killing adj : very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics" [syn: sidesplitting]

1 an event that causes someone to die [syn: violent death]

2 the act of terminating a life [syn: kill, putting to death]

3 a very large profit [syn: cleanup]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ

Verb

killing

1. present participle of kill

   This work is killing me.

Noun

1. A large amount of money.

   He made a killing on the stock market.

Derived terms

• killingly
• make a killing

Translations to be checked

• ttbc Old English: cwalu

To kill, killing or to have killed means to cause the death of a living organism.

The act of killing an animal, plant, or other life form can be said to have occurred when an outside force, usually another life form, has done something to cause it to die. This may be a result of several actions:

• a deliberate action such as war
• in the case of animals, slaughter; see slaughterhouse
• the result of a criminal act, the action or fault of another human being, see homicide and murder
• the results of an accident, such as a car crash. See negligent homicide

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