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Meanings of chilling in English

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Method of Food preservation.

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Catalan
baixada de temperatura

The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature.

baixada de temperatura

Provoking fear terror.

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Causing cold or cooling.

Usage of chilling in English
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However, that chilling effect is part of our current justice system's design.
Radio NZ
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But Lieberman's words will have a chilling effect on news organisations everywhere.
The Guardian
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The expense and the threat are enough to create a 'chilling effect'.
The Guardian
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The result is a little book with a chilling power of prediction.
The Guardian
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However, it could have a chilling effect on coverage of sensitive stories.
Reuters
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The testimony of General Walter Bedell Smith resounds with chilling authority today:
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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The actions of the police could end up having a chilling effect.
Radio NZ
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The effect is weirdly chilling, and somehow more lifelike in augmented reality.
Wired
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Besides, the chilling effects of the tax increase may already be thawing.
Reuters
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Which is somewhat chilling to consider, given the things you can do.
Changes
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This is, in my view, a chilling development for the Australian public.
News.com.au
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This week, the bone-chilling cold meant lawn chairs were nowhere in sight.
Reuters
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The attempt to undo Australia's regulations has had a chilling effect elsewhere.
Reuters
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Results showed that the chilling night has different impacts depending on cultivars.
Pubmed
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In June 1948 a brilliantly chilling story appeared in the New Yorker.
The Irish Times
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Neighbour Joe Popow said he found it chilling to have known Castro.
Reuters
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Chilling through the time
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