killed

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killed

  • /kɪld/ US, UK
  • /kɪlt/

Rhymes with -ɪld

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of kill For quotations using this term, see Citations:killed.

adjective

  1. not comparable, of steel Deoxidized.
  2. not comparable, of vaccine Inactivated.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: obliterate, wipe out, down, vote out, vote down, defeat, stamp out, pour down, toss off, belt down, bolt down, drink down, fell, gassing, knifed, butchered

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"killed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/killed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

killed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/killed

Chicago

"killed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/killed.

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@misc{killed_2026,
  title = {killed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/killed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}