English noun: killer |
1. | killer (person) someone who causes the death of a person or animal |
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| Synonyms | slayer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | choker, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, felo-de-se, garroter, garrotter, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, poisoner, public executioner, regicide, strangler, suicide, terminator, throttler |
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2. | killer (state) the causal agent resulting in death |
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| Samples | Heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States.
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| Synonyms | cause of death |
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| Broader (hypernym) | causal agency, causal agent, cause |
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3. | killer (cognition) a difficulty that is hard to deal with |
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| Samples | That exam was a real killer.
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| Broader (hypernym) | difficulty |
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4. | killer (animal) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas |
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| Synonyms | grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dolphin |
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| Member meronym | genus Orcinus, Orcinus |
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