killer

kill·er  (klr)

n.

1. One that kills: a disease that was a killer of thousands; a killer of new ideas.

2. Slang Something that is extremely difficult to deal with or withstand: an exam that was a real killer.

adj.

1. Causing death or destruction: killer floods.

2. Slang Having impressive or effective power or impact; formidable: had a killer smile; made killer profits.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	killer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal slayer individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" executioner, public executioner - an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant eradicator, exterminator, terminator - someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) choker, garroter, garrotter, throttler, strangler - someone who kills by strangling liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) poisoner - someone who kills with poison regicide - someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king felo-de-se, suicide - a person who kills himself intentionally
	2.	killer - the causal agent resulting in death; "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States" cause of death causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
	3.	killer - a difficulty that is hard to deal with; "that exam was a real killer" difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
	4.	killer - predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises genus Orcinus, Orcinus - killer whales

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killer

noun murderer, slaughterer, slayer, hit man (slang) butcher, gunman, assassin, destroyer, liquidator, terminator, executioner, exterminator

Translations

killer [ˈkɪləʳ] n → asesino/a

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killer [ˈkɪləʳ] kill n → tueur/euse (= murderer); meurtrier/ière

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killer [ˈkɪləʳ] kill n → Mörder(in) m(f)

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killer [ˈkɪləʳ] n → uccisore m; killer m inv; assassino/a