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killer

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.killerkiller - someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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"
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.killerkiller - predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
genus Orcinus, Orcinus - killer whales

killer
Translations
Spanish killer [ˈkɪləʳ] nasesino/a
French killer [ˈkɪləʳ] kill ntueur/euse (= murderer); meurtrier/ière
German killer [ˈkɪləʳ] kill nMörder(in) m(f)
Italian killer [ˈkɪləʳ] nuccisore m; killer m inv; assassino/a

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Now the Killer rose upon the branch of the great tree where he had been sleeping with his back braced against the stem.
Not only had he never been known to court the muse, but in truth he could not have written correctly a line of verse to save himself from the Killer of the Wise.
And the real Don Quixote of La Mancha, the famous, the valiant, the wise, the lover, the righter of wrongs, the guardian of minors and orphans, the protector of widows, the killer of damsels, he who has for his sole mistress the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso, is this gentleman before you, my master; all other Don Quixotes and all other Sancho Panzas are dreams and mockeries.
 
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