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Adjective killing has 1 sense

killing, sidesplitting - very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
Antonyms: humorless, humourless, unhumorous (indirect, via humorous)

Noun killing has 3 senses

killing, violent death - an event that causes someone to die
--₁ is a kind of fatality, human death

Derived forms: verb kill₃, verb kill₁

killing, kill, putting to death - the act of terminating a life
--₂ is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
--₂ has particulars:

Derived form: verb kill₁

killing, cleanup - a very large profit
--₃ is a kind of net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings

Verb kill has 15 senses

kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

Derived forms: noun kill₁, noun killer₂, noun killer₁, noun killing₁, noun killing₂
Sample sentence:
They want to kill the prisoners
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
--₂ is one way to veto, blackball, negative
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
kill - cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"

Derived forms: noun kill₁, noun killer₂, noun killing₁
Sample sentence:
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stamp out, kill - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
--₄ is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:
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kill - be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
--₅ is one way to be

Derived form: noun kill₁
Sample sentence:
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kill - be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"
--₆ is one way to hurt, ache, suffer

Derived form: noun killer₃
Sample sentences:
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kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
--₇ is one way to overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
Sample sentences:
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kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"
--₈ is one way to hit
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kill - hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
--₉ is one way to hit
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kill - deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"

Derived form: noun kill₁
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toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
--₁₁ is one way to drink, imbibe
Sample sentence:
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kill, obliterate, wipe out - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
--₁₂ is one way to take away, take out
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kill - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
--₁₃ is one way to exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
Sample sentence:
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kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
--₁₄ is one way to switch off, cut, turn off, turn out

Derived form: noun kill₂
Sample sentence:
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kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
--₁₅ is one way to destroy, destruct
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