1
as in headaches
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer
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as in murderers
a person who kills another person
gunned down by hired killers
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Recent Examples of killers
Owner Dependency Can Destroy Value One of the most common deal killers Rutherford sees is owner dependency.
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Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
An informant for the FBI quickly identified members of the Ku Klux Klan as her killers.
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Gary Fields,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
When to Call a Pest Control Professional Cicada killers are vital to the natural food chain, but their digging can cause damage to yards, lawns, and gardens.
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Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
In the Cross crime drama, Hodge plays a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist who digs into the minds of serial killers to identify and catch them.
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Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Attack submarines are often described as hunter-killers.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
And Sayer, the officials tentatively believe, is associated with an online fandom group of mass killers that has been linked to previous shootings.
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Alex Stone,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
The board has come under fire in recent months for releasing dozens of killers.
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Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2026
She is portrayed as a morally correct foil to Dexter, seeking to bring serial killers to justice through lawful means.
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Jordana Rosenfeld,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 June 2026
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
An informant for the FBI quickly identified members of the Ku Klux Klan as her killers.
—
Gary Fields,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
When to Call a Pest Control Professional Cicada killers are vital to the natural food chain, but their digging can cause damage to yards, lawns, and gardens.
—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
In the Cross crime drama, Hodge plays a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist who digs into the minds of serial killers to identify and catch them.
—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Attack submarines are often described as hunter-killers.
—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
And Sayer, the officials tentatively believe, is associated with an online fandom group of mass killers that has been linked to previous shootings.
—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
The board has come under fire in recent months for releasing dozens of killers.
—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2026
She is portrayed as a morally correct foil to Dexter, seeking to bring serial killers to justice through lawful means.
—
Jordana Rosenfeld,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killers
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome causes fatigue, fever, muscle aches, abdominal problems, headaches, chills and dizziness in the early stages, and late symptoms include chest tightness, coughing, shortness of breath and lungs filling with fluid.
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Americans who have health insurance say prior authorization is the healthcare system’s biggest burden, causing administrative headaches while care is kept out of reach.
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There can be legitimate debate on immigration, but Trump veers into sinister areas of xenophobia of invading rapists and murderers.
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.
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Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
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Employers added 57,000 jobs last month, about half of what economists had expected.
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These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
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Unfortunately, Daemon’s hired assassins killed Aegon’s young son Jaehaerys instead so any real possibility for a family reconciliation was lost.
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“Killers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killers. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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