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killer
noun (DEATH) /ˈkɪl.ər/
/-ɚ/ Definition
B1 [C] someone who kills another person: Police are still hoping to find the dead woman's killer.Murderers and attackers › [C] something that kills people, especially a disease or other illness: Cancer and heart disease are the UK's biggest killers.KillingMurder and attempted murder › [C] something that destroys something: This chemical is found in most weedkillers.Destroying and demolishingDamaging and spoiling killer
adjective [before noun] › a killer disease killer beesInformal words for goodGood, better and bestQuite good, or not very good
(Definition of killer noun (DEATH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- butchery noun
- carnage noun
- claim sb's life idiom
- deadly adjective (VERY DANGEROUS)
- destroy verb
- drive/send sb to an early grave idiom
- drown verb (DIE)
- exterminate verb
- fatal adjective
- finish sb/sth off phrasal verb (KILL)
- kamikaze adjective
- knacker's yard noun
- life-threatening adjective
- liquidate verb (KILL)
- malignant adjective (DISEASE)
- polish sb off phrasal verb
- put sth out of its misery idiom
- right to die noun
- suicide noun (DEATH)
- wring verb
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