killing

Plural: killings

Noun

• A sudden and remarkable financial success or profit.
• an event that causes someone to die
• the act of terminating a life
• a very large profit
• The act of killing.
• An instance of someone being killed.
• A large amount of money.

Verb

• cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
• thwart the passage of
• end or extinguish by forceful means
• be fatal
• be the source of great pain for
  • "These new shoes are killing me!"
• overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
  • "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
• hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
• hit with great force
• deprive of life
• cause the death of, without intention
• drink down entirely
• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
• tire out completely
  • "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
• cause to cease operating
• destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
• present participle and gerund of kill

Adjective Satellite

• very funny
  • "a killing joke"

Adj

• That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
• Devastatingly attractive.
• That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.

Examples

• He made a killing on the stock market.
• That triple word score was a real KILLING, boosting his Scrabble score by over 50 points.

Synonyms

belt down, bolt down, cleanup, defeat, down, drink down, kill, obliterate, pop, pour down, putting to death, shoot down, sidesplitting, stamp out, toss off, violent death, vote down, vote out, wipe out, killing

Related Words

death, kill

Anagrams of killing