killer Definition
killer (kil′ər)
noun
- a person, animal, or thing that kills, esp. one that kills habitually or wantonly
- killer whale
- Slang something devastating, difficult, hard to cope with, etc.
- Slang an extremely successful, impressive, exciting, etc. person or thing
adjective
- that kills or has the potential for killing a killer storm
- Slang very difficult, hard to cope with, etc.
- Slang successful, impressive, exciting, etc.
killer Synonyms
killer
n.
killer Usage Examples
Converse of object
- convict: You get to plow through the FBI crime manual and a dossier that documents actual statements from convicted killers.
- derange: Q Horror movies- especially those that feature deranged killers are very prone to getting future installments.
Adjective modifier
- serial: For there is a serial killer loose upon the streets of Toy City.
- psychopathic: We are still opposed to psychopathic serial killers sitting in the Government of our country, and that position will not alter.
- cold-blooded: They're violent, cold-blooded killers who are trying to stop the advance of freedom.
- psychotic: Find out what happens when a psychotic superhuman serial killer is!
- silent: A silent killer ( Robert Lang ), wearing white sneakers, has been slashing to death women in London.
- ruthless: I don't particularly need a ruthless stone killer every single day.
Modifies a noun
- whale: Killer whales, actually a kind of dolphin, are found in all the world's oceans.
- app: People ask, " What is the killer app for grid?
- sudoku: Killer sudoku / sum sudoku puzzles are similar to sudoku.. .
- instinct: The minus points: 1 ) The aforementioned lack of killer instinct.
- apps: Tomorrow's killer apps, he contends, will be email to the mobile phone.
- blow: Others take up the hunters ' method of dealing the killer blow.
Noun used with modifier
- weed: Two doses of weed killer were put down which eventually turned all of the grass brown.
- serial: Douglas Lindsay is the creator of Barney Thomson; the world's funniest ex barber serial killer.
- pain: Some commonly asked questions I don't like taking pain killers.
- moss: This can also be done to rake out dead moss a couple of weeks after applying a chemical moss killer.
- cop: They are both prepared to break the rules to find a cop killer.
- copycat: But when the murders startup again with the same pattern as Edgar's, Hobbes is suspicious of a copycat killer.
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