render (a circuit) dead.
[21] to stop the operation of (machinery, engines, etc.): He killed the motor and the car stopped.
[22] Tennis . to hit (a ball) with such force that its return is impossible.
[23] Metallurgy . to deoxidize (steel) before teeming into an ingot mold. to eliminate springiness from (wire or the like). to cold-roll (sheet metal) after final heat treatment in order to eliminate distortion.
[24] Ice Hockey . to prevent the opposing team from scoring in the course of (a penalty being served by a teammate or teammates).
[25] to inflict or cause death.
[26] to commit murder.
[27] to be killed.
[28] to overcome completely; produce an irresistible effect: dressed to kill.
[29] Slang . to feel a smarting pain, as from a minor accident; sting: I stubbed my little toe and that really kills.
[30] the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.
[31] an animal or animals killed.
[32] a number or quantity killed.
[33] an act or instance of hitting or destroying a target, especially an enemy aircraft.
[34] the target so hit or, especially, destroyed.
[35] Sports . kill shot.
[36] kill off , to destroy completely; kill, especially successively or indiscriminately: The invaders killed off all the inhabitants of the town. Informal . to extinguish; eliminate: The bus ride every day kills off all of my energy.
[37] informal very tiring; exhausting a killing pace
[38] informal extremely funny; hilarious
[39] causing death; fatal
[40] the act of causing death; slaying
[41] informal a sudden stroke of success, usually financial, as in speculations on the stock market (esp in the phrase make a killing )
[42] (also intr; when tr, sometimes foll by off) to cause the death of (a person or animal)
[43] to put an end to; destroy to kill someone's interest
[44] to make (time) pass quickly, esp while waiting for something
[45] to deaden (sound)
[46] informal to tire out; exhaust the effort killed him
[47] informal to cause to suffer pain or discomfort my shoes are killing me
[48] informal to cancel, cut, or delete to kill three lines of text
[49] informal to quash, defeat, or veto the bill was killed in the House of Lords
[50] informal to switch off; stop to kill a motor
[51] (also intr) informal to overcome with attraction, laughter, surprise, etc she was dressed to kill ; his gags kill me
[52] slang to consume (alcoholic drink) entirely he killed three bottles of rum
[53] sport to hit (a ball) so hard or so accurately that the opponent cannot return it
[54] soccer to bring (a moving ball) under control; trap
[55] kill oneself informal to overexert oneself don't kill yourself
[56] kill two birds with one stone to achieve two results with one action
[57] the act of causing death, esp at the end of a hunt, bullfight, etc
[58] the animal or animals killed during a hunt
[59] NZ the seasonal tally of stock slaughtered at a freezing works
[60] the destruction of a battleship, tank, etc
[61] in at the kill present at the end or climax of some undertaking
[62] US a channel, stream, or river (chiefly as part of place names)

Words related to Killing

homicide, massacre, slaughter, manslaughter, carnage, bloodshed, assassination, execution, extermination

Words nearby Killing

killick, killickinnic, killiecrankie, killifish, killikinick, killing, killing frost, killingly, killjoy, killy, kilmarnock

Origin of Killing

1First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English cullen, killen “to strike, beat, kill,” Old English cyllan (unattested); cognate with dialectal German küllen (Westphalian). Cf. quell

Words that may be confused with Killing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, killkill, kiln, execute, kill, murder, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Killing

kill·ing·ly , adverb
self-kill·ing , adjective
un·kill·ing , adjective
kill·a·ble , adjective
self-killed , adjective
un·killed , adjective

Word origin for Killing

C17: from Middle Dutch kille; compare Old Norse kīll small bay, creek

Synonyms for Killing

assassination, bloodshed, carnage, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, slaughter, slaying, execution, extermination, bumping off, capital punishment