" killing "

1: as in cleanup, windfall;

•  Synonyms : 

•  cleanup,

•  windfall,

•  earnings,

•  gain,

•  lucre,

•  net,

•  payoff,

•  proceeds,

•  profit,

•  bottom line,

•  gross,

•  sales,

•  compensation,

•  emolument,

•  income,

•  pay,

•  payment,

•  remittal,

•  requital,

•  salary,

•  wages,

•  interest,

•  revenue,

•  yield

•  Antonyms : 

•  charge,

•  cost,

•  disbursement,

•  expenditure,

•  expense,

•  loss,

•  outgo,

•  outlay

2: as in murder, homicide;

•  Synonyms : 

•  bloodletting,

•  bloodshed,

•  foul play,

•  homicide,

•  manslaughter,

•  murder,

•  slaying,

•  bloodbath,

•  butchery,

•  carnage,

•  death,

•  holocaust,

•  massacre,

•  slaughter,

•  mortality,

•  annihilation,

•  decimation,

•  demolishing,

•  destruction,

•  devastation,

•  eradication,

•  extermination,

•  genocide,

•  pogrom,

•  assassination,

•  execution

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in front line, battle line;

•  Synonyms : 

•  battle line,

•  front,

•  front line,

•  ground,

•  battlefield,

•  battleground,

•  field,

•  beachhead,

•  bridgehead,

•  foothold

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in front lines, battle lines;

•  Synonyms : 

•  battle lines,

•  front lines,

•  fronts,

•  grounds,

•  battlefields,

•  battlegrounds,

•  fields,

•  beachheads,

•  bridgeheads,

•  footholds

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering;

  * e.g., " ... Some called her death a mercy killing. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assisted suicide,

•  euthanasia,

•  physician-assisted suicide,

•  blood,

•  foul play,

•  homicide,

•  murder,

•  rubout,

•  slaying,

•  chance-medley,

•  killing,

•  manslaughter,

•  bloodshed,

•  butchery,

•  carnage,

•  decimation,

•  destruction,

•  massacre,

•  slaughter,

•  assassination,

•  execution,

•  hit,

•  filicide,

•  fratricide,

•  matricide,

•  parricide,

•  patricide,

•  regicide,

•  uxoricide

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: something (as a drug) that relieves pain;

  * e.g., " ... after her oral surgery, she was given a prescription for a mild painkiller "

•  Synonyms : 

•  analgesic,

•  anesthetic,

•  anodyne

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: causing or intended to cause laughter;

  * e.g., " ... he's usually quiet, but occasionally unleashes some killing remark that cracks everyone up "

•  Synonyms : 

•  antic,

•  chucklesome,

•  comedic,

•  comic,

•  comical,

•  droll,

•  farcical,

•  funny,

•  hilarious,

•  humoristic,

•  humorous,

•  hysterical,

•  laughable,

•  ludicrous,

•  ridiculous,

•  riotous,

•  risible,

•  screaming,

•  sidesplitting,

•  uproarious

•  Antonyms : 

•  humorless,

•  lame,

•  unamusing,

•  uncomic,

•  unfunny,

•  unhumorous,

•  unhysterical

2: requiring much time, effort, or careful attention;

  * e.g., " ... a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arduous,

•  burdensome,

•  challenging,

•  demanding,

•  exacting,

•  grueling,

•  laborious,

•  onerous,

•  persnickety,

•  taxing,

•  toilsome

•  Antonyms : 

•  light,

•  nondemanding,

•  unchallenging,

•  undemanding

1: to deprive of life;

  * e.g., " ... during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else "

•  Synonyms : 

•  carrying off,

•  claiming,

•  croaking,

•  destroying,

•  dispatching,

•  doing in,

•  felling,

•  slaying,

•  taking

•  Antonyms : 

•  animating

2: to reject by or as if by a vote;

  * e.g., " ... the Senate killed the bill by a single vote "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blackballing,

•  downing,

•  negativing,

•  nixing,

•  shooting down,

•  vetoing

•  Antonyms : 

•  confirming,

•  ratifying

3: to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it;

  * e.g., " ... I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blue-penciling,

•  canceling,

•  crossing (out),

•  deleing,

•  deleting,

•  editing (out),

•  eliding,

•  scratching (out),

•  striking (out),

•  stroking (out),

•  x-ing (out)

•  Antonyms : 

•  activating,

•  actuating,

•  cranking (up),

•  driving,

•  moving,

•  propelling,

•  running,

•  setting off,

•  sparking,

•  starting,

•  touching off,

•  triggering,

•  turning on

1: to deprive of life;

  * e.g., " ... during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else "

•  Synonyms : 

•  carry off,

•  claim,

•  croak,

•  destroy,

•  dispatch,

•  do in,

•  fell,

•  slay,

•  take

•  Antonyms : 

•  animate

2: to reject by or as if by a vote;

  * e.g., " ... the Senate killed the bill by a single vote "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blackball,

•  down,

•  negative,

•  nix,

•  shoot down,

•  veto

•  Antonyms : 

•  confirm,

•  ratify

3: to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it;

  * e.g., " ... I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blue-pencil,

•  cancel,

•  cross (out),

•  dele,

•  delete,

•  edit (out),

•  elide,

•  scratch (out),

•  strike (out),

•  stroke (out),

•  x (out)

•  Antonyms : 

•  activate,

•  actuate,

•  crank (up),

•  drive,

•  move,

•  propel,

•  run,

•  set off,

•  spark,

•  start,

•  touch off,

•  trigger,

•  turn on

1: as in slaughtering, blotting out;

•  Synonyms : 

•  annihilating,

•  blotting out,

•  decimating,

•  massacring,

•  mowing,

•  slaughtering,

•  smiting,

•  bumping off,

•  butchering,

•  cutting down,

•  finishing,

•  getting,

•  icing,

•  knocking off,

•  murdering,

•  neutralizing,

•  offing,

•  putting away,

•  rubbing out,

•  scragging,

•  snuffing,

•  taking out,

•  wasting,

•  whacking,

•  assassinating,

•  executing,

•  martyring,

•  terminating,

•  carrying off,

•  claiming,

•  croaking,

•  destroying,

•  dispatching,

•  doing in,

•  felling,

•  killing,

•  slaying,

•  taking,

•  euthanizing,

•  putting down,

•  suiciding

•  Antonyms : 

•  animating,

•  raising,

•  restoring,

•  resurrecting,

•  resuscitating,

•  reviving,

•  nurturing

1: to spend time doing nothing;

  * e.g., " ... They were scrolling through their phones to kill time before the movie started. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bumming,

•  chilling,

•  dallying,

•  dawdling,

•  dillydallying,

•  droning,

•  footling,

•  goofing (off),

•  hacking (around),

•  hanging about,

•  hanging (around or out),

•  idling,

•  kicking around,

•  kicking back,

•  lazing,

•  lazying,

•  loafing,

•  lolling,

•  lounging,

•  vegging out

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)