Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of killing.

    the act of terminating a life

  2. (countable, uncountable)An instance of someone being killed.

    Töten, Erlegen

    уби́йствоubíjstvo, убо́йubój, умерщвле́ниеumerščvlénije

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable, usually)A large amount of money.

    He made a killing on the stock market.

    Reibach

    a very large profit

Examples

12 sentences
  1. These senseless killings will not go unpunished.

    ruЭти бессмысленные убийства не останутся безнаказанными.

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  2. Sami was responsible for these two killings.

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  3. Fadil bragged about the killings to his fellow inmates.

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  4. Sami bragged about the killings to his fellow inmates.

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  5. There have been a lot of mass killings under capitalist regimes.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
instance of someone being killed:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
instance of someone being killed:
large amount of money:

Origin

From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.

From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.

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