Word

killing, n.
(killings)
freq. cnt. 10

the act of terminating a life
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3

kill killing putting to death

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

kill kill kill kill

semantic pointers

hypernym

ending, conclusion, termination

hyponym

deathblow, coup de grace death euthanasia, mercy killing homicide dispatch, despatch fell suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation slaughter poisoning suffocation, asphyxiation sacrifice, ritual killing electrocution decapitation, beheading genocide, race murder, racial extermination

an event that causes someone to die
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

killing violent death

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derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

human death, fatality

a very large profit
<noun.possession>

cleanup killing

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derivationally related form

semantic pointers

domain of synset (usage)

hypernym

profit, profits, earnings, net income, net, net profit, lucre