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killing
[ kil-ing ]
noun
- the act of a person or thing that kills.
- the total game killed on a hunt.
- Informal. a quick and unusually large profit or financial gain:
We would all like to win the lottery or make a killing in the stock market.
adjective
Tuberculosis was a killing disease well into the 20th century, and society found itself with few remedies.
- exhausting:
An ever-expanding workload is imperceptible at first, but eventually we're operating at a killing pace.
- Informal. irresistibly funny.
- Slang. very attractive or fascinating:
The actress is known for her outstanding beauty and killing smile.
killing
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
adjective
- informal.very tiring; exhausting
a killing pace
- informal.extremely funny; hilarious
- causing death; fatal
noun
- the act of causing death; slaying
- informal.a sudden stroke of success, usually financial, as in speculations on the stock market (esp in the phrase make a killing )
Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱Բ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- 쾱·Բ· adverb
- -쾱·Բ adjective
- ܲ·쾱·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
On Thursday the Court of Appeal ruled that the UK government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the killing of Mr Brown, who was abducted and shot dead by loyalists, is unlawful.
They are accused of "indiscriminate attacks" on civilian areas, including hospitals, and the "targeted killing" of civilians and aid workers.
It also said preliminary forensic reports showed that the medics were killed by "multiple gunshot wounds to the upper parts of the bodies", which it described as "further evidence of deliberate killing".
He warned that some of the killings might amount to extrajudicial and other unlawful killings.
Some of those freed under the deal were serving sentences for other serious crimes, including the killing of Israelis, but that was not the case for our interviewees.
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