killing
The act of killingThe act of killing.
» These senseless killings will not go unpunished.
Эти бессмысленные убийства не останутся безнаказанными. — marafon
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — marafon
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
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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 synonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.