killing

Definitions

The act of causing the death of a person or animal.

Extremely successful or profitable, often used informally to describe a great achievement.

Very intense, exhausting, or overwhelming.

Examples

The constant noise outside is killing my concentration.

He was killing time by reading a book while waiting for the train.

Synonyms

slaying murdering slaughtering executing assassinating butchering dispatching

Antonyms

birthing creating reviving resuscitating saving nurturing protecting