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killing
noun
- 1. An act of slaying.
- Thesaurus: slaying, homicide, assassination, slaughter, bloodshed, carnage, liquidation, fatality, manslaughter, massacre, murder, fratricide, extermination.
- colloq:
1. Exhausting.
- Thesaurus: exhausting, fatiguing, punishing, prostrating, tiring, debilitating, enervating, vital.
3. Deadly; fatal.
- Thesaurus: mortal, lethal, fatal, destructive, deadly, murderous, deathly, final.
adverb
- colloq
To make a large amount of money, especially unexpectedly or in a quick transaction.
