Word Finder - killer

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One who or that which kills.

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Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.

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• assassin
• murderer

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That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.

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That test was a killer.

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Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.

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Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.

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A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.

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A club used for killing fish.

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A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.

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A diacritical mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali or Oriya hasanta) or render the entire syllable silent (e.g., the Burmese virama, the Khmer toandakhiat).

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• halant
• virama
• vowel killer

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Excellent, very good, cool.

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killer feature

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Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.

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killer bee

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Distressing, uncomfortable.

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I had a killer headache this morning.

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A sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises (Orcinus orca).

The killer could have found it days later.

It appeared our Delabama killer had a name.

This killer of Miss Washington is your most dire threat to date.

Howie nailed it on the first try, managed to catch a license plate number, and a killer was apprehended in hours.

Was it possible this was the same killer we were tracking, fifteen years later?

All of them are being stalked by a serial killer we're sure is now in town.

How did a serial killer get into heaven?

There was nothing at this time we could do to stop this serial killer of children.

Even if your dark under eye circles never disappear, try to focus on areas of your face that you love, such as killer lips or high cheekbones - you'll be less concerned with an issue that you don't have a lot of control over.

Linda says you make a killer grilled chicken, Traci called from the kitchen.

Deidre paid the driver and hurried inside, her mind reeling and her body buzzing with the weird energy of the killer who'd marked her.

He says blond hair and amethyst eyes are a killer combination.

If we get into mammals, the biggest killer of humans is dogs – and horses.

She wasn't certain where her perfect killer was right now.

I couldn't hazard a guess how the killer might trace our friend but he'd certainly displayed amazing ingenuity in the past.

The others remained downstairs throughout the morning, either out of displeasure with me or their quest to locate the killer.

In addition to a full bar, you'll find such eats as deep fried mushrooms, seafood platters and a killer kielbasa sandwich.

He let her know he and Fred were sniffing about in an attempt to determine the real killer.

Glancing over his shoulder at his advancing pursuer, he knew he'd have to drop far enough and rapidly enough to pass Shipton before the killer could swing out with his deadly ax.

She couldn't reconcile the cold-blooded killer who executed a man in front of her with the man concerned over her wrist.

Hate and sorrow spun through him as he gazed up at his father's killer.

She felt the thick, long proof of his arousal hard against her belly, but his effort to provide comfort rather than tend his own pleasure made her feel even safer in her killer's arms.

It's a lot different than saving Timothy but you might help catch a serial killer.

It was early May when we fingered another serial killer from Daniel Brennan's hot list.

This abductor was a high level serial killer and of paramount interest to the special FBI task force.

Howie, with his disappointment intensified, vowed to do everything it took to apprehend the culprit he nicknamed the Delabama Killer.

This killer seems to demonstrate amazing ingenuity.

They caught her killer; a pedophile named Randolph Massey.

I guess I was expecting three names... like some serial killer, I adlibbed.

Reluctantly, I informed her of the discouraging fact the dead assailant wasn't the Delabama killer as we'd assumed.

I believe he went by three names, like those serial killer; John Wayne Gacy, Randy Stephen Kraft and guys like that.

May I assume you're not a serial killer stalking me and this spying business has something to do with my pending litigation?

It's all pretty complicated, but bottom line—yes to the litigation question, no to the serial killer.

Yeah, the serial killer lunatic was probably going to kill her tonight.

You're an off-duty serial killer with an affinity for weapons with blades who believes in imaginary creatures and takes the time to talk to crazy women lying on the beach.

He'd never considered Death a serial killer, but he did kind of fit the bill.

It started when she had a one night stand with a serial killer.

She felt the connection to him again, strong and deep, as if her fate was bound to the serial killer who'd come to claim her.

She wasn't going to let a serial killer who chose not to kill her derail her day.

Satisfied to find the sexy man wasn't a serial killer or worse, Kiera's attention shifted to the main house as they approached.

Someone out there is a killer and if Corday has his head up his ass over your guilt, somebody needs to be taking a hard look at what really happened.

All these years I thought I was a vicious killer.

If we get into mammals, the biggest killer of humans is dogs – and horses.

Born a predator, turned into a killer by none other than you.

The sole surviving killer reveals a dark-skinned man with a fierce countenance.

The Way to get Killer abs You want washboard abs, right?

The system which works on a killer logic is mortally afraid of the freaky, joyous act.

The sign of a good film is killer androids or giant ants.

I would have appreciated a more technical appendix that explained the killer techniques he picked up.

While the number of Americans killed in action per month has declined slightly bomb attacks are now the largest killer of American troops.