Noun
killing -
the act of terminating a life
kill ,
putting to death
ending ,
termination ,
conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
coup de grace ,
deathblow the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
death the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
euthanasia ,
mercy killing the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
homicide the killing of a human being by another human being
despatch ,
dispatch the act of sending off something
fell the act of felling something (as a tree)
self-annihilation ,
self-destruction ,
suicide the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction"
slaughter the killing of animals (as for food)
poisoning the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
asphyxiation ,
suffocation killing by depriving of oxygen
ritual killing ,
sacrifice (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
electrocution killing by electric shock
beheading ,
decapitation killing by cutting off the head
killing -
an event that causes someone to die
violent death
human death ,
fatality the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
killing -
a very large profit
cleanup
net income ,
net profit ,
earnings ,
lucre ,
profit ,
profits ,
net the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Adjective
killing -
very funny; "a killing joke" ; "sidesplitting antics"
sidesplitting
humorous ,
humourous full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories" ; "humorous cartoons" ; "in a humorous vein"
