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killing definition

kill·ing (kil′iŋ)

adjective

  1. causing, or able to cause, death; destructive; deadly
  2. exhausting; fatiguing
  3. Informal very funny or comical

noun

  1. the act or an instance of murder, destruction, etc.
  2. ☆ Informal a sudden, great profit or success to make a killing in the stock market

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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