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killer
- /ˈkɪlə/ UK
- [ˈkʰɪlə] UK
- /ˈkɪlɚ/ US
- [ˈkʰɪlɚ] ~ [ˈkʰɪlɹ̩] US
Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English killer, kyller. By surface analysis, kill + -er.
noun killers
- One who or that which kills. There’s a killer on the loose.
- That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task. That test was a killer.
- Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition. Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.
- The killer whale. Theſe Killers are from twenty to thirty Feet long, and have Teeth in both Jaws that lock one within another. They have a Fin, near the middle of their Backs, four or five Foot long. They go in Company by Dozens, and ſet upon a young Whale, and will bait him like ſo many Bull-dogs; ſome will lay hold
- A remarkably impressive person or thing. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency quakes with mirth at his own punch line. Grimaldi chuckles through his teeth. “A killer, Tom, an absolute killer.”
- A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- A club used for killing fish.
- A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
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Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
In the course of its adaptation to non-Indo-Aryan languages, the Burmese script has acquired some features that distinguish it from other Indic scripts. The killer, or virama, participates in some common constructions that would be clumsy to handle the way they would be in the other Indic scripts, s
Similar: virama
Similar: homicide, homicider, killer · Opposite: healer, life giver
adjective more killer · most killer
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: slayer, sea wolf, orca, killer whale, grampus, orcinus orca, murderer, cutthroat, murderous, homicidal, homicide, kill, killing, executioner, hitman, lethality
noun
Similar: homicide, homicider, killer · Opposite: healer, life giver
Translations
Every language
noun murderer, person who kills
| Español | matador, matadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살인자 sarinja |
| 日本語 | 殺人者 satsujinsha, キラー kirā, 人殺し hitogoroshi |
| 中文 | 殺手 /杀手 shāshǒu, 兇手 /凶手 xiōngshǒu, 殺人犯 /杀人犯 shārénfàn |
| हिन्दी | हत्यारा hatyārā, ख़ूनी xūnī, क़ातिल qātil |
| Kiswahili | mwuaji |
| Português | assassino, assassina, homicida |
| Français | tueur, tueuse, assassin, assassine, meurtrier, meurtrière |
| Deutsch | Töter, Töterin, Totschläger, Totschlägerin, Killer, Killerin |
| Italiano | assassino, assassina, uccisore, uccisora, ucciditrice, killer |
| Ελληνικά | φονιάς foniás, φόνισσα fónissa, δολοφόνος dolofónos, δολοφόνισσα dolofónissa |
| Română | ucigaș, ucigașă, asasin, asasină |
| Русский | уби́йца ubíjca, ки́ллер kíller |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻ giết người, người giết |
| العربية | قَاتِل qātil, قَاتِلَة qātila |
| עברית | רוֹצֵחַ \ רוצח rotséakh |
noun something that causes death
| Français | mortel, fatal |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | θανατηφόρος thanatifóros |
noun a diacritic mark
| हिन्दी | विराम virām |
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adj Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
| Español | mortífero |
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title = {killer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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