What does killing mean?
Definitions for killing
ˈkɪl ɪŋkilling
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Princeton's WordNet
killing, violent deathnoun
an event that causes someone to die
killing, kill, putting to deathnoun
the act of terminating a life
killing, cleanupadjective
a very large profit
killing, sidesplittingadjective
very funny
"a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
GCIDE
killingnoun
The act or process of causing a living organism to die.
killingnoun
An unusually large gain in a financial or business transaction or enterprise; as, she made a killing trading cattle futures.
Wiktionary
killingnoun
A large amount of money.
He made a killing on the stock market.
killingadjective
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
killingadjective
Devastatingly attractive.
killingadjective
That makes one 'die' with laughter; very funny.
ChatGPT
killing
Killing refers to the act of causing the death of a living being intentionally or unintentionally, typically by directly or indirectly inflicting physical harm or terminating their life.
Webster Dictionary
Killing
of Kill
Killingadjective
literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible
Wikidata
Killing
Killing is an Italian photo comic series featuring an eponymous character. The series was entitled Satanik in the French edition, Kiling in Argentina as well as being published in Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Germany and Venezuela. Sold as "Photostories for Adults", it ran for 62 issues starting in 1966, and was published by Ponzoni and editor Pietro Granelli with each episode directed by actor and singer Rosario Borelli. The character was also known as KiLiNK, the star of several unauthorized films shot in Turkey during the late 1960s and early 70s. The Argentinean series ran out of the Italian stories and began shooting new adventures that lasted until the 1980s. The series is currently being revived by American editor and comics creator Mort Todd, under the new title, Sadistik: The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal. The documentary about the character The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal directed by SS-Sunda had its US premiere at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2009 where it received Special Mention by the judges.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'killing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4541
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'killing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4765
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'killing' in Nouns Frequency: #2134
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of killing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of killing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of killing in a Sentence
I sincerely hope Perrin Larton never comes to understand the implications of Perrin Larton seeing detached hearts beating independently because then Perrin Larton would have to confront the realization that with intact fetuses that just fell out, Perrin Larton was actually vivisecting and killing a living fetus.
Killing someone else is not part of the healing process.
They’re killing moose, starting to function as they should.
The only one that bears responsibility for the situation is the [ Israeli ] occupation, and not the The Palestinian Authority, the occupation is killing every feeling of hope with its crimes against our Palestinian people.
Most Russians have absolutely no interest in going to war with Ukraine, killing Ukrainians or Putin's fantasies of expanding the Russian Empire.
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