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Meanings of killing in English
Portuguese
homicídio Catalan
mort violenta Synonyms
Examples for "killed"
Examples for "killed"
1
Car uncoupled in tunnel; explosion; both men instantly killed; submarine tunnel wrecked.
2
McGuire, Hugh H., Jr.; enlisted March 10; transferred to cavalry; captain; killed.
3
In 1779 a gentleman was killed in a duel in the park.
4
Result in killed and wounded, including among the killed the British General:
5
Sept. 27-Mankilled and child crippled in Paris; three killed in Warsaw.
1
A year ago, I thought it was possible but a long shot.
2
The shot was Dallas' second since the start of the second period.
3
Barque and Biquet were shot in the belly; Eudore in the throat.
4
He has shot dead at least 12 victims so far, police say.
5
Malala was shot three times at point blank range two years ago.
1
Despite a shoot-to-kill policy on the border, thousands still leave each month.
2
We gathered round the kill; it was quite fresh; a young buffalo.
3
That is, the defender may shoot to kill; the offender may not.
4
The braves were holding a hunting dance in honor of the kill.
5
I have seen them kill rabbits in the dusk of the evening.
1
Who are they that they are putting to death down there?
2
Such things as they talk of putting to death the very moment they are born!
3
It is founded on an old tradition of Edward 1. putting to death the Welsh bards.
4
Ex-e-cu'tion, a putting to death by law.
5
What hinders you now from putting to death this unfilial son as an example to all the people?'
Usage of killing in English
1
Half a billion people will receive the parasite-killing medications this year alone.
2
Mid-tier miners need to boost production after years of growth-killing cost cuts.
3
The dance stopped abruptly with the killing; people were already going home.
4
There was no sense in killing the geese that laid the eggs.
5
The honest Swede looked like a sheep-killing dog caught in the act.
6
He used a forbidden weapon, a witch-killing gun called the Salem Special.
7
He succeeded in killing the red fiend but got badly used up.
8
There was novelty in it, and it satisfied the lust for killing.
9
Hence the justice of killing both Zimri and Cozbi in one blow.
10
In the Umholtz-Rivers income bracket, the difference might be worth killing for.
11
The killing was in a conflict between armed Armenians and Turkish soldiers.
12
They are furious at the idea of killing their King and Queen.
13
She reports the sheep-killing to the police, but is patronised and dismissed.
14
Air pollution is killing hundreds of thousands of their citizens each year.
15
You had your chance of killing in the open, and you failed.
16
You seem to have developed the Dominey touch even in killing pheasants.
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Russian
Killing through the time
Killing across language varieties
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Common
New Zealand
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