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English noun: killer | |||
| 1. | killer (person) someone who causes the death of a person or animal | ||
| Synonyms | slayer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | choker, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, felo-de-se, garroter, garrotter, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, poisoner, public executioner, regicide, strangler, suicide, terminator, throttler | ||
| 2. | killer (state) the causal agent resulting in death | ||
| Samples | Heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States. | ||
| Synonyms | cause of death | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | causal agency, causal agent, cause | ||
| 3. | killer (cognition) a difficulty that is hard to deal with | ||
| Samples | That exam was a real killer. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
| 4. | killer (animal) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | ||
| Synonyms | grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dolphin | ||
| Member meronym | genus Orcinus, Orcinus | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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