killing

noun

The act or action of causing death, as of a person.

noun

A sudden large profit.

adjective

Causing or apt to cause death; fatal.

adjective

Thoroughly exhausting.

adjective

Hilarious.

noun

The act of slaying or depriving of life.

noun

In the manufacture of steel, the practice of stopping or preventing the evolution of gas in the steel. Steel is most commonly killed with silicon or aluminium.

Depriving of life; deadly; doing execution.

Overpowering; irresistible: generally in the sense of fascinating, bewitching, charming, so as to attract and compel admiration: as, killing coquetries.

So terrible or frightful as almost to kill one; exceedingly severe; exhausting; wearing.