What is the meaning of killing?

noun

• An event that causes someone to die.
  • synonyms: violent death
• The act of terminating a life.
  • synonyms: kill, putting to death
• A very large profit.
  • synonyms: cleanup

verb

• Cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.
  • usage: "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
  • synonyms: kill
• Thwart the passage of.
  • usage: "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
  • synonyms: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
• End or extinguish by forceful means.
  • usage: "Stamp out poverty"
  • synonyms: stamp out, kill
• Be fatal.
  • usage: "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
  • synonyms: kill
• Be the source of great pain for.
  • usage: "These new shoes are killing me"
  • synonyms: kill
• Overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration.
  • usage: "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me"
  • synonyms: kill
• Hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games.
  • usage: "She killed the ball"
  • synonyms: kill
• Hit with great force.
  • usage: "He killed the ball"
  • synonyms: kill
• Deprive of life.
  • usage: "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
  • synonyms: kill
• Cause the death of, without intention.
  • usage: "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
  • synonyms: kill
• Drink down entirely.
  • usage: "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
  • synonyms: toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
• Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase.
  • usage: "kill these lines in the President's speech"
  • synonyms: kill, obliterate, wipe out
• Tire out completely.
  • usage: "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
  • synonyms: kill
• Cause to cease operating.
  • usage: "kill the engine"
  • synonyms: kill
• Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in.
  • usage: "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
  • synonyms: kill

adjective

• Very funny.
  • usage: "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
  • synonyms: sidesplitting