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killing
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[ noun ] an event that causes someone to die
Synonyms Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)For Tom_Horn , it turned_out , had a number of rancher and cowboy witnesses ready and willing to swear with straight_faces that he had been in Bates_Hole the day of the killing . But he brought back the sheriff and several deputies , and to the lawmen the entire affair seemed a repetition of the Lewis killing . Later , riding in for some lusty enjoyment of the liquor and professional ladies of Cheyenne , he laid_claim to the killing with the vague insinuations he made . |
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[ noun ] the act of terminating a life
Synonyms Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Cattle stealing and killing , again serious during the spring of 1891 , placed the land_grant company officers in a perplexing position . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)While most of his beliefs were still unsettled , he knew that he did not believe_in killing . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)Whatever we felt about the redcoats , we respected them in_terms_of their trade , which was killing ; and I know that I , myself , was nauseated with apprehension and fear and that my hands were soaking wet where they held my gun . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)To make it clearer he shifted to acting_out , but with no change of manner , the killing of Rose_Mallory . |
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[ adjective ] (informal) very funny
Synonyms Examples "a killing joke" "sidesplitting antics" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having a debilitating effect
Synonyms Examples "a killing job in the hot sun" Related terms |
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