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Thesaurus entry: killing
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killing
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noun
1.
guilty of killing
synonyms
: slaying, murder, manslaughter, homicide, slaughter, butchery, massacre, bloodshed, carnage, liquidation, destruction, extermination, execution, patricide, matricide, infanticide.
See kill 1 and killer.
2.
make a killing on the stock market | she made a killing in sales
synonyms
: financial success, bonanza, fortune, windfall, gain, profit, piece of good luck, coup;
inf.
cleanup.