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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it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

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Recent Examples of killed Two suspects and three adults were killed at the Islamic Center of San Diego, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl told reporters. —

Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 May 2026 The state-run Anadolu Agency said the 37-year-old suspect in the latest attack, identified as Metin O, allegedly shot and killed his wife in a street before firing from his car at a restaurant, killing its owner and an employee. —

ABC News, 18 May 2026 Over the course of May 9 and 10, scientists at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked around the clock to develop a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for Andes hantavirus, which has sickened at least 10 and killed three people who sailed on board the MV Hondius. —

Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 18 May 2026 Jalin Seabron Veronica Seabron Veronica Seabron's life changed forever when her son Jalin was shot and killed outside the Main Event in Highlands Ranch last year by a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy responding to a call about an active shooter. —

Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 18 May 2026 One of the three men killed was an Islamic Center security guard who police said probably helped prevent a far graver tragedy. —

Mariana Alfaro, Washington Post, 18 May 2026 Israeli attacks have killed nearly four hundred people since April 16th and Israel’s forces have continued to destroy villages and consolidate territorial gains in southern Lebanon. —

Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 Williams was shot and killed by state trooper Noah Blanchette outside a home on Gifford Lane where her family had been hosting a birthday party. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026 Aaron Brown Myers, 51, was found guilty on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree assault in the death of 17-year-old Hazrat Ali Rohani, who was killed outside a Big 5 store in Renton, a city located just 10 miles south of Seattle. —

Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026

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It was moved a day later to a naval base on the mainland for inspection and the explosives were later destroyed, according to Greece’s public broadcaster, ERT.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
The surge triggered severe erosion, damaged the powerhouse and nearby switchyards, washed debris into the North Yuba River and destroyed portions of Lake Francis Road.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026