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killer

[ kil-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that kills. kill.
killer whale.
a device used by a post office for printing cancellations on postage stamps.
a mark of cancellation made on a postage stamp.
Slang. something or someone having a formidable impact, devastating effect, etc.:
The math test was a real killer.

, Slang.

killer

/ ˈkɪlə /

1. a person or animal that kills, esp habitually
2. ( as modifier )
  a killer shark
something, esp a task or activity, that is particularly taxing or exhausting
an animal selected to be slaughtered for food

Origin of killer¹

First recorded in 1525–35; kill ¹ + -er ¹

Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.

The would-be pope killer loves to be in front of the cameras, and the press in Italy is happy to oblige.

By Jerome Groopman, New Yorker Researchers get closer to outwitting a killer.

They waved down a pair of responding cops who followed the alleged cop killer into the subway.

In the course of his confession, he supplied details that should only have been known to the killer.

But the knife and the thin, dirty fingers of the killer did not permit his body to alter its position.

The killer walked to the bushes at the west side of the gate, parted the branches with his dirty fingers.

His gloved fingers closed on Squid Murphy and the killer called Shiv simultaneously.

I'm staying here because if it's the last thing I do, I'm going to convince you that I'm not a killer.

Watch now for the glowing hands of the killer—the man who has been impersonating the Eye ever since Carlson was killed.

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