Antonyms for killing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kil-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪl ɪŋ

birth

Definition of killing

Origin : mid-15c., present participle adjective from kill (v.). Meaning "very funny" is from 1844. As a noun, "large profit," 1886, American English slang.

noun murder

Example sentences :

They considered civilisation a failure because it was killing off all the big game.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Admitted into our consciousness it starts its work of killing us.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Who knew what vengeance they might take for the killing of the Padres?
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

The Caciques did not know it, but killing the strangers or losing them had been only a part of his plan.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

A man of outdoors, it was the house caging that was killing him, keeping him back.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

She thinks constantly of this young man, and it is killing her by inches.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Barry must die; but what shall I profit by killing him if I kill this woman also?
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

If the Jap had had any way of killing me, I believe he would have done it.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

I had succeeded too well in my purpose, killing her vain hope and her at the same moment.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

He was lying on the couch quite easy—after killing the boy—my boy.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for killing

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