killing
noun
[ ˈkɪlɪŋ ]
• an act of causing death, especially deliberately.
• "the community was shocked by the brutal killings"
Similar:
murder,
taking of life,
assassination,
homicide,
manslaughter,
liquidation,
elimination,
putting/doing to death,
execution,
dispatch,
martyrdom,
slaughter,
massacre,
butchery,
carnage,
bloodshed,
destruction,
decimation,
extermination,
eradication,
annihilation,
wiping out,
extinction,
patricide,
matricide,
parricide,
infanticide,
filicide,
slaying,
killing
adjective
• causing death.
• "a killing disease"
Similar:
deadly,
lethal,
fatal,
mortal,
death-dealing,
causing death,
life-threatening,
final,
destructive,
dangerous,
murderous,
homicidal,
deathly,
• exhausting or unbearable.
• "a killing schedule"
Similar:
exhausting,
gruelling,
punishing,
taxing,
draining,
wearing,
prostrating,
sapping,
crushing,
tiring,
fatiguing,
debilitating,
enervating,
arduous,
tough,
demanding,
onerous,
strenuous,
rigorous,
relentless,
unsparing,
grinding,
formidable,
murderous,
back-breaking,
knackering,
unbearable,
intolerable,
unendurable,
not to be borne,
more than one can bear,
insupportable,
impossible,
cruel,
heartbreaking,
painful,
excruciating,
agonizing,
grievous,
kill
verb
• cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
• "her father was killed in a car crash"
Similar:
murder,
cause the death of,
take/end the life of,
do away with,
make away with,
assassinate,
do to death,
eliminate,
terminate,
dispatch,
finish off,
put to death,
execute,
slaughter,
butcher,
massacre,
wipe out,
destroy,
annihilate,
erase,
eradicate,
exterminate,
extirpate,
decimate,
mow down,
shoot down,
cut down,
cut to pieces,
put down,
put to sleep,
bump off,
polish off,
do in,
do for,
knock off,
top,
take out,
croak,
stiff,
blow away,
liquidate,
dispose of,
ice,
off,
rub out,
waste,
whack,
scrag,
smoke,
slay,
• put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something).
• "two fast goals from Dublin killed any hopes of a famous Sligo victory"
Similar:
destroy,
put an end to,
bring to an end,
be the end of,
end,
extinguish,
dash,
quell,
quash,
ruin,
wreck,
shatter,
smash,
crush,
scotch,
stop,
block,
frustrate,
thwart,
put a stop to,
prevent,
defeat,
derail,
put paid to,
do for,
put the lid on,
put the kibosh on,
stymie,
queer,
scupper,
dish,
veto,
vote down,
rule against,
reject,
throw out,
overrule,
overturn,
disallow,
give the thumbs down to,
squash,
• overwhelm (someone) with an emotion.
• "the suspense is killing me"
Similar:
overwhelm,
take someone's breath away,
leave speechless,
shake,
move,
stir,
stun,
amaze,
astonish,
stagger,
dumbfound,
bowl over,
blow away,
knock sideways,
blow someone's mind,
knock for six,
flabbergast,
• pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event.
• "when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill"
Similar:
while away,
use up,
fill up,
fill in,
fill,
occupy,
beguile,
pass,
spend,
expend,
fritter away,
waste,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘strike, beat’, also ‘put to death’): probably of Germanic origin and related to quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow.
make a killing
• have a great financial success.
• "they're a safe investment, you can make a killing overnight"
Similar:
make a large profit,
make a/one's fortune,
gain,
profit,
make money,
be successful,
be lucky,
clean up,
strike it rich,
rake it in,
make a/one's pile,
make a packet,
make a bundle,
make a pretty penny,
make a bomb,
make big bucks,
