killing
nounHow to pronounce killing:
Definition of killing:
- killing (noun):
- the act of one that kills
- the act of terminating a life.
Synonyms for killing:
asphyxiation
cleanup
conclusion
coup de grace
death
deathblow
decapitation
despatch
dispatch
electrocution
ending
euthanasia
fell
genocide
homicide
kill
mercy killing
poisoning
putting to death
race murder
racial extermination
ritual killing
sacrifice
self-annihilation
self-destruction
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Antonyms for killing:
birth
eternality
life
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- harshness
- hulking
- becomes
- shimmied
- demurs
- tallied
- nuptial
- mulish
- incensed
- deafen
- chemist
- ditties
- quelling
- forbids
- floundered
- undo
- bleary
- snuggled
- toting
- fusty
- snarling
- cooping
- atoned
- greeted
- rehearse
- solely
- scratched
- strong-willed
- bluntly
- preserved
- suffice
- seatmate
- boughten
- raindrop
- scurried
- phial
- subtend
- ridding
- tattered
- revered
- shrieking
- among
- convent
- picking
- catchy
- gaily
- glibly
- forbade
- more than
- sorely
- … more
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