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  1. noun One that kills: a disease that was a killer of thousands; a killer of new ideas.
  2. noun Slang Something that is extremely difficult to deal with or withstand: an exam that was a real killer.
  3. adjective Causing death or destruction: killer floods.
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  • Remembering that the killer was her own father is a hundred times worse. —  The Missing Hour
  • She'd assumed the police had believed the killer was a stranger. —  The Missing Hour
  • I didn't have any logical reason to suspect the killer might be here in Bermuda, and yet I feared that he might be. —  Pop Goes the Weasel
  • "The capture of the killer will be the biggest thing in the morning paper," Grayson said. —  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • Or even that the killer is a poor man who wishes to reuse the brass. " —  Garden of Beasts
 

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/ˈkɪlər/
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