killing
The act of killingThe act of killing.
» These senseless killings will not go unpunished.
Эти бессмысленные убийства не останутся безнаказанными.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of killing.
the act of terminating a life
(countable, uncountable)An instance of someone being killed.
Töten, Erlegen
уби́йствоubíjstvo, убо́йubój, умерщвле́ниеumerščvlénije
(countable, informal, uncountable, usually)A large amount of money.
He made a killing on the stock market.
Reibach
a very large profit
Examples
12 sentencesThese senseless killings will not go unpunished.
ruЭти бессмысленные убийства не останутся безнаказанными.
Sami was responsible for these two killings.
Fadil bragged about the killings to his fellow inmates.
Sami bragged about the killings to his fellow inmates.
There have been a lot of mass killings under capitalist regimes.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
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Forms
plural: killingsSynonyms
5 synonyms- the act of terminating a life:killputting to death
- an event that causes someone to die:violent death
- a very large profit:cleanup
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable