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Meanings of killing in English

Russian
лишение жизни
Portuguese
morte matada
Spanish
muerte
Catalan
mort

Act of killing a living being.

        лишение жизни
        Portuguese
        homicídio
        Catalan
        mort violenta

        An event that causes someone to die.

              homicídio

              Very funny.

                    Related terms

                    A very large profit.

                          Usage of killing in English
                          1
                          Half a billion people will receive the parasite-killing medications this year alone.
                          Wired
                          2
                          Mid-tier miners need to boost production after years of growth-killing cost cuts.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          The dance stopped abruptly with the killing; people were already going home.
                          The Long Shadow
                          4
                          There was no sense in killing the geese that laid the eggs.
                          Police Your Planet
                          5
                          The honest Swede looked like a sheep-killing dog caught in the act.
                          The Man from the Bitter Roots
                          6
                          He used a forbidden weapon, a witch-killing gun called the Salem Special.
                          From hell with love
                          7
                          He succeeded in killing the red fiend but got badly used up.
                          Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Las...
                          8
                          There was novelty in it, and it satisfied the lust for killing.
                          The Mystery
                          9
                          Hence the justice of killing both Zimri and Cozbi in one blow.
                          The Woman's Bible
                          10
                          In the Umholtz-Rivers income bracket, the difference might be worth killing for.
                          Murder in the Gunroom
                          11
                          The killing was in a conflict between armed Armenians and Turkish soldiers.
                          A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
                          12
                          They are furious at the idea of killing their King and Queen.
                          A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
                          13
                          She reports the sheep-killing to the police, but is patronised and dismissed.
                          The Guardian
                          14
                          Air pollution is killing hundreds of thousands of their citizens each year.
                          Reuters
                          15
                          You had your chance of killing in the open, and you failed.
                          The Bars of Iron
                          16
                          You seem to have developed the Dominey touch even in killing pheasants.
                          The Great Impersonation
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                          Killing through the time
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