killer

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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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  • The action resumes and moves on to a capture just as the killer is about to strike again. —  EQMM, June 2005
  • Chief Inspector Freedom believed that the killer was a woman. —  EQMM,November2007
  • Maybe the killer is a man who is clever with his hands. —  Death of a Hawker - Janwillem van de Wetering- Grijpstra-De Gier 04
  • The hunt for a killer is always tense enough, but knowing that the fate of a world depends on the solution—the solution that must be exactly found and sprung or it's worse than none at all—would daunt any man. —  GALAXY
  • The signature of a killer was actually his signature ? —  7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
 

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/ˈkɪlər/
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