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killer
[kil-er]
noun
a device used by a post office for printing cancellations on postage stamps.
a mark of cancellation made on a postage stamp.
Slang.something or someone having a formidable impact, devastating effect, etc..
The math test was a real killer.
adjective
severe; powerful.
a killer cold.
very difficult or demanding.
a killer chess tournament.
highly effective; superior.
a killer recipe for fried chicken.
killer
/ ˈɪə /
noun
a person or animal that kills, esp habitually
( as modifier )
a killer shark
something, esp a task or activity, that is particularly taxing or exhausting
an animal selected to be slaughtered for food
Other 51Թ Forms
- self-killer noun
Example Sentences
Politics appear to have motivated the alleged killers of a health-care executive in New York and two Israeli embassy employees in Washington.
But on Tuesday the Spanish National Police revealed Monaghan and Lyons Jnr were targeted by a professional killer from the Daniel crime group.
The daughter of an 80-year-old man who died after being racially abused and assaulted in a park has called the sentence given to his 15-year-old killer "unanswerable", adding tougher sentences for young offenders are needed.
The killer in “Last Summer,” which was set in Southport, N.C., and filmed around the area, is a fisherman whose weapon of choice for slaughtering teenagers is a hook.
Second, it creates counter-narratives that allow potential killers a rationale that they are acting in "self-defense."
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When To Use
A killer is a person or thing that kills, meaning they end lives. Killer is also used in slang to mean something that is devastating or exhausting. Additionally, killer is used in slang to describe something as severe or powerful. Killer has several other meanings as a noun and an adjective.A person or thing that ends someone’s life is a killer. In terms of a person, killer is often used interchangeably with murderer. However, killer can refer to someone who killed another person by accident, while murderer is not used in that sense.
- Real-life examples: John Wilkes Booth was Abraham Lincoln’s killer. Jack the Ripper was an infamous killer. Bacteria and viruses often act as natural killers. People use weed killers on their lawns.
- Used in a sentence: My cat is a very effective killer of birds.
- Real-life examples: You might call a particularly hard test a killer test. A killer workout would push your body to the limits of its abilities.
- Used in a sentence: That history assignment turned out to be a killer and took me forever to finish.
- Real-world examples: You might call a baseball game that goes into extra innings with a 2–2 score, a killer game. If you come down with a severe cold that keeps you in bed for several days, you could call it a killer cold.
- Used in a sentence: After living abroad for five years, Michelle came down with a killer case of homesickness.
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