KILLED Synonyms: 234 Similar and Opposite Words

killed

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past tense of kill

as in destroyed

to deprive of life during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else

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as in dismissed

to reject by or as if by a vote the Senate killed the bill by a single vote

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as in deleted

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it

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stetted

as in wore

to use up all the physical energy of the long hike up the mountain just about killed us

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as in fascinated

to attract or delight as if by magic with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies

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as in deactivated

to cause to stop functioning kill the engine before it overheats

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Recent Examples of killed The owners of an apartment building in Manhattan where three people were killed in a fast-moving fire early Monday are being sued by the city for neglecting fire hazards at a neighboring property, court documents show. —

Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 May 2026 Mohamed Soliman, 46, faces 184 charges in Boulder County District Court in connection with the June 1 attack that killed one woman and injured 29 others. —

Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 4 May 2026 So, in the first movie, Vader is just some dude who betrayed Ben, killed Anakin, and now just kind of hangs out at the Death Star to motivate and/or intimidate the military. —

Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026 The mayor and the City Council have been warned for years that these shortcomings were leaving the city unacceptably vulnerable to the very kind of emergency that wiped out my home, killed 12 of my neighbors and burned 7,000 additional structures. —

Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026 Hunters killed 52 bears in the 23-day bear hunt, the first in a decade. —

Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026 In 1976, Rose kidnapped and killed an 8-year-old Hollywood girl. —

Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026 Cunanan killed himself on July 23, 1997. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 The assault killed at least seventeen people, including a twelve-year-old boy, wounded dozens, and destroyed buildings. —

Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026

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The assault killed at least seventeen people, including a twelve-year-old boy, wounded dozens, and destroyed buildings.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
The 24 staff members in Ruiz Verduzco’s office are tasked with assisting victims and their families, establishing programs in communities destroyed by violence and drumming up financial support.

— Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026