killing

About 15.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
2. adjective Devastatingly attractive.
3. adjective That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
4. noun The act of killing.
5. noun An instance of someone being killed.
6. noun A large amount of money.

   He made a killing on the stock market.

7. verb present participle and gerund of kill

Similar words

cleanup exhausting debilitating draining humourous humorous sidesplitting putting to death violent death destruction

Often followed by

of the a and him them me his her

Word family

killingly killings