Synonyms for killing
ˈkɪl ɪŋkilling

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1. killing, violent deathnoun

   an event that causes someone to die

   Synonyms:
   putting to death, kill, violent death, cleanup

   Antonyms:
   unhumorous, humourless, humorless

2. killing, kill, putting to deathnoun

   the act of terminating a life

   Synonyms:
   putting to death, kill, violent death, cleanup

   Antonyms:
   humourless, humorless, unhumorous

3. killing, cleanupadjective

   a very large profit

   Synonyms:
   cleansing, cleanup, cleaning, putting to death, cleanup spot, kill, cleanup position, violent death

   Antonyms:
   unhumorous, humourless, humorless

4. killing, sidesplittingadjective

   very funny

   "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"

   Synonyms:
   sidesplitting

   Antonyms:
   humourless, humorless, unhumorous

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1. killingadjective

   Synonyms:
   fatal, mortal, deadly, destructive, captivating, charming, fascinating

2. killingnoun

   Synonyms:
   slaying, slaughter, butchering, butchery, assassination, massacre, strangulation, immolation, holocaust, execution, fusillade, carnage, murder, manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkism, garrote, chance-medley, decimation, assideration, destruction, blasting, counteraction, neutralization

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1. List of paraphrases for "killing":

   murder, killed, kill, assassination, massacre, murdering, death, killings, slaughter, homicide, murders, kills, dead, carnage, manslaughter, deaths, shoot

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How to use killing in a sentence?

1. Seth Stoughton:

   When we see officers killing a person of color, it doesn't just raise the anger of a potentially unjustified killing. It raises the anger of another potentially unjustified killing involving this troubling, repetitive racial dynamic.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills

3. Attorney Ben Crump:

   Other than George Floyd's tragic torture video, I think this is the worst tragedy captured on video that I've ever seen, we're doing a thorough investigation into the tragic killing of this 14-year-old child. This was completely preventable.

4. Radovan Karadzic:

   The unnecessary killing of a single man is horrifying, let alone certainly several hundred at least ... Those who did it are the enemies of the Serbs first, then enemies of those families, then of the Muslim community.

5. Jishnu Basu:

   Killing or smuggling a cow is equivalent to raping a Hindu girl or destroying a Hindu temple.