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killing
Overview of noun killing
The noun killing has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) killing, violent death -- (an event that causes someone to die)
2. (5) killing, kill, putting to death -- (the act of terminating a life)
3. killing, cleanup -- (a very large profit)
Overview of verb kill
The verb kill has 15 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (103) kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")
2. (1) kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out -- (thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal")
3. (1) kill -- (cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars")
4. (1) stamp out, kill -- (end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!")
5. kill -- (be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills")
6. kill -- (be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!")
7. kill -- (overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!")
8. kill -- (hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball")
9. kill -- (hit with great force; "He killed the ball")
10. kill -- (deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa")
11. toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill -- (drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work")
12. kill, obliterate, wipe out -- (mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech")
13. kill -- (tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her")
14. kill -- (cause to cease operating; "kill the engine")
15. kill -- (destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods")
Overview of adj killing
The adj killing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. killing, sidesplitting -- (very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun killing
3 senses of killing
Sense 1
killing, violent death
=> fatality, human death
=> death, decease, expiry
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
killing, kill, putting to death
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
killing, cleanup
=> net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
=> income
=> financial gain
=> gain
=> sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
=> assets
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun killing
1 of 3 senses of killing
Sense 2
killing, kill, putting to death
=> deathblow, coup de grace
=> death
=> euthanasia, mercy killing
=> homicide
=> dispatch, despatch
=> fell
=> suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation
=> slaughter
=> poisoning
=> suffocation, asphyxiation
=> sacrifice, ritual killing
=> electrocution
=> decapitation, beheading
=> genocide, race murder, racial extermination
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun killing
3 senses of killing
Sense 1
killing, violent death
=> fatality, human death
Sense 2
killing, kill, putting to death
=> termination, ending, conclusion
Sense 3
killing, cleanup
=> net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
Antonyms of noun killing
Member Holonyms of noun killing
Substance Holonyms of noun killing
Part Holonyms of noun killing
Member Meronyms of noun killing
Substance Meronyms of noun killing
Part Meronyms of noun killing
Meronyms of noun killing
Holonyms of noun killing
Attributes of noun killing
Derived Forms of noun killing
2 of 3 senses of killing
Sense 1
killing, violent death
RELATED TO>(verb) kill#3
=> kill
RELATED TO>(verb) kill#1
=> kill
Sense 2
killing, kill, putting to death
RELATED TO>(verb) kill#1
=> kill
Domain of noun killing
1 of 3 senses of killing
Sense 3
killing, cleanup
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of noun killing
Familiarity of noun killing
killing used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun killing
3 senses of killing
Sense 1
killing, violent death
> fatality, human death
=> killing, violent death
=> fatal accident, casualty
Sense 2
killing, kill, putting to death
> termination, ending, conclusion
=> abort
=> demonetization, demonetisation
=> release, tone ending
=> completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
=> retirement
=> relinquishment, relinquishing
=> dissolution, breakup
=> overthrow
=> adjournment, dissolution
=> dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
=> destruction, devastation
=> killing, kill, putting to death
=> abolition, abolishment
=> liquidation, settlement
=> withdrawal, drug withdrawal
=> closure, closedown, closing, shutdown
=> extinction, extinguishing, quenching
=> fade, disappearance
=> abortion
=> deactivation, defusing
=> discontinuance, discontinuation
Sense 3
killing, cleanup
> net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
=> earning per share
=> windfall profit
=> killing, cleanup
=> fast buck, quick buck
=> filthy lucre
=> gross profit, gross profit margin, margin
=> markup
=> accumulation
=> dividend
Meronyms of noun killing
3 senses of killing
Sense 3
killing, cleanup
=> net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
HAS PART: share, portion, part, percentage
Holonyms of noun killing
Grep of noun killing
contract killing
drive-by killing
honor killing
killing
killing field
killing zone
mercy killing
ritual killing
Antonyms of verb kill
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kill
15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
Also See> kill off#1
Sense 2
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
=> veto, blackball, negative
=> oppose, controvert, contradict
=> refute, rebut
=> renounce, repudiate
=> reject
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
kill
Sense 4
stamp out, kill
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
kill
=> be
Sense 6
kill
=> hurt, ache, suffer
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 7
kill
=> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 8
kill
=> hit
=> propel, impel
=> move, displace
Sense 9
kill
=> hit
=> propel, impel
=> move, displace
Sense 10
kill
Sense 11
toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
=> drink, imbibe
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sense 12
kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> take away, take out
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 13
kill
=> exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> indispose
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 14
kill
=> switch off, cut, turn off, turn out
=> throw, flip, switch
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> move, displace
Sense 15
kill
=> destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb kill
3 of 15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
=> decimate
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> commit suicide
=> dispatch
=> zap, vaporize
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away, put to sleep
=> neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> decapitate, behead, decollate
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> shed blood
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
=> electrocute, fry
Sense 3
kill
=> electrocute
Sense 10
kill
=> strike down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kill
15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
Also See> kill off#1
Sense 2
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
=> veto, blackball, negative
Sense 3
kill
Sense 4
stamp out, kill
=> end, terminate
Sense 5
kill
=> be
Sense 6
kill
=> hurt, ache, suffer
Sense 7
kill
=> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
Sense 8
kill
=> hit
Sense 9
kill
=> hit
Sense 10
kill
Sense 11
toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
=> drink, imbibe
Sense 12
kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> take away, take out
Sense 13
kill
=> exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
Sense 14
kill
=> switch off, cut, turn off, turn out
Sense 15
kill
=> destroy, destruct
'Cause To' of verb kill
1 of 15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Derived Forms of verb kill
6 of 15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
RELATED TO>(adj) killable#1
=> killable
RELATED TO>(noun) kill#1
=> killing, kill, putting to death
RELATED TO>(noun) killer#2
=> cause of death, killer
RELATED TO>(noun) killer#1
=> killer, slayer
RELATED TO>(noun) killing#1
=> killing, violent death
RELATED TO>(noun) killing#2
=> killing, kill, putting to death
Sense 3
kill
RELATED TO>(noun) kill#1
=> killing, kill, putting to death
RELATED TO>(noun) killer#2
=> cause of death, killer
RELATED TO>(noun) killing#1
=> killing, violent death
Sense 5
kill
RELATED TO>(noun) kill#1
=> killing, kill, putting to death
Sense 6
kill
RELATED TO>(noun) killer#3
=> killer
Sense 10
kill
RELATED TO>(noun) kill#1
=> killing, kill, putting to death
Sense 14
kill
RELATED TO>(noun) kill#2
=> kill
Domain of verb kill
2 of 15 senses of kill
Sense 8
kill
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Sense 9
kill
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Domain Terms of verb kill
Familiarity of verb kill
kill used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =15)
Sample Sentences of verb kill
15 senses of kill
Sense 1
kill
EX: They want to kill the prisoners
Sense 2
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
kill
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 4
stamp out, kill
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
kill
*> Something ----s
Sense 6
kill
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
kill
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 8
kill
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
kill
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
kill
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 11
toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
kill, obliterate, wipe out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 13
kill
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 14
kill
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
kill
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb kill
12 of 15 senses of kill
Sense 2
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
> veto, blackball, negative
=> kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
Sense 4
stamp out, kill
> end, terminate
=> close out
=> finish
=> abort
=> culminate
=> lift, raise
=> ax, axe
=> stamp out, kill
=> dissolve, break up
=> dissolve, break up
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> interrupt, break
=> stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
=> finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> complete, finish
=> closure, cloture
=> decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> conclude
=> close
=> phase out
=> close
Sense 5
kill
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 6
kill
> hurt, ache, suffer
=> catch, get
=> twinge
=> prick, sting, twinge
=> kill
Sense 7
kill
> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> devastate
=> seize, clutch, get hold of
=> kill
=> benight
=> knock out
=> stagger
=> lock
Sense 8
kill
> hit
=> play
=> foul
=> cannon
=> clap
=> ground out
=> toe
=> shank
=> pitch
=> fly
=> snap
=> whang
=> undercut
=> putt
=> heel
=> toe
=> bunker
=> bounce
=> backhand
=> pop
=> follow through
=> shell
=> ground
=> ground
=> top
=> pull
=> kill
=> kill
=> connect
=> drive
=> drive
=> hole, hole out
=> bunt, drag a bunt
=> snick
=> racket
=> dribble, carry
=> slice
=> hook
=> single
=> double
=> triple
=> smash
=> shoot
=> volley
=> croquet
=> loft
Sense 9
kill
> hit
=> play
=> foul
=> cannon
=> clap
=> ground out
=> toe
=> shank
=> pitch
=> fly
=> snap
=> whang
=> undercut
=> putt
=> heel
=> toe
=> bunker
=> bounce
=> backhand
=> pop
=> follow through
=> shell
=> ground
=> ground
=> top
=> pull
=> kill
=> kill
=> connect
=> drive
=> drive
=> hole, hole out
=> bunt, drag a bunt
=> snick
=> racket
=> dribble, carry
=> slice
=> hook
=> single
=> double
=> triple
=> smash
=> shoot
=> volley
=> croquet
=> loft
Sense 11
toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
> drink, imbibe
=> swill, swill down
=> suck
=> guggle, gurgle
=> sip
=> guzzle
=> lap, lap up, lick
=> drain the cup, drink up
=> gulp, quaff, swig
=> toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
Sense 12
kill, obliterate, wipe out
> take away, take out
=> bus
=> kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark
=> erase, delete
=> cart off, cart away, haul off, haul away
Sense 13
kill
> exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> frazzle
=> play
=> kill
Sense 14
kill
> switch off, cut, turn off, turn out
=> kill
Sense 15
kill
> destroy, destruct
=> kill
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> self-destruct, self-destroy
=> destruct
=> end
=> fracture
=> wipe out, sweep away
=> interdict
=> demolish, pulverize, pulverise
=> disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
=> dilapidate
=> demyelinate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb kill
Sense 1
kill
Sense 3
kill
Sense 10
kill
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Sense 8
kill
=> hit
Sense 9
kill
=> hit
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Sense 13
kill
=> exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
Sense 14
kill
=> switch off, cut, turn off, turn out
Sense 15
kill
=> destroy, destruct
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Sense 2
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
=> veto, blackball, negative
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Sense 4
stamp out, kill
=> end, terminate
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Sense 5
kill
=> be
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Sense 6
kill
=> hurt, ache, suffer
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Sense 7
kill
=> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
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Sense 11
toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
=> drink, imbibe
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Sense 12
kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> take away, take out
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Grep of verb kill
kill
kill off
kill oneself
Antonyms of adj killing
1 sense of killing
Sense 1
killing, sidesplitting
INDIRECT (VIA humorous) -> humorless, humourless, unhumorous
Similarity of adj killing
1 sense of killing
Sense 1
killing, sidesplitting
=> humorous (vs. humorless), humourous
Pertainyms of adj killing
Attributes of adj killing
Domain of adj killing
1 sense of killing
Sense 1
killing, sidesplitting
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj killing
Familiarity of adj killing
killing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj killing
killing
Grep of adv killing
killingly
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