Engelsk substantiv: killing |
1. | killing (om begivenhet) an event that causes someone to die |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | violent death |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | fatality, human death |
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2. | killing (om handling) the act of terminating a life |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | kill, putting to death |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | conclusion, ending, termination |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | asphyxiation, beheading, coup de grace, death, deathblow, decapitation, despatch, dispatch, electrocution, euthanasia, fell, genocide, homicide, mercy killing, poisoning, race murder, racial extermination, ritual killing, sacrifice, self-annihilation, self-destruction, slaughter, suffocation, suicide |
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3. | killing (om forhold) a very large profit |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | cleanup |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
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| Overordnet anvendelse | colloquialism |
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